At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as the former Rudpey-ye Jonubi Rural District of the
Central District) was 20,548 in 5,480 households.[6] There were 21,830 inhabitants in 6,488 households at the following census of 2011,[7] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Rudpey District.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 12,364 in 3,957 households, when its name had changed to Rudpey-ye Sharqi Rural District.[3] The most populous of its 21 villages was
Akand (now a city),[8] with 1,416 people.[2]
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