Palestine — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Palestine had an estimated population of 3,997,861 in 2005, with 272 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Palestinian Territory today — population now 5,692,790, against 3,997,861 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 3,997,861 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 3,557,401 | 5,692,790 | +60% |
The two sources differ by 12% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ġazzah | Ġazzah | 497,948 | — |
| 2 | H̱ān Yūnis | H̱ān Yūnis | 175,499 | — |
| 3 | Jabaliya | Šamāl Ġazzah | 175,355 | — |
| 4 | Hebron | Hebron | 163,709 | 160,470 now |
| 5 | Nablus | Nablus | 133,081 | 130,326 now |
| 6 | Rafah̨ | Rafah̨ | 131,335 | 126,305 now |
| 7 | an-Nuşayrāt | Dayr-al-Balah | 64,558 | 36,123 now |
| 8 | Dayr al-Balah | Dayr-al-Balah | 61,891 | 59,504 now |
| 9 | Bayt Lāhiyā | Šamāl Ġazzah | 59,220 | — |
| 10 | Ţūlkarm | Ţūlkarm | 45,155 | 44,169 now |
| 11 | Qalqīlyah | Qalqīlyah | 44,184 | 43,212 now |
| 12 | Yaţţā | Hebron | 42,285 | 41,425 now |
| 13 | al-Bīrah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 38,911 | 38,192 now |
| 14 | al-Burayj | Dayr-al-Balah | 36,347 | 34,951 now |
| 15 | Janin | Janīn | 35,489 | 34,730 now |
| 16 | Banī Suhaylā | H̱ān Yūnis | 32,825 | 31,272 now |
| 17 | Bayt H̨ānūn | Šamāl Ġazzah | 32,012 | 37,392 now |
| 18 | Bayt Lah̨m | Bayt Lah̨m | 29,325 | — |
| 19 | az̨-Z̨āhirīyah | Hebron | 28,209 | 27,616 now |
| 20 | ar-Rām | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 26,399 | — |
| 21 | Rām Allāh | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 24,935 | 43,880 now |
| 22 | Tall as-Sulţān | Rafah̨ | 24,488 | — |
| 23 | al-Maġāzī | Dayr-al-Balah | 24,338 | — |
| 24 | H̨alh̨ūl | Hebron | 21,531 | 21,076 now |
| 25 | Dūrā | Hebron | 21,299 | 20,835 now |
| 26 | Arīh̨ā | Arīh̨ā | 20,173 | — |
| 27 | Qabāţiyah | Janīn | 19,554 | 19,127 now |
| 28 | ʿAbasan al-Kabirah | H̱ān Yūnis | 19,056 | 18,163 now |
| 29 | Banī Naʿīm | Hebron | 18,606 | 19,783 now |
| 30 | Iđnā | Hebron | 18,595 | — |
| 31 | as-Samūʿ | Hebron | 17,748 | 19,355 now |
| 32 | Balāţah | Nablus | 17,538 | 17,146 now |
| 33 | al-Qarārah | H̱ān Yūnis | 16,939 | 19,500 now |
| 34 | al-ʿAyzariyah | Jerusalem | 16,511 | 17,455 now |
| 35 | al-Yāmūn | Janīn | 16,490 | 16,164 now |
| 36 | Bayt Jālā | Bayt Lah̨m | 16,179 | 16,183 now |
| 37 | Ţūbās | Ţūbās | 15,642 | 15,591 now |
| 38 | az-Zawāydah | Dayr-al-Balah | 15,518 | — |
| 39 | Bayt Sāhur | Bayt Lah̨m | 15,222 | 14,921 now |
| 40 | Tarqūmiyā | Hebron | 14,523 | — |
| 41 | Yaʿbad | Janīn | 14,323 | 13,477 now |
| 42 | Muẖayyam Tūlkarm | Ţūlkarm | 13,417 | — |
| 43 | Saʿīr | Hebron | 13,290 | 17,775 now |
| 44 | Şūrīf | Hebron | 13,264 | — |
| 45 | Baytūniyā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 13,090 | — |
| 46 | ʿAskar | Nablus | 12,630 | — |
| 47 | Bayt Ummar | Hebron | 12,480 | — |
