At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,363 in 693 households, when it was a village in Shabab Rural District of the Central District.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 3,801 people in 949 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,088 people in 1,083 households,[2] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Shabab District. Shabab was elevated to the status of a city.[4]
^Shabab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3083762" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ abcdRahimi, Mohammad Reza (c. 2016) [Approved 29 March 1392]. Approval letter regarding national divisions in Ilam province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Proposal 81072/42/1/4/1; Notification 83592/T48494H. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2023 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.