Even in 1903 . . . [View all]

. . . Jews were the dominant population in Jerusalem.



It is difficult to establish the exact population of Jerusalem. According to information provided by G. Lunts 1), the number of residents of Jerusalem is determined to be 45,526 souls. Of these, there are 28,218 Jews, 8,560 Muslims and 8,748 Christians. Jews, therefore, make up two-thirds of the total population of the city.

An ethnographic study of the Palestine region - published in the Russian Empire (Odessa):
"Modern Palestine in Physical, Ethnographic, and Political Relations" by I. Belkind.
Photographed exerpt shows the breakdown of the population of Jerusalem.
Broadly - Muslims - 8,560; Christians - 8,748; Jews - 28,218.

Muslim population consists of Arabs, Turks, Magrebi (author does not give specific breakdown).

Christian breakdown:
Armenian - 695
Greek - 4,625
Ethiopian (Abyssinian) - 105
Syrian - 23
Protestant - 645
Catholic - 2,530
Copt - 125

Jewish breakdown:
Ashkenaz - 15,180
Sephard - 7,900
Magrebi - 2,420
Gruzini - 670
Bukhari - 530
Yemenite - 1,288
Persian - 230