Jewish
Land Ownership and Population Distribution in Palestine
(1880-1947)
|
Year
|
Population
|
Jewish
Land Ownership (Cumulative)
|
||||
|
Palestinians
|
Jews
|
Dunums
|
% |
|||
|
Numbers
|
%
|
Numbers
|
%
|
|||
| 1880 |
300,000
|
94%
|
24,000
|
6%
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
| 1917 Balfour Declaration |
504,000
|
90%
|
56,000
|
10%
|
650,000
|
‹
3%
|
| 1922 |
666,000
|
89%
|
84,000
|
11%
|
751,192
|
3%
|
| 1931 |
850,000
|
83%
|
174,096
|
17%
|
1,171,529
|
4%
|
| 1936 |
916,061
|
72%
|
384,078
|
28%
|
1,380,578
|
5%
|
| 1945/46 |
1,242,000
|
69%
|
608,000
|
31%
|
1,588,365
|
6%
|
| 1947 UN Partition |
1,300,000
|
67%
|
640,298
|
33%
|
1,900,000
|
7%
|
Source: Facts and Figures on Palestine (Washington, DC: Palestine Center, 1991), p. 4