Total Population of Jewish Settlements By Year
(1970 - Present)
Year |
Jewish Population |
2024* | 517,407 |
2023 | 502,991 |
2022 | 490,493 |
2021 | 475,481 |
2020 | 463,353 |
2019 |
449,697 |
2018 |
438,359 |
2017 |
420,899 |
2016 |
406,332 |
2013 |
324,562 |
2010 |
303,900 |
2009 |
299,340 |
2008 |
276,440 |
2007 |
278,875 |
2006 |
260,932 |
2005* |
249,954 |
2004 |
246,000 |
2003 |
226,051 |
2002 |
226,028 |
2001 |
198,095 |
2000 |
203,067 |
1999 |
176,856 |
1998 |
172,000 |
1997 |
161,000 |
1995 |
146,207 |
1994 |
141,222 |
1993 |
136,109 |
1992 |
123,184 |
1990 |
76,000 |
1980 |
12,424 |
1977 |
5,023 |
1970 |
1,514 |
*As of January 1, 2024 - Includes 129 settlements but excludes 23 communities in the Old City and eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem where 340,000 Jews live and are technically part of the West Bank.
** - In August 2005, Israel evacuated all settlements from the Gaza Strip.
Sources: Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics;
Israel Yearbook & Almanac;
Jerusalem Post, (August 8, 2001, February 3, 2003; August 17, 2006, October 29, 2010);
JTA, (July 22, 2004); (July 26, 2012);
Haaretz, (August 27, 2005);
Ynet, (January 4, 2006);
Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz, “West Bank Population Stats,” (January 1, 2024).