 According to the 2008 census its population is 3,187, up from 2,656 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.9%.The commune covers an area of .Ksabi lies at an elevation of on the left (eastern) bank of the Oued Saoura in the Saoura valley; it is the lowest town on this river before it reaches the endorheic lake Sebkha el Melah.