Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank in 2014

The population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank are collected by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. As such, the data contains only population of settlements recognized by the Israeli authorities. Israeli outposts are not tracked, and their population is hard to establish. In addition to these, Nahal settlements are formally considered military outposts, and their population is counted, but not reported. Once a Nahal settlement becomes a civilian locality, it starts to be reported.

While all settlements in the West Bank were advised by the International Court of Justice to be unlawful in 2004,^[1] the construction of the West Bank Barrier would keep a significant number of settlements behind a wall. The largest settlements left beyond the barrier would include Kiryat Arba (population 7,593 in 2012), Kokhav Ya'akov (6,476), Beit El (5,897), Geva Binyamin (4,674), Eli, Mateh Binyamin (3,521), Ofra (3,489), Talmon (3,202), Shilo, Mateh Binyamin (2,706), Tekoa, Gush Etzion (2,518), and Mitzpe Yeriho (2,115). The total number of settlers east of the barrier lines in 2012 was at least 67,702, plus 11,528 in the Jordan Valley. By comparison, the number of Gaza Strip settlers in 2005 who refused to move voluntarily and be compensated, and that were forcibly evicted during the Israeli disengagement from Gaza was around 9,000.^[2] The total population of all settlements in the West Bank was nearly 400,000 in 2014, excluding East Jerusalem.^[3] As of December 2015, altogether over 800,000 Israeli Jews resided over the 1949 Armistice Lines (including east-Jerusalem neighborhoods), constituting approximately 13% of Israel's Jewish population.^[4]

