According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 1,596 inhabitants in 2017.

[11] In 1838, Budrus was counted as a Muslim village in the Gaza District,[12] noted from the tower of the White Mosque of Ramleh.

[26][27]A boy from the village, 16-year-old Samir Awad, was shot to death in February 2013 near the Israeli West Bank barrier, where he reportedly had gone with friends to throw stones at soldiers.

According to an investigation by B'tselem, he was shot while fleeing, once in the leg, and then further, while attempting to run away, once in the back and the head.

A military investigation made a preliminary finding that the soldiers had fired in contravention of open-fire regulations.

[28][29] The house of his family was later subject to assault with concussion grenades, injuring several members, while another son, Abed, was arrested and taken to an unknown destination.