Palestine’s estimated population, not including troops, passed the million and a half mark for the first time in 1939, according to the Bulletin of Statistics published by the Palestine Government.
As of Dec. 31 last, there were an estimated 1,501,698 inhabitants in the Holy Land, the bulletin reveals. Of this number, 927,439 were Moslems, 445,150 Jews, 116,959 Christians and 12,150 of other religions.
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