West Bank Demographics Profile 2007

Population

2,535,927
note: in addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2004 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 42.4% (male 551,243/female 524,800)
15-64 years: 54.2% (male 704,209/female 670,382)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 36,175/female 49,118) (2007 est.)

Median age

total: 18.5 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.6 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate

2.985% (2007 est.)

Birth rate

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

Death rate

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

Net migration rate

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

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.736 male(s)/female
total population: 1.038 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 18.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 73.46 years
male: 71.68 years
female: 75.35 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate

4.17 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 83%, Jewish 17%

Religions

Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%

Languages

Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and 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.)