Claim: Qibya recorded a population of 694 inhabitants during the 1922 census of Palestine and increased to 909 in 1931.
Evidence: In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village, (named Kibbia), had a population of 694 inhabitants, all Muslims. In the 1931 census the population of Qibya was 909, still all Muslim, in 204 inhabited houses.