This is a list of Israeli settlements and their populations in the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. Israel had previously established settlements in both the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula; however, the Gaza settlements were dismantled in the Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005, and the Sinai settlements were evacuated with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty and the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. This list does not include West Bank settlements that were dismantled or Israeli outposts.
Background Israel in effect annexed East Jerusalem with the Jerusalem Law and considers settlements in the expanded boundaries of East Jerusalem to be neighborhoods of Jerusalem and not settlements. The United Nations Security Council ruled that act "null and void" in United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, and the international community considers East Jerusalem to continue to be held under Israeli occupation.
Israel in effect annexed the Golan Heights with the Golan Heights Law and does not consider the localities established there to be settlements. The United Nations Security Council ruled that act "null and void" in United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 and the international community continues to view the Golan Heights to be Syrian territory held under Israeli occupation.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal under international law, violating the Fourth Geneva Convention's prohibition on the transfer of a civilian population to or from occupied territory, though Israel disputes this.
The population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank are collected by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. As such, the data contains only population of settlements recognized by the Israeli authorities. Israeli outposts, which are illegal by Israeli law, are not tracked, and their population is hard to establish. All settlements in the West Bank were advised by the International Court of Justice to be unlawful.See the advisory opinion in Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory ICJ 3
As of January 2023, there are 144 Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including 12 in East Jerusalem. In addition, there are over 100 Israeli illegal outposts in the West Bank. In total, over 529,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, with an additional 246,000 Jewish settlers residing in East Jerusalem.
The construction of the West Bank barrier keeps a significant number of settlements behind it. The total number of settlers east of the barrier lines in 2012 was at least 79,230. By comparison, the number of Gaza Strip settlers in 2005 who refused to move voluntarily and be compensated, and that were forcibly evicted during the Israeli disengagement from Gaza, was around 9,000.For prior statistics, see Population statistics for Israeli Gaza Strip settlements.
West Bank
City settlements in the West Bank Five settlements have been given city status. Their combined population is over 240,000, representing around half of the West Bank settler population outside of East Jerusalem. Name HebrewImage map Population () Est. CouncilAriel אריאל 1978ShomronBeitar Illit ביתר עילית 1985Gush EtzionGiv'at Ze'ev גבעת זאב 1983Mateh BinyaminMa'ale Adumim מעלה אדומים 1975Gush EtzionModi'in Illit מודיעין עילית 1996Mateh Binyamin
Other settlements in the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem Name Hebrew Population () Est. CouncilAdora (Adura) אדורה 1984Har HebronAlei Zahav עלי זהב 1982ShomronAlfei Menashe אלפי מנשה 1983ShomronAlmog אלמוג 1977MegilotAlmonעלמון 1982Mateh BinyaminAlonאלון1,0311990Mateh BinyaminAlon Shvut אלון שבות 1970Gush EtzionAmihaiעמיחי2092018Mateh BinyaminArgamanארגמן 1968Bik'at HaYardenAsfar (Metzad) מיצד 1983Gush EtzionAteret עטרת 1981Mateh BinyaminAvnat (Ovnat) אבנת 1983MegilotAvnei Hefetz אבני חפץ 1990ShomronBarkan ברקן 1981ShomronBat Ayin בת עין 1989Gush EtzionBeit Aryeh-Ofarim בית אריה 5,6271981ShomronBeit Elבית אל 1977Mateh BinyaminBeit HaArava בית הערבה 1980MegilotBeit Horonבית חורון 1977Mateh BinyaminBeit Yatir (Metzadot Yehuda) בית יתיר 7921983Har HebronBeka'ot (Bqa'ot) בקעות 1972Bik'at HaYardenBrukhin ברוכין 2012ShomronCarmel