At the time of the 2006 National Census, Lirdaf's population was 662 in 130 households, when it was a village in Piveshk Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 1,159 people in 261 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,734 people in 451 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
Lirdaf was elevated to the status of a city after the census.
↑Aref, Mohammad Reza (c. 2022) [Approved 10 May 1384]. Divisional changes and reforms in Hormozgan province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 2157/42/1/4; Letter 58538/T26118H. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024– via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.