Statistics

Population of Israeli West Bank settlements

Name	Hebrew	2015[5]	2010[6]	2005[7]	2003[8]	2000[9]	1999[10]	Est.[6]	Fence[11]	Council	Subarea or bloc
Adora	אדורה	404	240	206	191	271	291	1984	E	Har Hebron	West
Alei Zahav	עלי זהב	1300	498	684	424	391	355	1982	W	Shomron	Western S.
Alfei Menashe	אלפי מנשה	7638	7079	5541	5,347	4,580	4,410	1983	W	Shomron	Western S.[12]
Alon Shvut	אלון שבות	3218	3033	3291	3,146	2,680	2,230	1970	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Almog	אלמוג	207	170	159	141	167	156	1977	V	Megilot	Dead Sea
Almon (Anatot)	עלמון (ענתות)	1286	893	762	726	698	672	1982	W	Binyamin	Adumim
Argaman	ארגמן	133	169	166	169	164	155	1968	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Ariel	אריאל	18717	17668	16520	16,053	15,600	15,100	1978	W	Shomron	Western S.[13]
Asfar (Metzad)	מיצד (אספר)	583	401	258	232	361	356	1983	E	Gush Etzion	Judean Mtns
Ateret	עטרת	894	770	373	349	302	287	1981	E	Mateh Binyamin	Western B.
Avnat	אבנת	128	101	n/a				1983	V	Megilot	Dead Sea
Avnei Hefetz	אבני חפץ	1709	1553	1127	964	785	695	1990	E	Shomron	Western S.
Barkan	ברקן	1741	1401	1231	1,217	1,150	1,080	1981	W	Shomron	Western S.
Bat Ayin	בת עין	1226	987	804	767			1989	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Beit Aryeh	בית אריה	4721	3909	3457	2,522	2,380	2,330	1981	W	Shomron	Western S.[12]
Beit El	בית אל	6046	5626	4967	4,627	4,120	3,800	1977	E	Mateh Binyamin	[12] Ramallah
Beit HaArava	בית הערבה	159	120	83	54	55	45	1980	V	Megilot	Dead Sea
Beit Horon	בית חורון	1228	1115	848	822	772	720	1977	W	Mateh Binyamin	Giv'on
Beit Yatir (Mezadot Yehuda)	בית יתיר (מצדות יהודה)	467	379	431	412	422	412	1983	W	Har Hebron	South
Beitar Illit	ביתר עילית	49343	37575	26996	22,926	15,800	12,700	1985	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion[13]
Beka'ot	בקעות	182	162	156	145	144	144	1972	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Bruchin	ברוכין	719	n/a					2012	W	Shomron	Western S.
Carmei Tzur	כרמי צור	1036	725	713	623	481	422	1984	E	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Carmel	כרמל	407	383	330	321	246	252	1981	E	Har Hebron	South
Dolev	דולב	1302	1195	1034	973	880	850	1983	E	Mateh Binyamin	Western B.
Efrat(a)	אפרת	8301	7454	7428	7,037	6,430	6,230	1980	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion[12]
El'azar	אלעזר	2577	1905	1131	882	784	747	1975	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Eli	עלי	4092	3108	2420	2,058	1,900	1,730	1984	E	Mateh Binyamin	Eli
Elkana	אלקנה	3945	3587	2963	3,050	2,990	2,940	1977	W	Shomron	Western S.[12]
Elon Moreh	אלון מורה	1794	1447	1212	1,097	1,060	1,050	1979	E	Shomron	Nablus
Einav	ענב	711	604	538	473	500	504	1981	E	Shomron	Enav
Eshkolot	אשכולות	494	619	225	220	171	148	1982	W	Har Hebron	South
Etz Efraim	עץ אפרים	1822	760	642	617	525	500	1985	W	Shomron	Western S.
Ganei Modi'in	גני מודיעין	2347	n/a					1996	W	Mateh Binyamin	Modi'in
Ganim	גנים			0[14]	139	158	149	1983	E	Shomron	Northern S.
Geva Binyamin (Adam)	גבע בנימין (אדם)	5232	4370	2436	1,801	1,020	707	1984	E	Mateh Binyamin	Ramallah
Gilgal, Bik'at HaYarden	גלגל	171	166	164	162	180	164	1970	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Gitit	גיתית	376	297	191	119	100	109	1973	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Giv'at Ze'ev	גבעת זאב	16123	11764	10656	10,790	10,300	10,000	1983	W	Mateh Binyamin	[12] Giv'on
Giv'on Hadasha	גבעון החדשה	1151	1097	1147	1,224	1,190	1,180	1980	W	Mateh Binyamin	Giv'on
Hagai	בית חגי (חגי)	592	502	452	388	406	405	1984	E	Har Hebron	Hebron
Halamish	חלמיש	1278	1090	941	915	922	1,100	1977	E	Mateh Binyamin	Western B.
