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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).