According to British historian Perry Anderson, it is estimated that half of the population in the Palestinian territories are refugees, and that they (alone) have collectively suffered approximately US$300 billion in property losses due to Israeli confiscations, at 2008–2009 prices.
Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one half of the world’s Palestinian population continues to reside in the territory of former Mandatory Palestine, now encompassing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (the Palestinian territories) as well as Israel. [44] In this combined area, as of 2022, Palestinians constitute a demographic majority, with an estimated population of 7.503 million or 51.16% (as compared to Jews at 46-47%) of all inhabitants, taking in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and almost 21 percent of the population of Israel proper as part of its Arab citizens.