 In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, "Qireh" had a population of 87 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 102 Muslims in 28 occupied houses.In the 1945 statistics the population was 140 Muslims while the total land area was 2,249 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Of this, 475 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 1,145 for cereals, while 14 dunams were classified as built-up areas.