1,997,328 (2022 est.)
noun: NA
adjective: NA
Palestinian Arab
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
major-language sample(s):
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian
note: Israel dismantled its settlements in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then
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.)
total dependency ratio: 74.3
youth dependency ratio: 68.2
elderly dependency ratio: 6.1
potential support ratio: 16.5 (2021 est.)
note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
total: 18 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.4 years (2020 est.)
2.02% (2022 est.)
27.67 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
2.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
-4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
population concentrated in major cities, particularly Gaza City in the north
urban population: 77.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.85% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
756,000 Gaza (2022)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
total: 15.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
total population: 75.4 years
male: 73.65 years
female: 77.25 years (2022 est.)
3.44 children born/woman (2022 est.)
57.3% (2019/20)
note: includes Gaza Strip and West Bank
improved: urban: 98.9% of population
rural: 99% of population
total: 98.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population
rural: 1% of population
total: 1.1% of population (2020 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank
N/A
2.71 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019)
improved: urban: 99.9% of population
rural: 98.6% of population
total: 99.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population
rural: 1.4% of population
total: 0.4% of population (2020 est.)
note: note includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank
N/A
note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Asia; the Gaza Strip is currently considered a high risk to travelers for polio; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
2.1% (2019/20)
note: estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank
women married by age 15: 0.7%
women married by age 18: 13.4% (2020 est.)
note: includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
5.3% of GDP (2018 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.5%
male: 98.8%
female: 96.2% (2020)
note: estimates are for Gaza Strip and the West Bank
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2021)
note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
total: 41.7%
male: 37.3%
female: 64.5% (2021 est.)
note: includes the West Bank
NOTE: The information regarding Gaza Strip on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gaza Strip 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gaza Strip 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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