Population 1,836,713

Age structure 0-14 years: 44.1% (male 415,746 /female 394,195) 15-24 years: 21.34% (male 197,797 /female 194,112) 25-54 years: 28.5% (male 256,103 /female 267,285) 55-64 years: 3.48% (male 33,413 /female 30,592) 65 years and over: 2.58% (male 24,863 /female 22,607)

Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 75.8 youth dependency ratio: 70.5 elderly dependency ratio: 5.2 potential support ratio: 19.1 note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Median age total: 17.4 years male: 17.1 years female: 17.8 years

Population growth rate 2.25%

Birth rate 30.5 births/1,000 population

Death rate 3 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate -5 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Urbanization urban population: 76.4% of total population (2019) rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2015-20 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: 0.96 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.1 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate total: 16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth total population: 74.4 years male: 72.7 years female: 76.2 years

Total fertility rate 3.97 children born/woman

Contraceptive prevalence rate 57.2% note: includes Gaza Strip and West Bank

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths NA

Drinking water source improved: urban: 50.7% of population rural: 81.5% of population total: 58.4% of population unimproved: urban: 49.3% of population rural: 18.5% of population total: 41.6% of population note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Sanitation facility access improved: urban: 93% of population rural: 90.2% of population total: 92.3% of population unimproved: urban: 7% of population rural: 9.8% of population total: 7.7% of population note: note includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Nationality noun: NA adjective: NA

Ethnic groups Palestinian Arab

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

Languages Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.9% male: 98.6% female: 95.2% note: estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Education expenditures 5.3% of GDP note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Maternal mortality rate 27 deaths/100,000 live births note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 1.4% note: estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Physicians density 2.2 physicians/1,000 population