Number of Settlers in the Israeli Settlements and Palestinian Population in the West Bank by Governorate, 2021

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Ratio of Settlers to
Palestinian Population*		 Palestinian Population Number of Settlers Governorate
22.8 3,154,418 719,452 West Bank
1.1              342,396 3,722 Jenin
3.9 66,628 2,629 Tubas
2.3 200,629 4,632 Tulkarm
5.3 419,589 22,082 Nablus
33.2 123,002 40,897 Qalqiliya
60.3 83,050 50,067 Salfit
39.9 358,902 143,311 Ramallah & Al-Bireh
14.6 53,802 7,845 Jericho & Al-Aghwar
68.5 476,949 326,523 Jerusalem
78.0 307,744 239,951 Area J1
51.2 169,205 86,572 Area J2
40.2  237,271 95,279 Bethlehem
2.8   792,200 22,465 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 2022. 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 - 2021).
The Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies 2022, Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem 2021 (No 36). Jerusalem.