1,631 98 1950 Beit Jibrin (al-Azzeh) 2,976 715 42 1950 al-Far’a 10,593 2,533 169 1949 Camp No. 1 (El-Ain) 9,315 2,289 126 1950 Askar 23,079 5,510 304 1950 Balata 31,791 7,788 229 1950 26,774 6,205 397 1950 13,223 3,116 191 1952 23,245 5,676 233 1953 - - - 1948-1955/6 273,485 64,352 3,258 Silwad 497 NA NA 1971/2 Abu Shukheidim NA NA NA 1948 Qaddoura 998 NA NA 1948 Birzeit (As-Saqaeif) NA NA NA 1948 Sub-total 1,504 NA NA West Bank: Total 274,980 64,352 3,258 60,954 13,657 187 16 1968 Tulkarm Nur Shams Jenin M’ascar 239 Sub-total Unofficial Camps 240 2 6,971 Chapter Aida Jordan Amman New Camp (Wihdat) Official Camps Talbieh 10,485 Irbid 30,493 7,227 145 1950/1 Hosun (‘Azmi al-Mufti) 28,479 6,509 174 1968 Souf 21,759 5,042 167 1967 Jarash (Gaza) 34,419 7,778 421 1968 Jabal el-Hussein 33,221 7,937 82 1952 Baqa’a 129,794 29,762 564 1968 20,983 5,115 61 1949 60,407 13,786 275 1968 430,994 98,919 NA 2,092 NA NA NA 1956 NA NA NA NA 98,919 2,092 Zarqa Marka (Hittin) Sub-total Unofficial Camps 242 Madaba Sakhna Al-Hassan Sub-total Jordan: Total 1955 2,106 241 8,858 7,649 14,494 31,001 461,995 1969 1967 239 The camp was closed because of unsanitary living conditions, and residents were relocated to Shu’fat refugee camp. These are estimated figures based on 2017 Census, see LPDC and PCBS, Key Findings Report 2017 (n 235). See also PCBS, ‘Projected Mid-Year Population for Ramallah & Al-Bireh Governorate by Locality 2017-2021’ (2021) <http:// www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_Rainbow/Documents/RamallhE.html> accessed 3 October 2022. Note: NA refers to “not available”. For other unofficial camps the growth rates for 2019-2020 is 2.5 and 2.4 for 2021. 241 Also locally known as Shlinnar camp, wherein most residents are originally from the Gaza Strip. 242 Population figures for unofficial camps in Jordan are for the year 2000, including an annual population growth of 3 percent from 2000 to 2008, 2.4 percent for the years 2009-2014, 1.8 percent for 2015-2018, 1.3 percent in 2019, 1.0 percent in 2020 and 0.7 percent in 2021. In 2000, the population of Madaba was 5,500; Sakhna, 4,750; and al-Hassan, 9,000. 240 49