At the time of the 2006 National Census, Sharifabad's population was 16,551 in 4,248 households, when it was in Sharifabad Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 21,009 people in 6,112 households,[6] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city and renamed Sharifiyeh.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 20,347 people in 6,074 households.[2]
In October 2023, the name of city was changed back to Sharifabad.[7]
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