In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of al-Sha'rawiyya al-Sharqiyya.[3]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Nuzlet ash Sherkiyeh as "a small hamlet, with a well to the south, and a few olives. It stands on high ground, and has a palm tree near."[4]
In the 1945 statistics the population of Nazla esh Sharqiya was 300 Muslims,[6] with 4,840 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[7] Of this, 723 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 268 were used for cereals,[8] while 5 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[9]
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya had a population of approximately 1,623 inhabitants in 2017.[1] 5.4% of the population of an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya were refugees in 1997.[11] The healthcare facilities for an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya and the villagers of an-Nazla al Wusta are based in an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[12]
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76Archived 2017-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 127
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 177