Village Statistics 1945: A Classification of Land and Area Ownership in Palestine (ص 17)
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- Village Statistics 1945: A Classification of Land and Area Ownership in Palestine (ص 17)
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Population
the whole sub-district. The final estimates were then round-
ed off to the nearest digit of tens.
7. Estimates of population have been prepared only for the settled
population. No reliable data are available for the nomadic popula-
tion at the end of 1944 as no records of their vital occurrences or
migration are kept. To indicate the order of magnitude of this popu-
lation, the data of the Census of 1931 have been inserted in the
tables. It should, however, be pointed out that these figures may be
very far from being representative of the nomadic population in
1944, since the size of this population as a whole has probably been
changed by natural increase, migrations and settlement. In addition,
the distribution of this population by locality is a very transient
one.’'?
In 1947, the Palestine Government supplied the United Nations Special
Political Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), which visited the country and
later recommended partition, with figures estimating the total population at
the end of 1946 to be 1,936,000, made up of 1,293,000 Arabs (an increase
of 114,000 over the 1944 figure), 608,000 Jews (an increase of 54,000) and
35,000 ‘Others’ (an increase of 2,000).?
The total Arab population as in mid-May 1948, had the expulsion of
the Moslem and Christian inhabitants not taken place, would have been
1,380,000. This figure has been arrived at by using as a guide the increase
of 114,000 in the Arab population which had occurred during the 24-month
period of the years 1945 and 1946 and by calculating the estimated increase
for the 172-month period of 1947 to mid-May 1948. It is realized that this
method may not be the proper one, but the resulting figure is near enough to
give an idea of what the Arab population would have been on 14 May 1948
had the Mandate over Palestine not been terminated.
As regards the Jewish population, the Government Department of Stat-
istics estimated the Jews in July 1947 to have increased to 626,000. The
Israeli Government in subsequent years claimed that the Jewish population
had risen to 649,600 by 14 May 1948 when the state of Israel was pro-
claimed.*
‘Whether we accept the Palestine Government figure of 626,000 as in
July 1947 or the Israeli Government figure of 649,600 as given for 14 May
(1) ‘Explanatory Note’ in the Village Statistics 1945, p. 2.
(2) U.N. Document A/364 — UNSCOP Report, Chapter II, paras. 12-13 and
footnote 11.
(3) Ibid., Chapter IV, p. 54.
(4) Statistical Abstract of Israel 1968, p. 18.
17 - تاريخ
- سبتمبر ١٩٧٠
- المنشئ
- Hadawi, Sami
- هداوي، سامي
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