Broader View

Statistical Abstract of Israel

Time Out by David P. Goldman, Tablet, July 20, 2011

Conventional wisdom says Israel must reach a peace deal quickly, before population trends and diplomatic isolation overtake the Jewish state. Demographics and geopolitics tell a different story.

Demographic Trends in the Land of Israel (1800–2007) by Yaakov Faitelson, The Institute for Zionist Strategies [pdf] [2009 update] [2011 update]

Population statistics in Palestine (1914-1946), Israel (1949-2006), Jerusalem (1910-2005), West Bank & Gaza Strip (1950-2005), and projections (2020-2050) from ProCon.org

The Population of Palestine Prior to 1948, MidEast Web

Major Conclusions:

1. The nature of the data do not permit precise conclusions about the Arab population of Palestine in Ottoman and British times
2. Palestine was not an empty land when Zionist immigration began.
3. Zionist settlement between 1880 and 1948 did not displace or dispossess Palestinians.
4. Historic population data in Palestine during Ottoman times and during Mandatory times show significant discrepancies.
5. It is not possible to estimate illegal Arab immigration directly, but apparently there was some immigration.
6. There are large discrepancies between official population figures and the  number of Palestinian refugees
7. There are serious discrepancies in reporting of the number of refugees.
8. The city of Jerusalem has had a Jewish majority since about 1896

The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology by C.R. Conder, and H.H. Kitchener; edited with additions by E.H. Palmer and Walter Besant. Published 1881 by Committee of the Palestine exploration fund in London. [full text of 1881 survey online]

Demographic Scare (compilation) by Yoram Ettinger