Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Dangane da bayanan harajin Ottoman, Kiristoci sun kai kusan kashi 60% na yawan jama'a a farkon karni na 16, yayin da Kiristocin da Musulmai suka zama daidai a tsakiyar karni na 16. Koyaya, babu mazaunan musulmi da aka ƙidaya a ƙarshen ƙarni, tare da adadi na maza 287 masu biyan haraji. Kiristoci, kamar duk wadanda ba Musulmai ba a duk fadin Daular Ottoman, an buƙaci su biya harajin jizya. A shekara ta 1867, wani Ba'amurke da ya ziyarci garin ya bayyana cewa mazaunan garin sun kai 3,000 zuwa 4,000; daga cikinsu kusan 100 Furotesta ne, 300 Musulmai ne kuma "sauran suna cikin Cocin Latin da na Helenanci tare da 'yan Armeniya kaɗan". Wani rahoto daga wannan shekarar ya sanya yawan Kiristoci a 3,000, tare da ƙarin Musulmai 50. Wani tushe na 1885 ya sanya yawan jama'a a kusan 6,000 na "mafi yawan Krista, Latins da Helenawa" ba tare da mazaunan Yahudawa ba. A cikin 1948, tsarin addini na birni ya kasance 85% Kirista, galibi na addinan Orthodox na Girka da Roman Katolika, da 13% Musulmai. A cikin ƙididdigar da hukumomin Isra'ila suka yi a shekarar 1967, garin Baitalami da kansa yana da mazauna 14,439, mazauna musulmai 7,790 suna wakiltar kashi 53.9% na yawan jama'a, yayin da Kiristocin addinai daban-daban suka kai 6,231 ko 46.1%.A cikin ƙididdigar PCBS ta 1997, garin yana da yawan jama'a 21,670, gami da jimillar 'yan gudun hijira 6,570, wanda ya kai kashi 30.3% na yawan jama'ar garin. A cikin 1997, rarraba shekarun mazaunan Baitalami ya kasance 27.4% a ƙarƙashin shekaru 10, 20% daga 10 zuwa 19, 17.3% daga 20 zuwa 29, 17.7% daga 30 zuwa 44, 12.1% daga 45 zuwa 64 da 5.3% sama da shekaru 65. Akwai maza 11,079 da mata 10,594. A cikin ƙidayar PCBS ta 2007, Baitalami tana da yawan mutane 25,266, wanda 12,753 maza ne kuma 12,513 mata ne. Akwai gidaje 6,709, daga cikinsu 5,211 gidaje ne. Matsakaicin gida ya ƙunshi membobin iyali 4.8.  Tambaya: Menene yawan maza masu biyan haraji a Ottoman a ƙarshen karni na 16?
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