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Demographics of the Palestinian territories

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 by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.

Demographics of the West Bank

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.

Population

2,407,681 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/we.html

In addition, included are some 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 38% (male 469,754/female 445,999)
15-64 years: 58.3% (male 719,267/female 684,790)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 36,606/female 51,265) (2008 est.)https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/we.html

Population growth rate

2.225% (2008 est.) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/we.html

Birth rate

25.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mortality rate

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

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

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.

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.)

Life expectancy at birth

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

Total fertility rate

3.31 children born/woman (2008 est.)

Nationality

noun: Palestinians
adjective: Palestinian

Ethnic groups

Arab and other (Kurd, Sharkasian, Armenian) 83%, Jewish 17% (Except for a small minority of Samaritan Jews near Nablus; most (if not all) of the Jews in the Palestinian territories are Israeli citizens)

Religions

Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8% (If East Jerusalem is included, then Jews account for some 20-25% of the West Bank's population)

Languages

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

Literacy

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

Demographics of the Gaza Strip

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.

Population

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

Age structure

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.)

Population growth rate

3.422% (2008 est. see also: Demographic trap)

Birth rate

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

Mortality rate

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

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

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.)