At the time of the 2006 National Census, Kuhestak's population was 2,449 in 430 households, when it was a village in Bemani Rural District of the former Byaban District of Minab County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,548 people in 591 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sirik County. The rural district was transferred to the new Bemani District.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,060 people in 746 households,[2] when Kuhestak had been elevated to the status of a city.[8]
^Kuhestak can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3072331" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".