At the time of the 2006 National Census, Parud's population was 2,841 in 584 households, when it was a village in Parud Rural District of the Central District of Sarbaz County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 3,128 people in 693 households,[7] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Parud District.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,997 people in 751 households.[2]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Rask County[3] and the village of Parud was elevated to the status of city.[8]
^Mousavi, Mirhossein (c. 2022) [Approved 18 August 1365]. Approval regarding the definitions and regulations of Iranshahr divisions. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Proposal 7299/1/5/53. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.