Hamra	חמרה	127	88	132	131	147	149	1971	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Har Adar (Giv'at HaRadar)	הר אדר (גבעת הרדאר)	3858	3426	2260	1,839	1,420	1,380	1986	W	Mateh Binyamin	[12] Giv'on
Har Brakha (Brakha)	הר ברכה (ברכה)	2267	1691	1094	880	752	714	1983	E	Shomron	Nablus
Har Gilo	הר גילה	1505	602	381	369	363		1972	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Hashmonaim	חשמונאים	2762	2610	2225	2,097	1,830	1,770	1985	W	Mateh Binyamin	Modi'in
Hebron	חברון				554			1980	E	Har Hebron	Hebron[15]
Hemdat (Nahal)	חמדת	233	178	140	107			1980	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Hermesh	חרמש	219	184	212	229	279	272	1982	E	Shomron	Rehan
Hinanit	חיננית	1089	813	760	669	481	432	1981	W	Shomron	Rehan
Homesh	חומש			0[14]	156	159	163	1980	E	Shomron	Northern S.
Immanuel	עמנואל	3253	2948	2583	2,455	3,040	3,150	1983	W	Shomron	Western S.[12]
Itamar	איתמר	1305	1101	651	557	541	511	1984	E	Shomron	Nablus
Kadim	קדים			0[14]	128	148	138	1983	E	Shomron	Northern S.
Kalia	קלי"ה	394	306	271	260	260	262	1968	V	Megilot	Dead Sea
Karnei Shomron	קרני שומרון	6905	6284	6280	6,093	5,890	5,590	1978	W	Shomron	Western S.[12]
Kedar	קדר	1490	1028	728	624	447	393	1985	W	Gush Etzion	Adumim
Kedumim	קדומים	4338	3877	3087	2,934	2,660	2,540	1977	W	Shomron	Kedumim[12]
Kfar Adumim	כפר אדומים	4145	3286	2127	1,866	1,690	1,590	1979	W	Mateh Binyamin	Adumim
Kfar Etzion	כפר עציון	1071	804	422	404	427	421	1967	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Kfar Tapuach	כפר תפוח	970	1025	648	523	347	352	1978	E	Shomron	Western S.
Kiryat Arba	קרית ארבע	7108	7248	6819	6,605	6,380	6,240	1972	E	Har Hebron	Hebron[12]
Kiryat Netafim	קרית נטפים	865	690	438	384	249	240	1983	W	Shomron	Western S.
Kokhav HaShahar	כוכב השחר	1945	1557	1449	1,367	1,150	1,080	1977	V	Mateh Binyamin	Jordan
Kokhav Ya'akov (Abir Ya'akov)	כוכב יעקב (אביר יעקב)	7313	6006	4919	3,819	1,640	1,260	1985	E	Mateh Binyamin	Ramallah
Lapid	לפיד	2551	2497	2247	2,176			1996	W	Hevel Modi'in	Modi'in
Ma'ale Adumim	מעלה אדומים	37525	35673	30162	27,259	24,900	23,800	1975	W	Gush Etzion[13]	Adumim
Ma'ale Amos	מעלה עמוס	384	255	340	299	336	342	1981	E	Gush Etzion	Judean Mtns
Ma'ale Efraim	מעלה אפרים	1206	1250	1423	1,443	1,480	1,460	1970	V	Bik'at HaYarden[12]	Jordan Valley
Ma'ale Levona	מעלה לבונה	766	686	545	497	445	447	1983	E	Mateh Binyamin	Eli
Ma'ale Mikhmas	מעלה מכמש	1351	1104	1126	980	826	753	1981	V	Mateh Binyamin
Ma'ale Shomron	מעלה שומרון	1015	837	574	533	527	486	1980	W	Shomron	Western S.
Ma'on	מעון	502	357	347	327	283	265	1981	E	Har Hebron	South
Maskiot	משכיות	206	n/a	n/a		507	N/A	1986	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Massu'a	משואה	148	141	136	145	148	140	1970	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Matityahu	מתתיהו	698	465	1353	1,365	1,380	1,410	1981	W	Mateh Binyamin	Modi'in
Mehola	מחולה	471	400	362	327	306	315	1968	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Mekhora	מכורה	141	131	120	125	113	120	1973	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Menora	כפר האורנים \מנורה	2700	2509	1804	1,240	768	332	1998	V	Mateh Binyamin	Modi'in
Mevo Dotan	מבוא דותן	364	280	303	289	310	314	1978	E	Shomron	Rehan
Mevo Horon	מבוא חורון	2517	1771	950	712	497	494	1970	W	Mateh Binyamin	Modi'in
Migdal Oz	מגדל עוז	439	412	334	298	289	280	1977	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Migdalim	מגדלים	269	142	150	152	154	150	1983	E	Shomron	Western S.
Mitzpe Shalem	מצפה שלם	173	166	180	193	210	208	1971	V	Megilot	Dead Sea
Mitzpe Yericho	מצפה יריחו	2307	1851	1536	1,430	1,210	1,160	1978	V	Mateh Binyamin	Jordan
Modi'in Illit	מודיעין עילית	64179	48639	30484	24,290	16,400	13,000	1996	W	Mateh Binyamin	Modi'in[12]
