JERUSALEM POPULATION:
The earliest figures go back to 1844, and these are from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica
quoting the Turkish Census:
| Jews |
Muslims |
Christians |
| 7,120 |
5,000 |
3,390 |
1876, from "Indicator de la Terre-Sainte," (Cathiolic publication in
France):
| Jews |
Muslims |
Christians |
| 12,000 |
7,560 |
5,470 |
1896, Calendar of Palestine (Church of England publication):
| Jews |
Muslims |
Christians |
| 28,112 |
8,560 |
8,748 |
1922 - "Reports & Abstracts of the Census of 1922, British Mandatory
Authorities":
| Jews |
Muslims |
Christians |
| 33,971 |
13,413 |
14,699 |