Palestinians
الفلسطينيون al-Filasṭīnīyūn
Total population
c. 13 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
 State of Palestine
4,750,000[2][3][a]
 – West Bank2,930,000 (of whom 809,738 are registered refugees (2017))[4][5][6]
 – Gaza Strip1,880,000 (of whom 1,386,455 are registered refugees (2018))[2][4][5]
 Jordan2,175,491 (2017, registered refugees only)[4]–3,240,000 (2009)[7]
 Israel1,890,000[8][9] (60% of Israeli Arabs identify as Palestinians (2012))[10]
 Syria552,000 (2018, registered refugees only)[4]
 Chile500,000[11]
 Lebanon174,000 (2017 census)[12]–458,369 (2016 registered refugees)[4]
 Saudi Arabia400,000[13]
 Qatar295,000[13]
 United States255,000[14]
 United Arab Emirates91,000[13]
 Germany80,000[15]
 Kuwait80,000[16]
 Egypt70,000[13]
 El Salvador70,000[17]
 Brazil59,000[18]
 Libya59,000[13]
 Iraq57,000[19]
 Canada50,975[20]
 Yemen29,000[13]
 Honduras27,000–200,000[13][21]
 United Kingdom20,000[15]
 Peru15,000[citation needed]
 Mexico13,000[13]
 Colombia12,000[13]
 Netherlands9,000–15,000[22]
 Australia7,000 (rough estimate)[23][24]
 Sweden7,000[25]
 Algeria4,030[26]
Languages
Palestine and Israel:
Palestinian Arabic, Hebrew, English and Greek
Diaspora:
Other varieties of Arabic, the vernacular languages of other countries in the Palestinian diaspora
Religion
Majority: Sunni Islam
Minority: Christianity, Samaritanism,[27][28] Druze, Shia Islam, non-denominational Muslims[29]
Related ethnic groups
Other Levantines, other Semitic-speaking peoples, Jews (Ashkenazim, Mizrahim, Sephardim), Assyrians, Samaritans, other Arabs, and other Mediterranean peoples.[30]
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  14. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  21. ^ Jorge Alberto Amaya, Los Árabes y Palestinos en Honduras: su establecimiento e impacto en la sociedad hondureña contemporánea:1900–2009 Archived 18 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine 23 July 2015.'En suma, los árabes y palestinos, arribados al país a finales del siglo XIX, dominan hoy en día la economía del país, y cada vez están emergiendo como actores importantes de la clase política hondureña y forman, después de Chile, la mayor concentración de descendientes de palestinos en América Latina, con entre 150,000 y 200,000 personas.'
  22. ^ "Did you know that ... Palestinians in the Netherlands – Palestine Link". Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  23. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  26. ^ "2013 UNHCR country operations profile – Algeria". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  27. ^ Mor, M., Reiterer, F. V., & Winkler, W. (2010). Samaritans: Past and present: Current studies. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 217.
  28. ^ Miller, Elhanan (26 April 2013). "Clinging to ancient traditions, the last Samaritans keep the faith". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  29. ^ Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation retrieved 4 September 2013
  30. ^ Cruciani, F; et al. (2007). "Tracing Past Human Male Movements in Northern/Eastern Africa and Western Eurasia: New Clues from Y-Chromosomal Haplogroups E-M78 and J-M12". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24 (6): 1300–1311. doi:10.1093/molbev/msm049. PMID 17351267. Also see Supplementary Data Archived 5 December 2012 at archive.today


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