Editing Palestinians (section)

===Current demographics===
According to the PCBS, there are an estimated 4,816,503 Palestinians in the Palestinian territories {{As of|2016|lc=y}}, of whom 2,935,368 live in the West Bank and 1,881,135 in the Gaza Strip.<ref name=PCBS>{{cite web|title=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics|url=http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_Rainbow/Documents/gover_e.htm|publisher=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics|access-date=28 December 2013|archive-date=8 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608204943/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_Rainbow/Documents/gover_e.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]], there were 1,658,000 Arab citizens of Israel as of 2013.<ref name=ICBS2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/hodaot2013n/11_13_097e.pdf |title=65th Independence Day – More than 8 Million Residents in the State of Israel |publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] |date=14 April 2013 |access-date=18 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128173944/http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/hodaot2013n/11_13_097e.pdf |archive-date=28 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Both figures include Palestinians in East Jerusalem.

In 2008, Minority Rights Group International estimated the number of Palestinians in Jordan to be about 3&nbsp;million.<ref name=MRPal>{{cite web |url=http://minorityrights.org/minorities/palestinians-2/ |title=World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Jordan – Palestinians |work=[[Minority Rights Group International]] |date=2008 |access-date=24 January 2016 |archive-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127231848/http://minorityrights.org/minorities/palestinians-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[UNRWA]] put their number at 2.3&nbsp;million {{As of|2024|lc=y}}.<ref name=unjo/>