in the 1945 statistics, sha'ab had 1,740 inhabitants; 30 christians and 1,710 muslims. they owned a total of 17,870 dunams of land, while 121 dunams were public. 3,248 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 6,602 dunams for cereals, while 231 dunams were built-up (urban) land.