Selected Indicators about Occupation Sites in the West Bank

Value Indicator
  Number of Occupation Sites, 2016 *
150 Settlements
107 Outposts 
168 Others
425 Total
38 Percentage Area Beyond the Reach of Palestinians (% Of the West Bank Total Area), 2007
540.0  Jurisdiction Area of Occupation Sites (Km2), 2016:
1,016.0 Closed Military Bases area (Km2), 2016:
  Annexation and Expansion Wall, 2016:
488 Length of Completed Part (km)
714 Total Length (km)
88 Percentage of Settlers Inside the Wall (% of the Total Settlers Population)
  Number of Settlers Compared with Total Jewish Population:
12,403 Number of Settlers in the West Bank, 1972
636,452 Number of Settlers in the West Bank, 2016
2,752,700 Number of Jewish in Historical Palestine and other Arab Occupied Land, 1972
6,446,100

 

Number of Jewish in Historical Palestine and other Arab Occupied Land, 2016

Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Israeli Settlements and Land Grab Database 2011  (Unpublished Data).  Ramallah- Palestine.

* Data presented in this table on the number of settlements, occupation sites are not consistent with what is reported from other sources due to the different definitions and classifications.
Sources:  Information Center Concerning, 2015.  Settlements Database.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).  July 2007.  The Humanitarian Impact on Palestinians of Israeli Settlements and Infrastructure in the West Bank,
PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, July 2008.  Barrier to Peace:  Assessment of Israel’s Barrier Route.  Ramallah-Palestine.
Foundation for Middle East Peace, May-June 2007.  Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories, Vol. 17, No. 3, Washington D.C,
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 2017.  Statistical Abstract of Israel 2016 (No. 67).  Jerusalem.