| Table 1: Palestinians
in Jordan (1995)
* Population Total (PT)
*
Palestinian Population Total (PPT)
**
Registered Refugees
| 1,239,811 |
30,2% of PT |
60,5% of PPT |
| 721,000 |
17,6% of PT |
35,2% of PPT |
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 according to area
Amman South
Amman North
Irbid
Zarqa |
326,455
370,704
233,219
309,433 |
| 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)] |