At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 796 in 209 households, when it was the village of Maklavan-e Bala in Sardar-e Jangal Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 872 people in 254 households.
Maklavan-e Bala merged with the village of Maklavan-e Pain to become the city of Maklavan in 2012. The 2016 census measured the city's population as 1,635 people in 536 households.
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