Population of Israel/Palestine by Religion
(1553 - Present)
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1533-39
|
1800
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1914
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1922
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1931 |
1945
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1947 |
1967
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2005
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2024^
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|
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Ottoman Palestine
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British Mandate
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Israel
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Muslims
|
145,000
|
246,000
|
525,000
|
590,890
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759,712 |
1,061,270
|
1,181,000 |
289,600
|
1,140,600
|
2,089,000*
|
|
Jews
|
5,000
|
7,000
|
94,000
|
83,794
|
174,610 |
553,600
|
630,000 |
2,383,600
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5,313,800
|
7,427,000
|
|
Christians/Others
|
6,000
|
22,000
|
70,000
|
82,498
|
91,398 |
149,650
|
143,000 |
103,100
|
261,600
|
564,000**
|
|
Total
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157,000
|
275,000
|
689,000
|
757,182
|
1,035,821 |
1,764,520
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1,970,000 |
2,776,300
|
6,990,700
|
9,900,000
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Figures are not exact
^As of May 9, 2024
*All Arabs, including some Christians
**Non-Arab Christians and others
Sources: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
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Israel Defense Forces, Census of Population conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics, 1: West Bank of the Jordan, Gaza Strip and Northern Sinai, Golan Heights, Jerusalem 1967.
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, List of Localities, their Populations and Codes, 31, XII, 1995.
Technical Publications Series 68, Jerusalem 1996.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Small Area Population: Revised Estimates for 1996, Ramallah, April 1996.
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