Total Population of Jewish Settlements
(1970 - Present)
| Year | Jewish Population |
| 2022# | 490,493 |
| 2021 | 475,481 |
| 2020 | 463,353 |
| 2019 | 449,697 |
| 2018 | 438,359 |
| 2017 | 420,899 |
| 2016 | 406,332 |
| 2013 | 324,562 |
| 2010 | 303,900 |
| 2009 | 299,340 |
| 2008 | 276,440 |
| 2007 | 278,875 |
| 2006 | 260,932 |
| 2005* | 249,954 |
| 2004 | 246,000 |
| 2003 | 226,051 |
| 2002 | 226,028 |
| 2001 | 198,095 |
| 2000 | 203,067 |
| 1999 | 176,856 |
| 1998 | 172,000 |
| 1997 | 161,000 |
| 1995 | 146,207 |
| 1994 | 141,222 |
| 1993 | 136,109 |
| 1992 | 123,184 |
| 1990 | 76,000 |
| 1980 | 12,424 |
| 1977 | 5,023 |
| 1970 | 1,514 |
#As of January 30, 2022 - Includes 130 settlements but excludes 23 communities in the Old City and eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem where 330,000 Jews live and are technically part of the West Bank.
* - In August 2005, Israel evacuated all settlements from the Gaza Strip.
Sources: Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics;
Israel Yearbook & Almanac;
Jerusalem Post, (August 8, 2001, February 3, 2003; August 17, 2006, October 29, 2010);
JTA, (July 22, 2004); (July 26, 2012);
Haaretz, (August 27, 2005);
Ynet, (January 4, 2006);
Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz, “West Bank Population Stats,” (January 30, 2022).
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