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West Bank
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Population:
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Age structure:
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Population growth rate:
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Birth rate:
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Death rate:
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Net migration rate:
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Infant mortality rate:
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Life expectancy at birth:
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Total fertility rate:
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Nationality:
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Ethnic divisions:
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Religions:
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Languages:
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Literacy:
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Labor force:
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1,319,991 (July 1995 est.)
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note:
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in addition, there are 122,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and 149,000
in East Jerusalem (August 1994 est.)
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0-14 years:
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46% (female 293,269; male 308,775)
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15-64 years:
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51% (female 335,193; male 337,722)
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65 years and over:
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3% (female 25,759; male 19,273) (July 1995 est.)
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3.5% (1995 est.)
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39.83 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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4.84 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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29.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
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total population:
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71.42 years
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male:
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69.91 years
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female:
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73 years (1995 est.)
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5.34 children born/woman (1995 est.)
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noun:
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NA
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adjective:
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NA
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Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%
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Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
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Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers), English (widely understood)
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NA%
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NA
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by occupation:
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construction 28.2%, agriculture 21.8%, industry 14.5%, commerce,
restaurants, and hotels 12.6%, other services 22.9% (1991)
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note:
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excluding Jewish settlers