At the time of the 2006 National Census, Alni's population was 2,945 in 755 households, when it was a village in Meshgin-e Sharqi Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 3,303 people in 991 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,739 people in 1,197 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
After the census, the village of Alni was elevated to the status of a city.[7]
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