Na'ale	נעלה	1573	1035	623	556	137	105	1988	E	Mateh Binyamin
Nahliel	נחליאל	665	412	264	248	244	230	1984	E	Mateh Binyamin	Western B.
Negohot	נגוהות	288	245	150	134	409	n/a	1999	E	Har Hebron	West
Nativ HaGdud	נתיב הגדוד	181	186	127	120	139	143	1976	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Neve Daniel	נווה דניאל	2275	1824	1467	1,073	933	868	1982	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Nili	נילי	1438	846	852	806	721	666	1981	E	Mateh Binyamin
Niran	נירן	85	52	49	52	56	45	1977	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Nofim	נופים	638	421	400	402	385	362	1987	W	Shomron	Western S.
Nokdim	נוקדים	1937	1413	729	646	611	526	1982	E	Gush Etzion	Judean Mtns
Na'omi	נעמ"ה	118	100	130	123	121	133	1982	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Ofarim	עופרים			n/a[16]	870	686	623	1989	W	Mateh Binyamin
Ofra	עפרה	3189	3296	2384	2,214	1,880	1,870	1975	E	Mateh Binyamin	Ramallah
Oranit	אורנית	8495	6205	5585	5,316	5,070	4,780	1985	W	Shomron	Western S.[12]
Otniel	עתניאל	909	787	747	698	560	553	1983	E	Har Hebron	South
Peduel	פדואל	1622	1185	1113	1,088	885	834	1984	W	Shomron	Western S.
Ma'ale Hever (Pnei Hever)	מעלה חבר (פני חבר)	432	380	375	376	304	266	1982	E	Har Hebron	Hebron
Peza'el	פצאל	250	214	215	213	224	228	1975	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Psagot	פסגות	1902	1658	1464	1,278	1,090	1,030	1981	E	Mateh Binyamin	Ramallah
Rechelim	רחלים	583	n/a					2013		Shomron
Rehan	ריחן	213	177	150	129	120	100	1977	W	Shomron	Rehan
Revava	רבבה	1974	1262	827	703	504	389	1991	W	Shomron	Western S.
Rimonim	רימונים	598	632	561	512	499	474	1977	V	Mateh Binyamin	Jordan
Ro'i	רועי	162	157	117	118	141	133	1976	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Rosh Tzurim	ראש צורים	915	606	364	263	265	290	1969	W	Gush Etzion	Etzion
Rotem	רותם	168	n/a					1983	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Sa-Nur	שא-נור			0[14]	55	52	54	1982	E	Shomron	Northern S.
Sal'it	סלעית	693	525	447	441	410	377	1977	W	Shomron	Enav
Sansana	סנסנה	334	n/a					1997		Har Hebron
Sha'are Tikva	שערי תקווה	5638	4727	3709	3,692	3,380	3,220	1983	W	Shomron	Western S.
Shadmot Mehola	שדמות מחולה	553	494	516	507	399	400	1979	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Shaked	שקד	851	661	527	524	497	468	1981	W	Shomron	Rehan
Shani (Livne)	שני (לבנה)	471	441	424	438	483	490	1989	W	Har Hebron	South
Shavei Shomron	שבי שומרון	879	688	606	604	573	569	1977	E	Shomron	Western S.
Shilo	שילה	3379	2172	1945	1,810	1,580	1,490	1979	E	Mateh Binyamin	Eli
Shim'a	שמעה	538	316	349	357	296	263	1985	E	Har Hebron	South
Susiya	סוסיא	1041	923	700	643	482	468	1983	E	Har Hebron	South
Talmon	טלמון	3704	2797	1964	1,618	1,250	1,150	1989	E	Mateh Binyamin	Western B.
Tekoa	תקוע	3495	1808	1243	1,116	980	948	1977	E	Gush Etzion	Judean Mtns
Telem	תלם	336	241	152	127	97	101	1982	E	Har Hebron	West
Tene Omarim	טנא עומרים	756	608	532	563	561	580	1983	E	Har Hebron	South
Tomer	תומר	247	234	281	298	308	307	1978	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Vered Jericho	ורד יריחו	239	196	156	161	164	155	1980	V	Megilot	Dead Sea
Yafit	יפית	149	107	99	95	125	118	1980	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Yakir	יקיר	1863	1285	984	932	822	765	1981	W	Shomron	Western S.
Yitav	ייט"ב	279	139	156	136	114	107	1970	V	Bik'at HaYarden	Jordan Valley
Yitzhar	יצהר	1380	982	590	440	329	328	1983	E	Shomron	Nablus
Zofin	צופים	1976	1251	1043	1,040	857	794	1989	W	Shomron	Kedumim
Total (excl. East Jerusalem):		388285	313928	249901	226,852	192,976	177,411
Total (incl. East Jerusalem):					401,820	362,945