| 48 | Muẖayyam Janīn | Janīn | 12,123 | — |
| 49 | Abū Dīs | Jerusalem | 11,522 | — |
| 50 | Bayt Fajjār | Bayt Lah̨m | 10,822 | — |
| 51 | Bayt Fūrīk | Nablus | 10,334 | — |
| 52 | ʿAttīl | Ţūlkarm | 10,330 | — |
| 53 | Ţammūn | Ţūbās | 10,155 | — |
| 54 | Kafr ʿAqab | Jerusalem | 9,927 | — |
| 55 | ʿArrābah | Janīn | 9,925 | — |
| 56 | Sīlat al-H̨āriṯiyah | Janīn | 9,773 | — |
| 57 | Taffūh̨ | Hebron | 9,694 | — |
| 58 | H̱uzāʿah | H̱ān Yūnis | 9,679 | — |
| 59 | Salfīt | Salfīt | 9,666 | — |
| 60 | Dayr al-Guşūn | Ţūlkarm | 9,391 | — |
| 61 | Bayt Ūlā | Hebron | 9,360 | — |
| 62 | ad-Duhayšah | Bayt Lah̨m | 9,320 | — |
| 63 | al-H̱ad̨r | Bayt Lah̨m | 9,204 | — |
| 64 | ʿAnātā | Jerusalem | 9,169 | — |
| 65 | Baytā | Nablus | 8,720 | — |
| 66 | Qaffīn | Ţūlkarm | 8,685 | — |
| 67 | Muẖayyam Qalandiyā | Jerusalem | 8,653 | — |
| 68 | Jabaʿ | Janīn | 8,646 | — |
| 69 | al-Jalazūn | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 8,577 | — |
| 70 | al-ʿUbaydiyah | Bayt Lah̨m | 8,466 | — |
| 71 | Đinnābah | Ţūlkarm | 8,377 | — |
| 72 | Bayt ʿAwwā | Hebron | 8,252 | — |
| 73 | Biddyā | Salfīt | 8,247 | — |
| 74 | al-ʿArrūb | Hebron | 8,237 | — |
| 75 | ʿAzzūn | Qalqīlyah | 8,164 | — |
| 76 | Šawkat aş-Şūfī | Rafah̨ | 8,090 | — |
| 77 | Bayt Liqyā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 7,970 | — |
| 78 | ʿAqrabā | Nablus | 7,881 | — |
| 79 | Nūr Šams | Ţūlkarm | 7,833 | — |
| 80 | Kafr Rāʿī | Janīn | 7,756 | — |
| 81 | ʿAşīrah aš-Šamāliyah | Nablus | 7,708 | — |
| 82 | ʿIzbat Bayt H̨ānūn | Šamāl Ġazzah | 7,333 | — |
| 83 | ʿAnabtā | Ţūlkarm | 7,259 | — |
| 84 | Balʿā | Ţūlkarm | 7,247 | — |
| 85 | Qabalān | Nablus | 7,207 | — |
| 86 | Qaţannah | Jerusalem | 7,162 | — |
| 87 | Silwād | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 7,153 | — |
| 88 | aš-Šuyūh | Hebron | 7,049 | — |
| 89 | ad-Dawh̨ah | Bayt Lah̨m | 7,031 | — |
| 90 | H̱ārās | Hebron | 7,023 | — |
| 91 | Mayṯalūn | Janīn | 6,949 | — |
| 92 | Dayr Dibwān | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 6,836 | — |
| 93 | ʿIllār | Ţūlkarm | 6,833 | — |
| 94 | al-Fawwār | Hebron | 6,657 | — |
| 95 | Tuqūʿ | Bayt Lah̨m | 6,617 | — |
| 96 | Bīr Zayt | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 6,508 | — |
| 97 | Nahhālīn | Bayt Lah̨m | 6,355 | — |
| 98 | ʿAqbah Jabbar | Arīh̨ā | 6,298 | — |
| 99 | Sīlat az̨-Z̨ahr | Janīn | 6,178 | — |
| 100 | H̨ablah | Qalqīlyah | 6,079 | — |
| 101 | Banī Zayd | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 6,078 | — |
| 102 | Biddū | Jerusalem | 6,065 | — |
| 103 | ʿAqqābā | Ţūbās | 5,907 | — |
| 104 | Bayt Līd | Ţūlkarm | 5,871 | — |
| 105 | Birqīn | Janīn | 5,851 | — |
| 106 | H̨izmā | Jerusalem | 5,823 | — |
| 107 | Bīr Nabālā | Jerusalem | 5,800 | — |
| 108 | Bayt Kāh̨il | Hebron | 5,791 | — |
| 109 | ʿAwartā | Nablus | 5,766 | — |
| 110 | Huwwara | Nablus | 5,756 | — |
| 111 | Jammāʿīn | Nablus | 5,735 | — |
| 112 | al-Bayuk | Rafah̨ | 5,669 | — |
| 113 | H̨ūsān | Bayt Lah̨m | 5,660 | — |
