Demographics of the Palestinian territories

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The Palestinian territories include West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza strip.

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[edit] Demographics of the West Bank

[edit] Population

2,611,904 [1]

In addition, included are some 267,163 Israeli inhabitants in the West Bank and more than 200,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2004 estimate.)

[edit] Age structure

0-14 years: 42.4% (male 551,243/female 524,800) 15-64 years: 54.2% (male 704,209/female 670,382) 65 years and over: 3.4% (male 36,175/female 49,118) (2007 est.) [2]

[edit] Population growth rate

2.985% (2007 est.) [3]

[edit] Birth rate

30.99 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

[edit] Mortality rate

3.85 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

[edit] Net migration rate

2.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

[edit] Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.736 male(s)/female total population: 1.038 male(s)/female (2007 est.

[edit] Infant mortality rate

total: 18.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

total population: 73.46 years male: 71.68 years female: 75.35 years (2007 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

4.17 children born/woman (2007 est.)

[edit] Nationality

noun: Palestinians
adjective: Palestinian

[edit] Ethnic groups

Palestinian Arab and other (Kurd, Sharkasian, Armenian) 83%, Jewish 17% (Except for a small minority of Samaritan Jews near Nablus; most of the Jews in the Palestinian territories are Israeli citizens)

[edit] Religions

Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8% (if excluding non citizens of the Palestinian Authority and therefore West Bank Area C and East Jerusalem Israelis: Muslim 90.1%, Christian 9.8%, Jewish 0.1%)

[edit] Languages

Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli inhabitants and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

[edit] Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 96.3% female: 87.4% (2003 est.)

[edit] Demographics of the Gaza Strip

[edit] Population

1,482,405 (June, 2007)[1]

[edit] Age structure


0-14 years: 48.1% (male 351,642; female 335,060)
15-64 years: 49.4% (male 360,147; female 345,318)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 15,231; female 21,359) (2006 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

3.71% (2006 est.; see also: Demographic trap)

[edit] Birth rate

39.45 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Mortality rate

3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Net migration rate

1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

[edit] Infant mortality rate


total population: 22.4/1,000 live births
male: 23.48/1,000 live births
female: 21.27/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth


total population: 71.97 years
male: 70.67 years
female: 73.34 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

5.79 children born/woman (2006 est.)

[edit] Nationality


noun: Palestinians
adjective: Palestinian

[edit] Ethnic groups

Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6%

[edit] Religions

Muslim 98.7% (predominantly Sunni), Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%

[edit] Languages

Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

[edit] Literacy


definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.3%
female: 87.4% (2003 est.)

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