Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 229,354 in 60,331 households, when it was capital of the former
Qods District of
Shahriar County. The following census in 2011 counted 283,517 people in 83,035 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of
Qods County. Qods was transferred to the new
Central District as the county's capital. ==Higher education==