| 114 | Dayr Sāmit | Hebron | 5,654 | — |
| 115 | ʿAbasān al-Jadīdah | H̱ān Yūnis | 5,648 | — |
| 116 | al-Amʿarrī | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 5,645 | — |
| 117 | al-Fārʿah | Ţūbās | 5,578 | — |
| 118 | Sinjil | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 5,494 | — |
| 119 | Zaʿtarah | Bayt Lah̨m | 5,332 | — |
| 120 | Dayr Abū D̨aʿīf | Janīn | 5,257 | — |
| 121 | H̱ąrbaṯā al-Misbāh̨ | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 5,184 | — |
| 122 | ʿAjjah | Janīn | 5,114 | — |
| 123 | al-Mazraʿah aš-Šarqiyah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 5,110 | — |
| 124 | Kafr ad-Dīk | Salfīt | 5,098 | — |
| 125 | al-Miġrāqah | Ġazzah | 5,092 | — |
| 126 | Kafr Dān | Janīn | 5,082 | — |
| 127 | Sālim | Nablus | 5,054 | — |
| 128 | az-Zāwiyah | Salfīt | 5,030 | — |
| 129 | ʿAyn Bayt al-Māʿ | Nablus | 5,003 | — |
| 130 | Sīrīs | Janīn | 5,003 | — |
| 131 | as-Sawāh̨irah aš-Šarqiyah | Jerusalem | 4,978 | — |
| 132 | Qibyā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,858 | — |
| 133 | al-Judaydah | Janīn | 4,846 | — |
| 134 | Tall | Nablus | 4,691 | — |
| 135 | Niʿlīn | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,686 | — |
| 136 | Wādī as-Salqā | Dayr-al-Balah | 4,665 | — |
| 137 | al-Mawāşī | H̱ān Yūnis | 4,494 | — |
| 138 | al-Jīb | Jerusalem | 4,430 | — |
| 139 | Nūbā | Hebron | 4,415 | — |
| 140 | Quşrah | Nablus | 4,414 | — |
| 141 | Turmusʿayyā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,382 | — |
| 142 | al-Jiftlik | Arīh̨ā | 4,368 | — |
| 143 | Bayt ʿŪr at-Tah̨tā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,360 | — |
| 144 | Kafr Ṯulṯ | Qalqīlyah | 4,314 | — |
| 145 | Šuqbā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,284 | — |
| 146 | Dayr Jarīr | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,249 | — |
| 147 | Şānūr | Janīn | 4,236 | — |
| 148 | al-Mazraʿah al-Qibliyah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,193 | — |
| 149 | Battīr | Bayt Lah̨m | 4,186 | — |
| 150 | Bayt ʿAnān | Jerusalem | 4,066 | — |
| 151 | Bāqah aš-Šarqiyah | Ţūlkarm | 4,065 | — |
| 152 | H̨irbat Abū Falāh̨ | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 4,051 | — |
| 153 | Kafr al-Labad | Ţūlkarm | 4,006 | — |
| 154 | Burqah | Nablus | 4,003 | — |
| 155 | Şaffā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,991 | — |
| 156 | al-ʿAwjā | Arīh̨ā | 3,979 | — |
| 157 | Qīzan an-Najjār | H̱ān Yūnis | 3,896 | — |
| 158 | Rūjayb | Nablus | 3,891 | — |
| 159 | az-Zabābidah | Janīn | 3,830 | — |
| 160 | Kafr Niʿmah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,826 | — |
| 161 | Dayr Istiyā | Salfīt | 3,814 | — |
| 162 | al-Fuẖẖārī | H̱ān Yūnis | 3,722 | — |
| 163 | ʿĀnīn | Janīn | 3,695 | — |
| 164 | Qāʿ al-Qurayn | H̱ān Yūnis | 3,681 | — |
| 165 | Qarāwat Banī H̨assān | Salfīt | 3,679 | — |
| 166 | Dayr Ballūţ | Salfīt | 3,648 | — |
| 167 | Bayt Sūrīk | Jerusalem | 3,645 | — |
