At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,225 in 2,771 households, when it was in the former Malekshahi District of
Mehran County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 12,358 people in 3,116 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Malekshahi County. Arkavaz was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,977 people in 3,498 households.[2]
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