Population

More then 3 Million people live in the West Bank, 85% of them are Palestinians. Source: Israeli and Palestinian CBS, end of 2023

Source: Israeli CBS, end of 2023

Settlements in the West Bank that were officially established by the government and went through full planning process (East Jerusalem excluded). Peace Now's count, 1/8/2026

Updated: August 1, 2026. Outposts are settlements that were established since the 1990's without government approval and are considered illegal according to Israeli law.

Download the list of settlements and outposts here.

Source: Israeli CBS

Source: Peace Now's count, 1/7/2026.

Out of the outposts established: 2 outposts were evicted (Migron and Amona); 33 outposts were legalized (12 as independent settlements and the rest as "neighborhoods" of existing settlements); at least 48 outposts are in the process of being legalized (plans promoted and/or a government resolution). The outposts phenomenon started mainly under Netanyahu as Prime Minister in 1996, and it was stopped in 2005. In 2012 the government of Netanyahu started to established illegal outposts again.