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Do not fill this in! ==Demographics== {{main|Demographic history of Palestine (region)#British Mandate era}} ===British censuses and estimations=== [[File:Crowded street, NINO F Scholten Es Salt 64.tiff|thumb|Street in As-Salt in the 1920s]] [[File:Palestine Distribution of Population 1947 UN map no 93(b).jpeg|thumb|Population distribution near the end of the Mandate]] In 1920, the majority of the approximately {{formatnum:750000}} people in this multi-ethnic region were [[Arabic]]-speaking Muslims, including a [[Bedouin]] population (estimated at {{formatnum:103331}} at the time of the 1922 census<ref>"{{cite web |url=http://www.zionism-israel.com/Palestine_Hope_Simpson_Report.htm |title=Hope Simpson report, Chapter III |date=October 1930 |publisher=Zionism-israel.com}}</ref> and concentrated in the [[Beersheba]] area and the region south and east of it), as well as Jews (who accounted for some 11% of the total) and smaller groups of [[Druze]], Syrians, Sudanese, Somalis, [[Circassians]], Egyptians, Copts, Greeks, and [[Hejaz|Hejazi Arabs]]: * The [[First British census of Palestine|first census]] of 1922 showed a population of {{formatnum:757182}}, of whom 78% were Muslim, 11% Jewish and 10% Christian. * The [[Second British census of Palestine|second census]], of 1931, gave a total population of {{formatnum:1035154}} of whom 73.4% were Muslim, 16.9% Jewish and 8.6% Christian. A discrepancy between the two censuses and records of births, deaths and immigration, led the authors of the second census to postulate the illegal immigration of about 9,000 Jews and 4,000 Arabs during the intervening years.<ref>Mills, E. ''Census of Palestine, 1931'' (UK government, 1932), Vol I, pp. 61β65.</ref> [[File:Ymca boys jeru.jpg|thumb|Arab Christian Palestinian boys at the [[Jerusalem YMCA]], 1938]] There were no further censuses but statistics were maintained by counting births, deaths and migration. By the end of 1936 the total population was approximately 1,300,000, the Jews being estimated at 384,000. The Arabs had also increased their numbers rapidly, mainly as a result of the cessation of the [[Conscription in the Ottoman Empire|military conscription imposed on the country by the Ottoman Empire]], the [[Malaria in Mandatory Palestine|campaign against malaria]] and a general improvement in health services. In absolute figures their increase exceeded that of the Jewish population, but proportionally, the latter had risen from 13 per cent of the total population at the census of 1922 to nearly 30 per cent at the end of 1936.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150908182126/http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/16B8C7CC809B7E5B8525694B0071F3BD The Political History of Palestine under British Administration], Memorandum to the United Nations Special Committee</ref> Some components such as illegal immigration could only be estimated approximately. The [[White Paper of 1939]], which placed immigration restrictions on Jews, stated that the Jewish population "has risen to some {{formatnum:450000}}" and was "approaching a third of the entire population of the country". In 1945, a demographic study showed that the population had grown to {{formatnum:1764520}}, comprising {{formatnum:1061270}} Muslims, {{formatnum:553600}} Jews, {{formatnum:135550}} Christians and {{formatnum:14100}} people of other groups. {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |- ! Year !! Total !! Muslim !! Jewish !! Christian !! Other |- ! 1922 | {{formatnum:752048}} || {{formatnum:589177}}<br />(78%) || {{formatnum:83790}}<br />(11%) || {{formatnum:71464}}<br />(10%) || {{formatnum:7617}}<br />(1%) |- ! 1931 | {{formatnum:1036339}} || {{formatnum:761922}}<br />(74%) || {{formatnum:175138}}<br />(17%) || {{formatnum:89134}}<br />(9%) || {{formatnum:10145}}<br />(1%) |- ! 