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| Population | 1,957,062 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: NA adjective: NA |
| Ethnic groups | Palestinian Arab |
| Languages | Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood) major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian <1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.) note: dismantlement of Israeli settlements was completed in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 42.53% (male 418,751/female 397,013) 15-24 years: 21.67% (male 210,240/female 205,385) 25-54 years: 29.47% (male 275,976/female 289,277) 55-64 years: 3.66% (male 36,409/female 33,731) 65 years and over: 2.68% (male 27,248/female 24,191) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 71.2 youth dependency ratio: 65.7 elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 potential support ratio: 18.2 (2020 est.) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Median age | total: 18 years male: 17.7 years female: 18.4 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.05% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 28.1 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 2.94 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -4.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | population concentrated in major cities, particularly Gaza City in the north |
| Urbanization | urban population: 77% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.85% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.13 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 15.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.14 years male: 73.38 years female: 77 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.54 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 57.3% (2019/20) note: includes Gaza Strip and West Bank |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97.1% of population rural: 97.1% of population total: 96.8% of population unimproved: urban: 2.9% of population rural: 2.9% of population total: 3.2% of population (2017 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Physicians density | 2.77 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2018) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 99.3% of population total: 99.8% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0.7% of population total: 0.2% of population (2017 est.) note: note includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 2.1% (2019/20) note: estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Education expenditures | 5.3% of GDP (2017) note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 98.7% female: 95.7% (2018) note: estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
