Gaza Strip Demographics Profile 2007

Population

1,482,405 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 47.6% (male 361,115/female 344,236)
15-64 years: 49.9% (male 377,927/female 361,824)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 15,454/female 21,849) (2007 est.)

Median age

total: 16 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 16.2 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate

3.66% (2007 est.)

Birth rate

38.9 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate

3.74 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate

1.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.045 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.707 male(s)/female
total population: 1.037 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 21.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.16 years
male: 70.84 years
female: 73.54 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate

5.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

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 many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.3%
female: 87.4% (2003 est.)