Demographics
According to Ottomans records, Majdal Yaba had a population of 44 in 1596. In a 1922 survey by the British Mandate there 796 people living in the village, rising to 966 in a 1931 census. Sami Hadawi recorded a population of 1,520 inhabitants in his 1945 land and population survey. In 1948, it had a projected population of 1,763. Palestinian refugees and their descendants numbered 10,828 in 1998.
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