For the village in Fars province, see Zirab. For the administrative division of Fars province, see Zirab Rural District. For the village in Razavi Khorasan province, see Zirab.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 18,216 in 4,764 households, when it was in the Central District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 15,679 people in 4,657 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 16,191 people in 5,330 households,[3] by which time the city had been separated from the district in the formation of Zirab District.[5]
12سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395: استان مازندران[General Population and Housing Census 2016: Mazandaran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original(Excel) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑Zirab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3089486" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
12Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (25 July 2012) [مصوب (Approved on) 1391,05,04 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. اصلاحات تقسيماتي در استان مازندران[Divisional reforms in Mazandaran province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal numbers] 5622/42/4/1, 144980/42/4/1, and 40794/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
↑سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385: استان مازندران[General Population and Housing Census 2006: Mazandaran 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 مازندران[General Population and Housing Census 2011: Mazandaran Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original(Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
