For the city, see Kuhdasht. For the administrative division of Lorestan province, see Kuhdasht County. For other places with a similar name, see Kuhdasht.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 16,923 in 3,445 households.[5] There were 16,981 inhabitants in 3,989 households at the following census of 2011.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 16,907 in 4,623 households. The most populous of its 56 villages was Shahrak-e Emam Khomeyni, with 2,908 people.[2]