This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Palestinian territories, including ethnicity, education level, health of the populous, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
The Palestinian territories in this context are defined to include West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza strip. It is one of a number of designations for those portions of the British Mandate of Palestine captured and occupied by Jordan and by Egypt in the late 1940s, and captured and occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.
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The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) estimated Palestinians at mid year 2009 as 10.7 million persons as follows: 3.9 million in the Palestinian Territory (36.6%), 1.2 million (11.5%) in Israel; 5.0 million in Arab countries (46.2%), 0.6 million in foreign countries (5.7%).[1]
According to an article in Guardian (2008) using PCBS census figures, the Palestinian territories have one of the fastest growing populations in the world, with numbers surging 30% in the past decade (2008). There was 3.76 million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, up from 2.89 million 10 years earlier.[2]
According to the U.S. Census population growth mid 1990-2008 in Gaza and West Bank was 106 % from 1.9 million (1990) to 3.9 million persons.[3]
According to UN (2010) Palestinian population is 4.4 million.[4] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) population density in 2009 was 654 capita/km2, of which 433 capita/km2 in the West Bank including Jerusalem and 4,073 capita/km2 in Gaza Strip. [5] In the mid 2009 the share of population less than 15 years was 41.9 % and above 65 years 3 %.[5]
| Population (mid year)[6][7][8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | West Bank | Gaza | Total |
| 1970 | 0.69 | 0.34 | 1.03 |
| 1980 | 0.90 | 0.46 | 1.36 |
| 1990 | 1.25 | 0.65 | 1.90 |
| 2000 | 1.98 | 1.13 | 3.11 |
| 2004 | 2.20 | 1.30 | 3.50 |
| 2008 | 2.41 | 1.5 | 3.91 |
| 2010 | 2.52 | 1.60 | 4.12 |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau | |||
| 2006 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 2009 | 2.48 | 1.45 | 3.94 |
| Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | |||
| Region | Population |
|---|---|
| West Bank | 2,568,555[9] |
| East Jerusalem | 192,800[10] |
| Gaza Strip | 1,657,155[11] |
| Name | Population (2007)[12] |
Area (km2) | Density[13] |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bank | 2,369,700 | 5,671 | 417.86 |
| Gaza Strip | 1,416,539 | 360 | 3934.83 |
| Total | 3,786,239 | 6,031 | 627.80 |
| Period | Live births per year | Deaths per year | Natural change per year | CBR1 | CDR1 | NC1 | TFR1 | IMR1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-1955 | 44 000 | 19 000 | 25 000 | 46.7 | 20.0 | 26.7 | 7.38 | 158.2 |
| 1955-1960 | 49 000 | 19 000 | 30 000 | 46.7 | 18.5 | 28.2 | 7.38 | 147.0 |
| 1960-1965 | 59 000 | 19 000 | 40 000 | 52.5 | 16.8 | 35.7 | 8.00 | 129.9 |
| 1965-1970 | 60 000 | 16 000 | 43 000 | 52.5 | 14.0 | 38.5 | 8.00 | 109.1 |
| 1970-1975 | 60 000 | 14 000 | 46 000 | 46.6 | 11.2 | 35.4 | 7.69 | 89.8 |
| 1975-1980 | 67 000 | 13 000 | 54 000 | 47.8 | 8.9 | 38.9 | 7.50 | 70.6 |
| 1980-1985 | 73 000 | 11 000 | 62 000 | 44.6 | 6.8 | 37.8 | 7.05 | 53.0 |
| 1985-1990 | 83 000 | 11 000 | 72 000 | 45.1 | 5.5 | 39.6 | 6.43 | 40.0 |
| 1990-1995 | 107 000 | 11 000 | 96 000 | 45.6 | 4.8 | 40.8 | 6.59 | 32.9 |
| 1995-2000 | 118 000 | 12 000 | 106 000 | 42.0 | 4.1 | 37.9 | 5.77 | 27.6 |
| 2000-2005 | 122 000 | 13 000 | 109 000 | 39.1 | 3.8 | 35.3 | 5.05 | 24.6 |
| 2005-2010 | 128 000 | 14 000 | 115 000 | 35.9 | 3.6 | 32.3 | 4.65 | 22.2 |
| 1 CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births | ||||||||
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
2,568,555 including East Jerusalem [15] population in the West Bank, excluding Israeli settlers. [16]
3,092,555 including 524,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
0–14 years: 35.8% (male 471,908/female 447,816)
15-64 years: 60.5% (male 796,421/female 757,227)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 39,546/female 55,637) (2011 est.)[15]
2.097% (2011 est.) [15]
24.56 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
3.58 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
total: 14.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
total population: 75.01 years
male: 72.97 years
female: 77.17 years (2011 est.)
noun: Palestinians
adjective: Palestinian
Including Israeli settlements and East Jerusalem: Arab and other (Kurd, Circassian, Armenian) 83%, Jewish 17%, Samaritan (few hundreds). All of the Jews in the Palestinian territories are Israeli citizens.
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%, if East Jerusalem is excluded.
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli inhabitants and many Palestinians), English (compulsory in schools, widely spoken by Palestinians and even more by Israelis)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 96.7%
female: 88% (2011 est.)
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
1,604,238 (July 2010 est.)[18]
0-14 years: 44.7% (male 343,988/female 325,856)
15-64 years: 52.7% (male 403,855/female 386,681)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 16,196/female 23,626) (2008 est.)
3.422% (2008 est. see also: Demographic trap)
39.45 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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.)
total population: 22.4/1,000 live births
male: 23.48/1,000 live births
female: 21.27/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
total population: 71.97 years
male: 70.67 years
female: 73.34 years (2006 est.)
5.19 children born/woman (2008 est.)
noun: Palestinians
adjective: Palestinian
Palestinians 99.9
Muslim 98.7% (predominantly Sunni), Christian 0.7%
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
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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