At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,058 in 215 households, when it was in Garamduz Rural District[b] of the former Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 1,074 people in 255 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoda Afarin County. The rural district was transferred to the new Garamduz District, and Mahmudabad was transferred to Garamduz-e Sharqi Rural District created in the district.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,138 people in 326 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
^ abRahimi, Mohammad Reza (c. 2022) [Approved 7 September 1389]. Letter of approval regarding country divisions in Kaleybar County. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 1/4/42/111195. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.