UNRWA counts 5.4 million Palestinian refugees, 41.2% living in Gaza and the West Bank
“The [Palestinian Central] Bureau of Statistics said the number of Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA as of Jan. 1, 2014 has reached 5.4 million. In a statement published yesterday [June 19, 2014], the eve of International Refugee Day, the [Bureau of] Statistics added that UNRWA’s records indicate that these figures represent the minimal number of Palestinian refugees. In addition, it added that the Palestinian refugees living in the West Bank who were registered with it at the beginning of 2014 comprise 16.8% of all refugees registered with UNRWA, compared to 24.1% in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, the percentage of Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA in Jordan reached 39.7% of all Palestinian refugees, while those in Lebanon reached to 8.9%, and those in Syria, 10.5%...
According to the statistics, the data for 2013 indicate that the percentage of refugees resident in Palestine (i.e., the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) is approximately 41.2% of the total Palestinian population, and that approximately 26.1% of the residents of the West Bank are refugees, while the percentage of the refugees in the Gaza Strip is approximately 65.3...
In addition, the data for 2013 show that… the percentage of elderly – meaning, aged 60 or more – among the refugees has reached 4.2% of the total refugee [population] in Palestine.”
In addition, the percentage of Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA in Jordan reached 39.7% of all Palestinian refugees, while those in Lebanon reached to 8.9%, and those in Syria, 10.5%...
According to the statistics, the data for 2013 indicate that the percentage of refugees resident in Palestine (i.e., the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) is approximately 41.2% of the total Palestinian population, and that approximately 26.1% of the residents of the West Bank are refugees, while the percentage of the refugees in the Gaza Strip is approximately 65.3...
In addition, the data for 2013 show that… the percentage of elderly – meaning, aged 60 or more – among the refugees has reached 4.2% of the total refugee [population] in Palestine.”