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For more information on Ottoman Nüfus Records (سجلات النفوس العثمانية), including content, locations, and how to access them, please see Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers.

• 1876-1917 Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917 at FamilySearch - index & images
• 1881-1917 Palestine, Nablus, Population Registers, 1881-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images, coverage may vary
• 1881-1917 - Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917. Includes birth, marriage, divorce, and death records. These records can only be accessed at a FamilySearch center or a FamilySearch affiliate library. For more information, please see Palestine, Nablus, Population Registers.

These records are in Ottoman Turkish (Turkish in Arabic script) except for seven books of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, which are in Hebrew. The collection consists of 7 types of registers: preliminary registers; basic registers; early population registers; registers of births, marriages, divorces and changes of address; registers of men of military age; registers of foreigners; and Mukhtars' registers. Registers are arranged into 10 districts, each including cities (divided into neighborhoods) and villages in present day Palestine, Israel, and parts of Jordan and Egypt. Registration within each locality is according to religious affiliation. The collection also includes a catalog in English, created by the Israel State Archives (the current owners of the archives), which includes general background information about the registers, a locality index and detailed descriptions of the contents of each register.

• The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version

Background

Coverage and Compliance

National Census
Palestine Census Bureau of Statistics includes number of Palestinians in Israel from 1948 to 2017. But those individuals will most likely be recorded in Israeli archives. The Palestinian Census estimates 85-90% coverage. It includes only Palestinians in Palestinian Territories, and does not include foreigners in Palestine, or Palestinians who hold Israeli citizenship.

There were two British Censuses done. One in 1922 and another in 1931.

Jordan did a census in 1952 that included three districts - Hebron, Nablus, and Jerusalem.

In 1967 there was an Israeli Census. This included:

• Name of family/clan
• First Name
• Name of Father and Mother
• Name of Grandfather
• Address
• Passport/Identification Number
• Gender
• Marital Status
• Members of Household

There are also numbers for people exiled.