Total Palestinian Refugees
(1950 - Present)
|
Country
|
Camps
|
Registered Refugees
|
Refugees in Camps*
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10
|
2,307,011
|
390,000
|
||
|
12
|
479,537
|
209,474
|
||
|
9
|
568,7304
|
189,879**
|
||
|
19
|
871,537
|
216,403
|
||
|
8
|
1,476,706
|
592,160
|
||
|
Agency Total
|
58
|
|
1,597,916
|
Historical Statistics - Registered Refugees1 (1950-2020)
|
Year
|
Jordan
|
Lebanon
|
Syria
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
Total
|
| 2020 | 2,307,011 | 479,537 | 568,730 | 871,537 | 1,476,706 | 5,703,546 |
| 2019 | 2,206,736 | 476,033 | 552,000 | 828,328 | 1,386,455 | 5,449,5525 |
| 2018 | 2,242,579 | 475,075 | 438,000 | 846,465 | 1,421,282 | 5,423,401 |
|
2015
|
2,097,338
|
449,957
|
526,744
|
762,288
|
1,258,559
|
5,094,886
|
|
2013
|
2,034,641
|
441,543
|
499,189
|
741,409
|
1,203,135
|
4,919,917
|
|
2010
|
1,999,466
|
455,373
|
495,970
|
848,494
|
1,167,361
|
4,966,664
|
|
2003
|
1,718,767
|
391,679
|
409,662
|
654,971
|
907,221
|
4,082,300
|
|
2000
|
1,570,192
|
376,472
|
383,199
|
583,009
|
824,622
|
3,737,494
|
|
1995
|
1,288,197
|
346,164
|
337,308
|
517,412
|
683,560
|
3,172,641
|
|
1990
|
929,097
|
302,049
|
280,731
|
414,298
|
496,339
|
2,422,514
|
|
1985
|
799,724
|
263,599
|
244,626
|
357,704
|
427,892
|
2,093,545
|
|
1980
|
716,372
|
226,554
|
209,362
|
324,035
|
367,995
|
1,844,318
|
|
1975
|
625,857
|
196,855
|
184,042
|
292,922
|
333,031
|
1,632,707
|
|
1970
|
506,038
|
175,958
|
158,717
|
272,692
|
311,814
|
1,425,219
|
|
1965
|
688,089
|
159,810
|
135,971
|
--
|
296,953
|
1,280,823
|
|
1960
|
613,743
|
136,561
|
115,043
|
--
|
255,542
|
1,120,889
|
|
1955
|
502,135
|
100,820
|
88,330
|
--
|
214,701
|
905,986
|
|
1950
|
506,200
|
127,600
|
82,194
|
--
|
198,227
|
914,221(3)
|
Source: UNRWA.
*Estimates
**Figures predate the start of the conflict in Syria in March 2011.
(1) Figures based on UNRWA registration which is voluntary, thus these figures do not represent an accurate population record.
(2) Until 1967, the West Bank was administered as an integral part of the Jordan field.
(3) Excluding the 45,800 persons receiving relief in Israel who were the responsibility of UNRWA until June 1952.
(4) Of the 552,000 Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA in Syria, an estimated 438,000 remain in the country. The remainder have fled to either Lebanon, Jordan or further afield. Figure for 2020 is also an estimate.
(5) UNRWA gives the total number of refugees as approximately 5.7 million, which is different from the country by country estimated totals.
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