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Table 1: Palestinians in Jordan (1995) 

* Population Total (PT)   

4.1 mil
      * Palestinian Population Total (PPT)  
2.05 mil 50% of PT
       ** Registered Refugees   
1,239,811 30,2% of PT 60,5% of PPT
       ** among them displaced in 1967   
567,941
      * 1967 Displaced Persons   
721,000 17,6% of PT 35,2% of PPT
      *** Rest 
lost IDs 
deportees 
voluntary migration  
89,189 2,2% of PT 4,3% of PPT
  

[Sources: *estimates by Dr. Fathi Nsour/Jordanian Statistical Bureau and Jordanian University/Center for Strategic Studies; for comments on limitations of these data, see "Problems with Demographic Data in Jordan” below. ** UNRWA Registration Statistical Bulletin, Fourth Quarter 1994 (4/94); *** calculated] 

Table 2: Registered Palestinian Refugees (RR) in Jordan 
 

RR-Total  1,239,811
RR according to area 
Amman South  
Amman North 
Irbid 
Zarqa		 326,455 
370,704 
233,219 
309,433
 
Number of UNRWA camps 10
 
RR living in UNRWA camps 248,297                   20% of RR 
 
Amman New Camp (Wahdat)  38,949
Talbieh RC   2,533
Jabal al-Hussein RC 29,133
Baqaa RC 70,578
Irbid RC 19,579
Husn RC 15,469
Souf RC 11,965
Jerash RC 11,303
Zarqa RC 14,919
Marka RC 33,869
  
[Source: UNRWA Registration Statistical Bulletin, Fourth Quarter 1994 (4/94)]
  
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