Population:
1,132,063
note:
in addition, there are some 6,500 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
50% (male 289,954; female 275,628)
15-64 years:
47% (male 271,365; female 263,197)
65 years and over:
3% (male 13,792; female 18,127) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 3.97% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 43.14 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 4.31 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.76 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 25.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
70.82 years
male:
69.58 years
female:
72.11 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 6.55 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
NA
adjective:
NA
Ethnic groups: Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6%
Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Literacy:
definition:
NA
total population:
NA%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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