West Bank vs. Israel
Demographics
| West Bank | Israel | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 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) | 8,787,045 (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 |
| Age structure | 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.) | 0-14 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.) |
| Median age | total: 21.9 years male: 21.7 years female: 22.2 years (2020 est.) | total: 30.4 years male: 29.8 years female: 31 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.72% (2021 est.) | 1.45% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 24.8 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 17.52 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.43 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 5.06 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -4.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 2.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | 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.) | at 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.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 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.) | total: 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.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.12 years male: 74.02 years female: 78.36 years (2021 est.) | total population: 83.15 years male: 81.25 years female: 85.15 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.02 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.57 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA | 0.2% (2018) |
| Nationality | noun: NA adjective: NA | noun: Israeli(s) adjective: Israeli |
| Ethnic groups | Palestinian Arab, Jewish, other | Jewish 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.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | 9,000 (2018) |
| Religions | Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% (2012 est.) | Jewish 74.1%, Muslim 17.9%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.5% (2019 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | <100 (2018) |
| Languages | Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood) major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Hebrew (official), Arabic (special status under Israeli law), English (most commonly used foreign language) major-language sample(s): ??? ?????? ?????, ????? ?????? ????? ????? (Hebrew) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | 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 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98.7% female: 96.8% (2011) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2019) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | 5.3% of GDP (2017) note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank | 6.1% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | 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 | urban population: 92.7% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.51% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | 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 | improved: 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.) |
| Sanitation facility access | 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 | improved: 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.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank | 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Physicians density | 1.45 physicians/1,000 population (2017) | 4.63 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2018) | 3 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Dependency ratios | 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 | total dependency ratio: 67.3 youth dependency ratio: 46.6 elderly dependency ratio: 20.8 potential support ratio: 4.8 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