| 168 | Arţās | Bayt Lah̨m | 3,625 | — |
| 169 | Kawbar | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,625 | — |
| 170 | Brūqīn | Salfīt | 3,618 | — |
| 171 | Barţaʿah aš-Šarqiyah | Janīn | 3,569 | — |
| 172 | Bayt Dajan | Nablus | 3,568 | — |
| 173 | ʿAyn Yabrūd | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,512 | — |
| 174 | Faqqūʿah | Janīn | 3,468 | — |
| 175 | Kafr Qaddūm | Qalqīlyah | 3,452 | — |
| 176 | ar-Rīh̨iyah | Hebron | 3,446 | — |
| 177 | Dayr Abū Mašʿal | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,399 | — |
| 178 | ʿAbwein | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,393 | — |
| 179 | H̱ursā | Hebron | 3,391 | — |
| 180 | Rummānah | Janīn | 3,348 | — |
| 181 | al-Fandaqūmiyah | Janīn | 3,326 | — |
| 182 | Jayyūs | Qalqīlyah | 3,269 | — |
| 183 | Bayt Ībā | Nablus | 3,249 | — |
| 184 | ʿAydah | Bayt Lah̨m | 3,234 | — |
| 185 | Juh̨ur ad-Dīk | Ġazzah | 3,208 | — |
| 186 | Kifl H̨āris | Salfīt | 3,202 | — |
| 187 | Farʿūn | Ţūlkarm | 3,168 | — |
| 188 | Rammūn | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,140 | — |
| 189 | Zaytā | Ţūlkarm | 3,120 | — |
| 190 | Jabaʿ | Jerusalem | 3,092 | — |
| 191 | Şaydā | Ţūlkarm | 3,058 | — |
| 192 | Baytillū | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,047 | — |
| 193 | H̨āris | Salfīt | 3,036 | — |
| 194 | ar-Ramād̨īn | Hebron | 3,034 | — |
| 195 | Rābā | Janīn | 3,019 | — |
| 196 | Bitīn | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 3,007 | — |
| 197 | Talfīt | Nablus | 2,973 | — |
| 198 | Kafr Mālik | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,966 | — |
| 199 | Yatmā | Nablus | 2,964 | — |
| 200 | Sannīriyā | Qalqīlyah | 2,954 | — |
| 201 | ʿĀrūrah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,915 | — |
| 202 | al-Karmil | Hebron | 2,900 | — |
| 203 | Sabasţiyah | Nablus | 2,883 | — |
| 204 | Şarrah | Nablus | 2,875 | — |
| 205 | H̱arbaṯā Banī H̨āriṯ | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,869 | — |
| 206 | Bayt Imrīn | Nablus | 2,859 | — |
| 207 | Rantīs | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,859 | — |
| 208 | ʿŪrīf | Nablus | 2,820 | — |
| 209 | Bayt Sīrā | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,808 | — |
| 210 | Dayr aš-Šaraf | Nablus | 2,742 | — |
| 211 | Qarāwat Banī Zayd | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,734 | — |
| 212 | ʿAzmūţ | Nablus | 2,707 | — |
| 213 | Dūrā al-Qarʿ | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,706 | — |
| 214 | Ţallūzah | Nablus | 2,663 | — |
| 215 | as-Sawāwrah | Bayt Lah̨m | 2,621 | — |
| 216 | Sarţah | Salfīt | 2,585 | — |
| 217 | Būrīn | Nablus | 2,548 | — |
| 218 | Kafr Jammāl | Ţūlkarm | 2,539 | — |
| 219 | H̨ajjah | Qalqīlyah | 2,495 | — |
| 220 | Nazlat ʿĪsā | Ţūlkarm | 2,487 | — |
| 221 | al-Lubban aš-Šarqiyah | Nablus | 2,482 | — |
| 222 | Mazāriʿ an-Nūbārī | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,481 | — |
| 223 | Kafr Qallīl | Nablus | 2,477 | — |
