Number of Palestinians worldwide at 12.7mn

The number of Palestinians worldwide has reached about 12.70 million by the end of 2016, which means that the number of Palestinians in the world has multiplied by 9.1 times since the Nakba of 1948, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
Statistical data show that the (internally displaced) Palestinian refugees within Palestine constituted 42% of its total population by the end of 2016. While the total number of Palestinian refugees worldwide registered with the UNRWA as of January 1, 2015 was about 5.59 million.
The population density in Palestine at the end of the year 2016 was about 811 Pop. per km2, as the report shows. While in the West Bank the population density was 526 Pop. per km2.