 A population list from about 1887 showed that "Yafa" had about 900 inhabitants; half Muslims, half Christians.In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, "Yafa" had a total population of 615; 215 Muslims and 400 Christians, Of the Christians, 168 were Orthodox, 112 Catholics, 108 Greek Catholic (Melchite) and 12 Anglicans.The population had increased at the 1931 census, when Yafa, (including "Arab el Ghazzalin"), had a population of 833; 456 Muslims and 377 Christians, in a total of 213 houses.