Current Demographics
See also: Demographics of Israel, Israelis, Demographics of the Palestinian territories, Palestinian people#Demographics, and Demographics of JordanAccording to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, as of May 2006, of Israel's 7 million people, 77% were Jews, 18.5% Arabs, and 4.3% "others". Among Jews, 68% were Sabras (Israeli-born), mostly second- or third-generation Israelis, and the rest are olim — 22% from Europe and the Americas, and 10% from Asia and Africa, including the Arab countries. According to Palestinian evaluations, The West Bank is inhabited by approximately 2.4 million Palestinians and the Gaza Stripby another 1.4 million. According to a study presented at The Sixth Herzliya Conference on The Balance of Israel's National Security there are 1.4 million Palestinians in the West Bank. This study was criticised by demographer Sergio DellaPergola, who estimated 3.33 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip combined at the end of 2005.
According to these Israeli and Palestinian estimates, the population in Israel and the Palestinian Territories stands at 9.8–10.8 million.
Jordan has a population of around 6 million (2007 estimate). Palestinians constitute approximately half of this number.
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