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Israel vs. West Bank

Demographics

IsraelWest Bank
Population8,787,045 (includes populations of the Golan Heights or Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2021 est.)

note: approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2019); following the March 2019 US recognition of the Golan Heights as being part of Israel, The World Factbook no longer includes Israeli settler population of the Golan Heights (estimated at 23,400 in 2019) in its overall Israeli settler total
2,949,246 (July 2021 est.)

note: approximately 432,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2019); approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2019)
Age structure0-14 years: 26.76% (male 1,187,819/female 1,133,365)

15-24 years: 15.67% (male 694,142/female 665,721)

25-54 years: 37.2% (male 1,648,262/female 1,579,399)

55-64 years: 8.4% (male 363,262/female 365,709)

65 years and over: 11.96% (male 467,980/female 569,816) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 35.31% (male 525,645/female 498,458)

15-24 years: 20.75% (male 307,420/female 294,469)

25-54 years: 35.19% (male 516,758/female 503,626)

55-64 years: 5.12% (male 76,615/female 72,006)

65 years and over: 3.62% (male 48,387/female 56,650) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 30.4 years

male: 29.8 years

female: 31 years (2020 est.)
total: 21.9 years

male: 21.7 years

female: 22.2 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate1.45% (2021 est.)1.72% (2021 est.)
Birth rate17.52 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)24.8 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate5.06 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)3.43 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate2.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-4.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female

total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female

total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.88 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 15.68 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 18.14 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 13.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 83.15 years

male: 81.25 years

female: 85.15 years (2021 est.)
total population: 76.12 years

male: 74.02 years

female: 78.36 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate2.57 children born/woman (2021 est.)3.02 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.2% (2018)NA
Nationalitynoun: Israeli(s)

adjective: Israeli
noun: NA

adjective: NA
Ethnic groupsJewish 74.1% (of which Israel-born 78.1%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 15.2%, Africa-born 4.3%, Asia-born 2.4%), Arab 21%, other 4.9% (2019 est.)Palestinian Arab, Jewish, other
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS9,000 (2018)NA
ReligionsJewish 74.1%, Muslim 17.9%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.5% (2019 est.)Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% (2012 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2018)NA
LanguagesHebrew (official), Arabic (special status under Israeli law), English (most commonly used foreign language)

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

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 97.8%

male: 98.7%

female: 96.8% (2011)
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: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2018)
total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2019)

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Education expenditures6.1% of GDP (2017)5.3% of GDP (2017)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Urbanizationurban population: 92.7% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.51% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
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
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
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
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
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
Maternal mortality rate3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Physicians density4.63 physicians/1,000 population (2018)1.45 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Hospital bed density3 beds/1,000 population (2017)1.3 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 67.3

youth dependency ratio: 46.6

elderly dependency ratio: 20.8

potential support ratio: 4.8 (2020 est.)
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

Source: CIA Factbook