 In the 1945 statistics the population was 420, all Muslims, while the total land area was 5,584 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Of this, 1,858 were used for plantations and irrigable land, 766 for cereals, while 23 dunams were classified as built-up areas.In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Sarta came under Jordanian rule.