Palestine Facts & Figures
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2007 census, the combined population of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem is approximately 3,750,000. Click here to view the Population, Housing and Establishment Census-2007 (preliminary findings) released in February, 2008.
Since the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, the Palestinians have experienced several waves of exile and lived in various host countries. To the refugees of 1948 must be added the hundreds of thousands displaced in 1967. These refugees together constitute the Palestinian diaspora. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the total number of Palestinians throughout the world in 1998 was 8,041,569, made up as follows:
| Israel | 910,510 | Lebanon | 430,183 | |
| Gaza | 1,039,580 | Syria | 465,662 | |
| West Bank | 1,857,872 | Egypt | 48,784 | |
| Jordan | 2,328,308 | Saudi Arabia | 274,762 | |
| Kuwait | 37,696 | The Americas | 203,558 | |
| Other Gulf states | 105,578 | Other | 259,248 | |
| Iraq, Lybia | 74,284 | |||
| Other Arab states | 5,544 | TOTAL | 8,041,569 |
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