4 6 , 1 5 9 . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁census ▁by ▁the ▁PC BS , ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ▁city ▁alone ▁was ▁ 5 4 , 4 3 9 , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁largest ▁municipality ▁in ▁the ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ▁Governor ate . ▁The ▁camp ' s ▁population ▁was ▁ 6 , 4 3 8 . ▁However , ▁N use irat ▁combined ▁with ▁its ▁refuge e ▁camp ▁has ▁a ▁larger ▁population ▁than ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ▁combined ▁with ▁its ▁camp . ▁There ▁were ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 8 , 3 9 5 ▁households ▁and ▁the ▁average ▁family ▁size ▁consisted ▁of ▁between ▁six ▁and ▁seven ▁members . ▁The ▁gender ▁distribution ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 5 0 . 3 % ▁male ▁and ▁ 4 9 . 7 % ▁female . ▁ ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ' s ▁entire ▁population ▁is ▁Muslim . ▁A ▁s izable ▁Greek ▁Orth odox ▁Christian ▁population ▁existed ▁until ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 th ▁century . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁British ▁census ▁of ▁Palest ine , ▁there ▁were ▁only ▁ 1 0 ▁Christians ▁in ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 , 5 8 7 . ▁Today , ▁refuge es ▁make ▁up ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁population , ▁account ing ▁for ▁over ▁ 6 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁inhabitants ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁However , ▁this ▁figure ▁also