The population statistics for

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in the West Bank are collected by the

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. As such, the data contains only population of settlements recognized by the Israeli authorities.

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s, which are illegal by Israeli law, are not tracked, and their population is hard to establish. All settlements in the West Bank were advised by the

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to be unlawful. As of 2022, there are 140 Israeli settlements in the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

, including 12 in

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. In addition, there are over 100 Israeli illegal outposts in the West Bank. In total, over 450,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, with an additional 220,000 Jewish settlers residing in East Jerusalem. The construction of the

West Bank barrier The Israeli West Bank barrier, comprising the West Bank Wall and the West Bank fence, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank. It is a contentious element of the Israeli–Palestinian c ...

keeps a significant number of settlements behind it. The total number of settlers east of the barrier lines in 2012 was at least 79,230. By comparison, the number of

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settlers in 2005 who refused to move voluntarily and be compensated, and that were forcibly evicted during the

Israeli disengagement from Gaza The Israeli disengagement from Gaza ( he, תוכנית ההתנתקות, ') was the unilateral dismantling in 2005 of the 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the evacuation of Israeli settlers and army from inside the Gaza Strip. Th ...

, was around 9,000.For prior statistics, see

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Unreported Nahal settlements: *

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(population of 753 in 2000) *

Gvaot Gevaot ( he, גְּבָעוֹת) is an Israeli outpostBen Sales'Israel’s land seizure: political favor or West Bank game-changer?,' Jewish Telegraphic Agency 2 September 2014. located in the West Bank, in the westernmost area of the Gush Etzion ...

(population of 44 in 2003) Localities of unknown status: * Bitronot * Doran * Ein Hogla * Mahane Giv'on Other localities: * Shvut Rachel (est. 1991) – an independently governed settlement which is formally designated as a neighborhood of Shilo. As such, its population is counted within Shilo.

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