 According to the 2011 census, Shamlugh had 700 inhabitants, while the 2016 official estimate shows the current population is around 500.As a rural community in the Borchali uyezd of the Tiflis Governorate within the Russian Empire, the settlement of Shamlugh used to bear the names "Shamlug", "Samblud", "Shamblugh" and later "Shamlugh".Historically, the area of modern-day Shamlugh was part of the "Dzobopor" canton of ancient Gugark; the 13th province of the historic Greater Armenia.