Number of Settlers in the Israeli Settlements and Palestinian Population in the West Bank by Governorate, 2020

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Ratio of Settlers to
Palestinian Population*		 Palestinian Population Number of Settlers Governorate
23.1 3,086,816 712,815 West Bank
1.1              335,660 3,553 Jenin
3.9 65,211 2,541 Tubas
2.2 197,098 4,414 Tulkarm
5.1 411,680 21,176 Nablus
33.6 120,357 40,391 Qalqiliya
59.0 81,162 47,905 Salfit
39.7 351,510 139,386 Ramallah & Al-Bireh
14.2 52,836 7,508 Jericho & Al-Aghwar
71.2 466,750 332,294 Jerusalem
82.0 301,163 246,909 Area J1
51.6 165,587 85,385 Area J2
39.7  232,343 92,183 Bethlehem
2.8   772,384 21,464 Hebron

* Ratio of settlers to the Palestinian population: Number of settlers devided by the Palestinian population, for example 23 means the presence of 23 settlers to each 100 Palestinians.

Sources: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Israeli Settlements and Land Grab Database 2021. Ramallah- Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2017. Estimates based on the final results of Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2017. Ramallah-Palestine.
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Abstract of Israel. Jerusalem, Various Years, (2003 - 2020).
The Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies 2021, Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem 2021 (No 35). Jerusalem.