At the time of the 2006 National Census, Shonbeh's population was 2,414 in 505 households, when it was a village in Shonbeh Rural District. The census in 2011 counted 2,528 people in 609 households, by which time Shonbeh had been converted to a city. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,747 people in 760 households.
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↑Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 November 1986) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1365/08/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 5 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان دشتی تابعه استان بوشهر[Establishment and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places in Dashti County, Bushehr province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 84DFB01F-CE2A-4899-A88B-D66168E5621C. شماره دوره [Course number] 65, شماره جلد [Volume number] 5. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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