At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 3,661 in 889 households, when it was the village of Mobarakabad in Gavdul-e Gharbi Rural District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,198 people in 1,178 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population as 4,456 people in 1,317 households,[4] by which time the village had been converted to a city as Mobarak Shahr.[3]
12Jahangiri, Eshaq (3 November 2013) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1392/08/12 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص اصلاحات تقسیمات کشوری در استان آذربایجان شرقی[Approval letter regarding the reforms of national divisions in East Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه ۱۳۷۷۰۳/ت ۴۹۳۸۷هـ [Notification number 137703/T 49387 AH]. Archived from the original on 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
12سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395: استان آذربایجان شرقی[General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original(Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑Mobarakabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3075262" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
↑سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385: استان آذربایجان شرقی[General Population and Housing Census 2006: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
↑سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390: استان آذربایجان شرقی[General Population and Housing Census 2011: East Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original(Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
