At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,423 in 642 households, when it was in Baladeh Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,486 people in 778 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,597 people in 895 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
In 2019, Nematabad was transferred to the newly established Baladeh-ye Sharqi Rural District.[4]