| 224 | Jalbūn | Janīn | 2,476 | — |
| 225 | Qaryūt | Nablus | 2,444 | — |
| 226 | al-Burj | Hebron | 2,434 | — |
| 227 | ʿAbud | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,428 | — |
| 228 | Fah̨mah | Janīn | 2,422 | — |
| 229 | Immātīn | Qalqīlyah | 2,420 | — |
| 230 | Kufayrit | Janīn | 2,413 | — |
| 231 | al-Bāđān | Nablus | 2,408 | — |
| 232 | Bayt ʿAynūn | Hebron | 2,403 | — |
| 233 | Dayr ʿAmmār | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,386 | — |
| 234 | al-Muġayyir | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,382 | — |
| 235 | aţ-Ţaybah | Janīn | 2,370 | — |
| 236 | Tayāsir | Ţūbās | 2,332 | — |
| 237 | az-Zaʿayyam | Jerusalem | 2,322 | — |
| 238 | ʿAţārah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,320 | — |
| 239 | aš-Šayẖ Saʿad | Jerusalem | 2,299 | — |
| 240 | Jīt | Qalqīlyah | 2,295 | — |
| 241 | as-Sāwiyah | Nablus | 2,288 | — |
| 242 | al-Jalamah | Janīn | 2,284 | — |
| 243 | Burqah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,281 | — |
| 244 | Yāşīd | Nablus | 2,278 | — |
| 245 | Wādī al-Fārʿah | Ţūbās | 2,277 | — |
| 246 | ʿAşīrah al-Qibliyah | Nablus | 2,272 | — |
| 247 | Jīnşāfūţ | Qalqīlyah | 2,253 | — |
| 248 | Kuraysah | Hebron | 2,250 | — |
| 249 | Dayr al-H̨aţab | Nablus | 2,243 | — |
| 250 | Misliyah | Janīn | 2,237 | — |
| 251 | al-Muġayyir | Janīn | 2,225 | — |
| 252 | ʿAynabūs | Nablus | 2,207 | — |
| 253 | Dūmā | Nablus | 2,204 | — |
| 254 | Muẖayyam Dayr ʿAmmār | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,193 | — |
| 255 | Mardah | Salfīt | 2,190 | — |
| 256 | Majdal Banī Fād̨il | Nablus | 2,170 | — |
| 257 | Dayr as-Sūdān | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,153 | — |
| 258 | Wādī al-ʿArāyis | Bayt Lah̨m | 2,151 | — |
| 259 | Bizzāriyā | Nablus | 2,137 | — |
| 260 | ʿArrānah | Janīn | 2,131 | — |
| 261 | Hindāzah | Bayt Lah̨m | 2,131 | — |
| 262 | al-ʿAraqah | Janīn | 2,111 | — |
| 263 | Zubūbā | Janīn | 2,111 | — |
| 264 | aţ-Ţaybah | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 2,090 | — |
| 265 | Rāmīn | Ţūlkarm | 2,086 | — |
| 266 | Rāfāt | Jerusalem | 2,028 | — |
| 267 | al-Judayrah | Jerusalem | 2,024 | — |
| 268 | Rāfāt | Salfīt | 1,994 | — |
| 269 | ʿAnzah | Janīn | 1,992 | — |
| 270 | Iktābā | Ţūlkarm | 1,963 | — |
| 271 | al-Qubaybah | Jerusalem | 1,954 | — |
| 272 | Zaytā Jammāʿīn | Nablus | 1,950 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebron | 557,638 |
| 2 | Ġazzah | 518,078 |
| 3 | Jerusalem | 423,643 |
| 4 | Nablus | 347,675 |
| 5 | Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah | 298,341 |
| 6 | H̱ān Yūnis | 286,238 |
| 7 | Šamāl Ġazzah | 282,493 |
| 8 | Janīn | 270,362 |
| 9 | Dayr-al-Balah | 213,644 |
| 10 | Bayt Lah̨m | 185,759 |
| 11 | Ţūlkarm | 178,525 |
| 12 | Rafah̨ | 175,528 |
| 13 | Qalqīlyah | 100,198 |
| 14 | Salfīt | 66,073 |
| 15 | Ţūbās | 48,693 |
| 16 | Arīh̨ā | 44,973 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.