Number of Settlers in the Israeli Settlements and Palestinian Population in the West Bank by Governorate, 2019

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Ratio of Settlers to
Palestinian Population*		 Palestinian Population Number of Settlers Governorate
22.8 3,019,948 688,262 West Bank
1.0              328,660 3,373 Jenin
3.9 63,810 2,465 Tubas
2.1 193,607 4,145 Tulkarm
5.0 403,883 20,124 Nablus
33.9 117,748 39,955 Qalqiliya
59.6 79,303 47,233 Salfit
39.8 344,146 136,954 Ramallah & Al-Bireh
14.3 51,883 7,413 Jericho & Al-Aghwar
69.2 456,625 316,176 Jerusalem
78.8 294,630 232,093 Area J1
51.9 161,995 84,083 Area J2
39.2  227,452 89,244 Bethlehem
2.8   752,831 21,180 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 2020. Ramallah- Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2018. 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 - 2019).
The Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies 2020, Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem 2020 (No 34). Jerusalem.