Refugees
Registered with UNRWA.
|
REGISTERED
|
REGISTERED
|
REGISTERED
|
REGISTERED
|
REGISTERED
|
IN |
IN |
IN |
|
|
Jordan* |
506,200 |
586,706 |
699,553 |
1,042,123 |
1,512,742 |
182,000 |
237,677 |
274,816 |
|
West Bank |
321,722 |
472,473 |
569,741 |
82,299 |
124,307 |
153,380 |
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|
Gaza |
198,227 |
245,343 |
358,898 |
582,863 |
798,444 |
201,672 |
320,467 |
437,650 |
|
Lebanon |
127,600 |
129,228 |
219,561 |
324,219 |
370,144 |
103,661 |
169,321 |
204,999 |
|
Syria |
82,194 |
109,596 |
203,830 |
306,042 |
374,521 |
57,924 |
88,924 |
109,315 |
|
Israel ** |
45,800 |
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|
Total |
960,021 |
1,070,783 |
1,803,564 |
2,727,820 |
3,625,592 |
627,956 |
904,696 |
1,118,160 |
Table 4
Palestinians
in 1970, 1990, and 2000 by
Country of Residence (De Facto Population)
|
Country |
PALESTINIANS
|
PERCENTAGE
|
PALESTINIANS |
PERCENTAGE
|
PALESTINIANS
|
PERCENTAGE
|
|
Gaza |
368,000 |
13.6 |
671,000 |
11.1 |
1,032,000 |
12.2 |
|
W. Bank |
677,000 |
25.1 |
1,373,000 |
22.7 |
1,836,000 |
21.7 |
|
Israel |
367,000 |
13.6 |
687,000 |
11.3 |
919,000 |
10.9 |
|
Jordan |
592,000 |
21.9 |
1,524,000 |
25.3 |
2,626,000 |
31.1 |
|
Lebanon |
247,000 |
09.1 |
332,000 |
05.5 |
463,000 |
05.5 |
|
Syria |
156,000 |
05.8 |
302,000 |
05.0 |
411,000 |
04.9 |
|
Egypt |
33,000 |
01.2 |
40,000 |
00.7 |
48,000 |
00.6 |
|
Libya |
10,000 |
00.4 |
28,000 |
00.5 |
37,000 |
00.4 |
|
Iraq |
15,000 |
05.2 |
30,000 |
00.5 |
42,000 |
00.5 |
|
Kuwait |
140,000 |
01.1 |
312,000 |
5.2 |
30,000 |
00.4 |
|
S. Arabia |
31,00 |
01.1 |
206,000 |
03.4 |
299,000 |
03.5 |
|
Other
Gulf |
25,000 |
00.9 |
87,000 |
01.4 |
105,000 |
01.2 |
|
Other |
40,000 |
01.5 |
441,000 |
07.3 |
606,000 |
07.2 |
|
TOTAL |
2,701,000 |
100.00 |
6,033,000 |
100.00 |
8,454,000 |
100.00 |
Sources:
Author's calculations, based
on national censuses, PLO, 1983, Kossaifi, 1980; U.S. Census, 1991;
PCBS, 1997