According to Zaven Korkotyan, the village was uninhabited from 1831 to 1886. It was then populated by Azerbaijanis; 84 in 1897, 117 in 1904, 104 in 1914. It is listed as an uninhabited ruin in 1919 and 1922. There were 101 Azerbaijanis living in the village in 1926, and 123 Azerbaijanis, 7 Armenians and 2 Russians in 1931. According to Syunyats Yerkir magazine, Shurnukh was populated by Azerbaijanis from 1930 to 1989 and from 1990 the village was repopulated by Armenians. According to the Dictionary of Republic of Armenia Settlements, Shurnukh's population consisted of 351 residents in 1939, 363 in 1959 and 1970, 324 in 1979, 148 in 2001 and 197 in 2004. The community's population increased to 224 in 2010, but reduced to 207 people in the 2011 census. In 2016, the population was recorded as 153 people.
