Table 5 - 5Total passengers' percentage from the West Bank population (2014-2019).
West Bank Citizens
%Passengers ofGrowth rate Total Passengers (^) population
Population of
Year (^) West Bank
2014 2,696,714 1,394,419 51.7%
2015 2,749,990 2.0% 1,610,882 58.6%
2016 2,803,411 1.9% 1,802,238 64.3%
2017 2,856,691 1.9% 2,135,532 74.8%
2018 2,921,170 2.3% 2,140,206 73.3%
2019 2,986,714 2.2% 2,095,158 70.1%
The following equation was used to forecast future demand:
퐅=퐏(ퟏ+퐢)퐧
Where:
f: future passengers demand
p: current passengers
n: number of years
i: growth rate
Sample of Calculation for 2016:
− Growth rate = ((풏√풑풇−ퟏ))×ퟏퟎퟎ% = √ퟏퟐퟐ,,ퟖퟎퟑퟕퟒퟗ,,ퟒퟏퟏퟗퟗퟎ−ퟏ×ퟏퟎퟎ%=ퟏ.ퟗ%
− %Passengers of population = 1,802,238/2,803,411= 64.3 %
− Average growth rate = 2.1%
− Average passengers' percentage of population = 66%.