In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Iktaba had a population of 121, all Muslims.Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Tulkarem, p. 27 In the 1931 census of Palestine, the combined population of Anabta, Iktaba and Nur ash Shams was 2498; 2,457 Muslims, 34 Christians and 1 Druze living in 502 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 53
