Since March 5, 2006 Rubeshibe, along with the towns of Tanno and Tokoro (all from Tokoro District), were merged into the expanded city of Kitami.
In December 2005, the town had an estimated population of 8,704 and a density of 15.41 persons per km². The total area was 564.69 km². However, after 2006 as the town is merged to Kitami City, the statistics of Rubeshibe was not considered as an individual contributor, rather its better to check statistics of Kitami City.
