Aqabad Rural District () is in the Central District of Gonbad-e Kavus County, Golestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Aqabad.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 29,707 in 5,931 households. There were 32,907 inhabitants in 8,132 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 36,886 in 9,570 households. The most populous of its 28 villages was Aqabad, with 5,534 people.