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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>1800</strong></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>1914</strong></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>1922</strong></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">1931</td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>1945</strong></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">1947</td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>1967</strong></div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>2005</strong></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>2022^</strong></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00ff00" colspan="3"> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><span class="style3"><strong>Ottoman Palestine</strong></span></div> <div align="center"> </div> </td> <td bgcolor="#00ff00" colspan="4" rowspan="1"> <div align="center" class="style5"><strong>British Mandate</strong></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#00ff00" bordercolor="#000000" colspan="3"> <div align="center" class="style3"><strong>Israel</strong></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00ff00" width="12%"> <div align="left" class="style3">Muslims</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">145,000</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">246,000</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">525,000</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">590,890</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">759,712</td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">1,061,270</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">1,181,000</td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">289,600</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">1,140,600</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">2,007,000*</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00ff00" width="12%"> <div align="left" class="style3">Jews</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">5,000</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">7,000</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">94,000</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">83,794</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">174,610</td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div style="text-align: center;">553,600</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">630,000</td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">2,383,600</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">5,313,800</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">7,020,000</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00ff00" width="12%"> <div align="left" class="style3">Christians/Others</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">6,000</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">22,000</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">70,000</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">82,498</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">91,398</td> <td bordercolor="#000000" width="11%"> <div align="center">149,650</div> </td> <td bordercolor="#000000" style="text-align: center;" width="11%">143,000</td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">103,100</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">261,600</div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center">478,000**</div> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#00ffff" bordercolor="#000000"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" width="12%"> <div align="center"><strong><span class="style7">Total</span></strong></div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"> <div align="center"><strong>157,000</strong></div> </div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"> <div align="center"><strong>275,000</strong></div> </div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"> <div align="center"><strong>689,000</strong></div> </div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"> <div align="center"><strong>757,182</strong></div> </div> </td> <td style="text-align: center;" width="11%"><strong>1,035,821</strong></td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"> <div align="center"><strong>1,764,520</strong></div> </div> </td> <td style="text-align: center;" width="11%"><strong>1,970,000</strong></td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong>2,776,300</strong></div> </div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"> <div align="center"><strong>6,990,700</strong></div> </div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center" class="style5"><strong>9,391,000</strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Figures are not exact</p> <p>^As of May 1, 2022<br/> *All Arabs, including some Christians<br/> **Non-Arab Christians</p> <hr/> <p><strong>Sources</strong>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230414151107/https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/mediarelease/Pages/2020/Population-of-Israel-on-the-Eve-of-2021.aspx" target="_blank">Israel Central Bureau of Statistics</a>.<br/> Government of Palestine, Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 taken on 23rd of October, 1922, compiled by J.B. 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