Arab majority in 'historic Palestine' after 2014: survey
(AFP) – 1 day ago
(AFP) – 1 day ago
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — The Arab population in "historic Palestine" will equal the Jewish population by 2014, and quickly outstrip it thereafter, Palestinian statistics released Thursday said.
The figures published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics show the Arab population in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip nearing the size of the Jewish population, but with a significantly higher birth rate.
The bureau said the Arab population in the West Bank and Gaza currently stands at 4.1 million, with another 1.4 million Arabs living inside Israel.
That gives a total not far short of the 5.8 million Jews living in the same area, according to current Israeli data.
"The number of Palestinians (Arabs) will reach that of Jewish residents by the end of 2014, around 6.1 million, at the current growth rate," the Palestinian bureau said.
It noted that the birth rate in the Palestinian territories is currently 32.8 per thousand residents, as compared to 26.2 per thousand in Israel.
The bureau put the current number of Palestinian refugees living overseas at 5.6 million, primarily in Arab countries.
A number of Israelis have advanced the "demographic" argument to push for a two-state solution, warning that without a resolution, the growing Arab population will erase Israel's character as a Jewish state.
[ 31/12/2010 - 03:49 PM ]
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A press release issued by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) stated that the projected number of Palestinians in the world at the end of 2010 is 11 million, more than half of whom live in the diaspora.
The distribution of the Palestinians according to the report is as follows: 4.1 million Palestinians were in the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory (of which 2.5 million were in the West Bank and 1.6 million in Gaza), 1.4 million Palestinians in 1948-occupied Palestine, 5 in Arab countries and 600 thousand in other countries.
The report also stated that 44% of Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are refugees (18% in the West Bank and 26% in the Gaza Strip).
Number of Palestinians in historical Palestine will exceed the number of Jews over time…
The number of Palestinians in historical Palestine amounts to 5.5 million at end of 2010. The number of Jews living in historical Palestine amounts to 5.7 million. The number of Palestinians and Jews will reach about 6.1 million for each at the end of 2014 providing current growth rates remain the same. However, the number of Palestinians in historical Palestine will reach 7.2 million compared to 6.7 Jews at the end of 2020.
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