At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,854 in 1,661 households, when it was in the former Bakharz District of Taybad County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 8,392 people in 2,134 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bakharz County. Bakharz was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 9,044 people in 2,536 households.[2]
^Bakharz can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3077483" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".