Population of East Jerusalem neighborhoods

Name	Hebrew	2003[17]	2000[9]	Est.[6]	Fence[11]
East Talpiot	תלפיות מזרח	12,439	12,845	1967	W
French Hill	הגבעה הצרפתית	6,628	8,193	1969	W
Gilo	גילֹה	27,425	27,637	1973	W
Giv'at Hamivtar	גבעת המבתר	2,958	2,912	1970	W
Har Homa, Givat Hamatos	הר חומה	2,152	763	1997	W
Ma'alot Dafna	מעלות דפנה	3,664	3,645	1972	W
Neve Yaakov	נווה יעקב	20,306	20,288	1972	W
Pisgat Ze'ev	פסגת זאב	39,747	36,649	1985	W
Ramat Eshkol	רמת אשכול	3,123	2,917	1970	W
Ramat Shlomo	רמת שלמה	13,390	11,348	1995	W
Ramot	רמות אלון	39,383	37,934	1974	W
Sanhedria Murhevet	סנהדריה המורחבת	4,999	5,018	1970	W
Total:		176,214	170,149

Unreported Nahal settlements:

• Elisha (population of 753 in 2000)
• Gvaot (population of 44 in 2003)

Localities of unknown status:

• Bitronot
• Doran
• Ein Hogla
• Mahane Giv'on

Other localities:

• Shvut Rachel (est. 1991) – an independently governed settlement which is formally designated as a neighborhood of Shilo. As such, its population is counted within Shilo.

See also

• Israeli settlement
• Judea and Samaria Area
• List of cities administered by the State of Palestine
• List of cities in Israel
• List of Israeli settlements with city status in the West Bank
• Population statistics for Israeli Gaza Strip settlements
• Yesha Council

Notes

1. See the advisory opinion in Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory [2004] ICJ 3
2. For prior statistics, see Population statistics for Israeli Gaza Strip settlements.
3. http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/26966/jewish-population-in-judea-and-samaria-growing-significantly/#ddFGqPD1D4W2vaaT.97
4. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/18210#.VpK885scTIU
5. Central Bureau of Statistics, Localities in Israel (Hebrew),
6. Central Bureau of Statistics, Localities in Israel (Hebrew),
7. Central Bureau of Statistics, Localities in Israel 2003-2008 (Hebrew),
8. Settlement Search
9. List of Localities: Their Population and Codes, 31.12.2000. Jerusalem: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2001.
10. List of Localities: Their Population and Codes, 31.12.1999. Jerusalem: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2000.
11. W: West of barrier or on side towards Israel. E: East of barrier or on side towards major Palestinian areas. V: Jordan Valley is even farther east.
12. Governed by own Local council (Israel) instead of the regional council
13. Governed as city instead of by the regional council
14. The settlements of Ganim, Hodesh, Kaddim and Sa Nur were evacuated in 2005 in Israel's unilateral disengagement plan.
15. Governed by own Regional Committee (Israel) instead of by the regional council
16. The settlement of Ofarim was appended to Beit Aryeh in 2004
17. Settlement Search

External links

• Israeli Settlements Population in the West Bank at the Jewish Virtual Library
• Yesha Council
• FMEP Reports: Settlements in the West Bank