In 1850, there were approximately 300,000 Muslims, 13,000 Jews, and 27,000 Christians in Ottoman Palestine
Waves of Jewish immigration to Palestine are known as aliyot. Aliyah means “ascent.” Many of these waves of immigration were to escape persecution, notably Russian pogroms and later, the Holocaust.
1st aliyah: 1882-1903
2nd aliyah:1904-1914
3rd aliyah:1918-1923
4th aliyah:1924-1929
5th aliyah:1929-1939
|
Year |
Muslims |
Jews |
Christians |
|
1850 |
300,000 |
13,000 |
27,000 |
|
1882 |
408,318 |
15,300 |
44,471 |
|
1903 |
518,126 |
26,096 |
66,928 |
|
1914 |
602,377 |
38,754 |
81,012 |
McCarthy, Justin. The Population of Palestine: Population History and Statistics of the Late Ottoman Period and the Mandate. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1990, p. 10