כרמל 1981Har HebronDolev דולב 1983Mateh BinyaminEfrat (Efrata) אפרת 1980Gush EtzionElazar אלעזר 1975Gush EtzionEli עלי 1984Mateh BinyaminElkana אלקנה 1977ShomronElon Moreh אלון מורה 1979ShomronEinav (Enav) ענב 1981ShomronEshkolot אשכולות 1982Har HebronEtz Efraim עץ אפרים 2,5191985ShomronGanei Modi'inגני מודיעין2,6031985Mateh BinyaminGeva Binyamin גבע בנימין 1984Mateh BinyaminGilgal גלגל 1970Bik'at HaYardenGitit גיתית 1973Bik'at HaYardenGiv'on HaHadasha גבעון החדשה 1980Mateh BinyaminHaggai (Beit Hagai) בית חגי 1984Har HebronHalamish חלמיש 1,4851977Mateh BinyaminHamra חמרה 1971Bik'at HaYardenHar Adar הר אדר 1986Mateh BinyaminHar Brakha הר ברכה 1983ShomronHar Gilo הר גילה 1972Gush EtzionHashmonaim חשמונאים 1985Mateh BinyaminHemdat חמדת 1980Bik'at HaYardenHermesh חרמש 1982ShomronHinanit חיננית 1981ShomronImmanuel עמנואל 1983ShomronItamar איתמר 1984ShomronKalya קלי"ה 1968MegilotKarmei Tzur כרמי צור 1984Gush EtzionKarnei Shomron קרני שומרון 1978ShomronKedar (Keidar) קדר 1985Gush EtzionKedumim קדומים 1977ShomronKfar Adumim כפר אדומים 1979Mateh BinyaminKfar Etzion כפר עציון 1967Gush EtzionKfar HaOranim (Menora)כפר האורנים 1998Mateh BinyaminKfar Tapuach כפר תפוח 1978ShomronKiryat Arba קרית ארבע 1972Har HebronKiryat Netafim קרית נטפים 1983ShomronKokhav HaShahar כוכב השחר 1977Mateh BinyaminKokhav Ya'akov כוכב יעקב 1985Mateh BinyaminMa'ale Amos מעלה עמוס 1981Gush EtzionMa'ale Efrayim מעלה אפרים 1970Bik'at HaYardenMa'ale Levona מעלה לבונה 1983Mateh BinyaminMa'ale Mikhmas מעלה מכמש 1981Mateh BinyaminMa'ale Shomron מעלה שומרון 9961980ShomronMa'on מעון 1981Har HebronMaskiot משכיות 1986Bik'at HaYardenMasua משואה 1970Bik'at HaYardenMatityahu מתתיהו 1981Mateh BinyaminMehola מחולה 1968Bik'at HaYardenMekhora מכורה 1973Bik'at HaYardenMevo Dotan מבוא דותן 1978ShomronMevo Horon מבוא חורון 1970Mateh BinyaminMigdal Oz מגדל עוז 1977Gush EtzionMigdalim מגדלים 1983ShomronMitzpe Shalem מצפה שלם 1971MegilotMitzpe Yeriho מצפה יריחו 1978Mateh BinyaminNa'ale נעלה 1988Mateh BinyaminNa'omi (Na'ama)נעמי1651982Bik'at HaYardenNahliel נחליאל 1984Mateh BinyaminNegohot נגוהות 1999Har HebronNetiv HaGdud נתיב הגדוד 1976Bik'at HaYardenNeve Daniel נווה דניאל 1982Gush EtzionNili נילי 1981Mateh BinyaminNa'aran (Niran) נירן 1011977Bik'at HaYardenNofei Pratנוֹפֵי פְּרָת1,2001992Mateh BinyaminNofim נופים 1987ShomronNokdim נוקדים 1982Gush EtzionOfra עפרה 1975Mateh BinyaminOranit אורנית 1985ShomronOtniel עתניאל 1983Har HebronPeduel פדואל 1984ShomronPnei Hever (Ma'ale Hever) מעלה חבר 1982Har HebronPetza'el פצאל 1975Bik'at HaYardenPsagot פסגות 1981Mateh BinyaminRehelim רחלים 2013ShomronReihan ריחן 1977ShomronRevava רבבה 1991ShomronRimonim רימונים 1977Mateh BinyaminRo'i רועי 1976Bik'at HaYardenRosh Tzurim ראש צורים 1969Gush EtzionRotem רותם 1983Bik'at HaYardenSal'it סלעית 1977ShomronSansana סנסנה 1997Har HebronSha'arei Tikva שערי תקווה 6,1221983ShomronShadmot Mehola שדמות מחולה 1979Bik'at HaYardenShaked שקד 1981ShomronShani (Livne)לִבְנֶה 5711989Har HebronShavei Shomron שבי שומרון 1977ShomronShilo שילה 1979Mateh BinyaminShim'a שמעה 1985Har HebronSusiyaסוסיא 1983Har HebronTalmon טלמון 1989Mateh BinyaminTekoa תקוע 1977Gush EtzionTelem תלם 1982Har HebronTeneh Omarim טנא עומרים 1983Har HebronTomer תומר 1978Bik'at HaYardenTzofim צופים 1989ShomronVered Yeriho ורד יריחו 1980MegilotYafit יפית 1980Bik'at HaYardenYakir יקיר 1981ShomronYitav ייט"ב 1970Bik'at HaYardenYitzhar יצהר 1983Shomron
Several former Israeli outposts have been retroactively "legalized" under Israeli law as "neighborhoods" of formerly existing Israeli settlements:
Givat Harsina, also called Ramat Mamre, legalized as "neighborhood" of Kiryat Arba Kfar Eldad, considered a "neighborhood" of Nokdim Kerem Reim, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Talmon Leshem, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Alei Zahav Neria, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Talmon Nofei Nehemia, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Rehelim Sdeh Bar Farm, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Nokdim Shvut Rachel, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Shilo Tal Menashe, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Hinanit Yair Farm, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Yakir
Historic data Statistics below refer to the period between 1999 and 2018.