Dowlatabad Rural District () is in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Dowlatabad.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 4,228 in 937 households. There were 3,225 inhabitants in 898 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,605 in 739 households. The most populous of its 16 villages was Chang Almas, with 426 people.