At the 2006 census, its population was 4,004 in 929 households, when it was a village in
Meshkan Rural District of the former Khoshab District of
Sabzevar County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,331 people in 1,116 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoshab County.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,540 people in 1,012 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
After the census, the village of Meshkan was elevated to the status of a city.
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