At the time of the 2006 National Census, Hasanabad-e Layen-e Now's population was 2,664 in 646 households, when it was a village in Hezarmasjed Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 2,940 people in 775 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,872 people in 877 households, the most populous in its rural district.
In 2021, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Hezarmasjed District. Hasanabad-e Layen-e Now was converted to a city in the same year.
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