At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as Dasht-e Sar Rural District of Dabudasht District) was 35,795 in 9,263 households.[4] The following census of 2011 counted 37,302 people in 10,825 households,[5] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Dasht-e Sar District and renamed Dasht-e Sar-e Sharqi Rural District.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 20,146 in 6,168 households. The most populous of its 22 villages was Ejbar Kola (now a city),[6] with 4,499 people.[2]
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