Claim: Qibya recorded a population of 694 inhabitants during the 1922 census of Palestine and increased to 909 in 1931, the second census carried out by the authorities of the British Mandate for Palestine..
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.