1945 | {{formatnum:1764520}} || {{formatnum:1061270}}<br />(60%) || {{formatnum:553600}}<br />(31%) || {{formatnum:135550}}<br />(8%) || {{formatnum:14100}}<br />(1%) |- |style="text-align:center;"| Average compounded [[Population growth|population<br />growth]] rate per annum, 1922β1945 | 3.8% || 2.6% || 8.6% || 2.8% || 2.7% |} ===By district=== [[File:Mandatory Palestine - Population by Municipality (1945).svg|thumb|Map of the municipalities in Mandatory Palestine by population count (1945) {{legend|#A50021|150,000 and more}} {{legend|#D2152F|100,000}} {{legend|#E62735|50,000}} {{legend|#F53D3D|20,000}} {{legend|#F57856|10,000}} {{legend|#F5AC75|5,000}} {{legend|#F5D7BC|2,000}} {{legend|#F5D7BC|1,000}} {{legend|#FAE6DC|500}} {{legend|#FFF6F3|less than 500}} {{legend|#CCC0C0|Nomadic regions in the [[Negev]] desert}}]] The following table gives the religious demography of each of the 16 [[Districts of Mandatory Palestine|districts]] of the Mandate in 1945. {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |- style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="9" style="background:#e9e9e9;font-size:110%"| Demography of Palestine in 1945 by district<ref>{{cite book|title=A Survey of Palestine: Prepared in December, 1945 and January, 1946 for the Information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry |pages=12β13|volume=1|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies| year=1991|isbn=978-0-88728-211-9|author=prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"| District ! rowspan="2"| Sub-District ! colspan="2"| Muslim ! colspan="2"| Jewish ! colspan="2"| Christian ! rowspan="2"| Total |- ! Number !! style="text-align:right;"| % ! Number !! style="text-align:right;"| % ! Number !! style="text-align:right;"| % |- | style="text-align:left;"| Haifa |align="left"| [[Haifa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Haifa]] | {{formatnum:95970}} || 38% | {{formatnum:119020}} || 47% | {{formatnum:33710}} || 13% | {{formatnum:253450}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Galilee |align="left"| [[Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Acre]] | {{formatnum:51130}} || 69% | {{formatnum:3030}} || 4% | {{formatnum:11800}} || 16% | {{formatnum:73600}} |- |align="left"| [[Beisan Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Beisan]] | {{formatnum:16660}} || 67% | {{formatnum:7590}} || 30% | 680 || 3% | {{formatnum:24950}} |- |align="left"| [[Nazareth Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Nazareth]] | {{formatnum:30160}} || 60% | {{formatnum:7980}} || 16% | {{formatnum:11770}} || 24% | {{formatnum:49910}} |- |align="left"| [[Safad Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Safad]] | {{formatnum:47310}} || 83% | {{formatnum:7170}} || 13% | {{formatnum:1630}} || 3% | {{formatnum:56970}} |- |align="left"| [[Tiberias Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Tiberias]] | {{formatnum:23940}} || 58% | {{formatnum:13640}} || 33% | {{formatnum:2470}} || 6% | {{formatnum:41470}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Lydda |align="left"| [[Jaffa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Jaffa]] | {{formatnum:95980}} || 24% | {{formatnum:295160}} || 72% | {{formatnum:17790}} || 4% | {{formatnum:409290}} |- |align="left"| [[Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Ramle]] | {{formatnum:95590}} || 71% | {{formatnum:31590}} || 24% | {{formatnum:5840}} || 4% | {{formatnum:134030}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Samaria |align="left"| [[Jenin Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Jenin]] | {{formatnum:60000}} || 98% | negligible || <1% | {{formatnum:1210}} || 2% | {{formatnum:61210}} |- |align="left"| [[Nablus]] | {{formatnum:92810}} || 98% | negligible || <1% | {{formatnum:1560}} || 2% | {{formatnum:94600}} |- |align="left"| [[Tulkarm Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Tulkarm]] | {{formatnum:76460}} || 82% | {{formatnum:16180}} || 17% | 380 || 1% | {{formatnum:93220}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Jerusalem |align="left"| [[Hebron Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Hebron]] | {{formatnum:92640}} || 99% | 300 || <1% | 170 || <1% | {{formatnum:93120}} |- |align="left"| [[Jerusalem Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Jerusalem]] | {{formatnum:104460}} || 41% | {{formatnum:102520}} || 40% | {{formatnum:46130}} || 18% | {{formatnum:253270}} |- |align="left"| [[Ramallah]] | {{formatnum:40520}} || 83% | negligible || <1% | {{formatnum:8410}} || 17% | {{formatnum:48930}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Gaza District|Gaza]] |align="left"| [[Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Beersheba]] | {{formatnum:6270}} || 90% | 510 || 7% | 210 || 3% | {{formatnum:7000}} |- |align="left"| [[Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Gaza]] | {{formatnum:145700}} || 97% | {{formatnum:3540}} || 2% | {{formatnum:1300}} || 1% | {{formatnum:150540}} |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Total | {{formatnum:1076780}} || 58% | {{formatnum:608230}} || 33% | {{formatnum:145060}} || 9% | {{formatnum:1845560}} |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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