Demographics of the State of Palestine

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Demographics of the State of Palestine
Population pyramid of the State of Palestine in 2020
Population
Growth rate
  • 2.02% (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.)
  • 1.69% (West Bank – 2022 est.)
Birth rate
  • 27.67 births/1,000 population (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.)
  • 24.42 births/1,000 population (West Bank – 2022 est.)
Death rate
  • 2.91 deaths/1,000 population (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.)
  • 3.4 deaths/1,000 population (West Bank – 2022 est.)
Language
SpokenArabic, Hebrew (by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians)

Demographic features of the population of the area commonly described as the Palestinian territories includes information on ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of that population.

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According to a commonly used definition as relating to an application of the 1949 Armistice Agreement green line, the Palestinian territories have contributory parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (including East Jerusalem).

The Palestinian National Authority, the United Nations Security Council,[1] the United Nations General Assembly,[2] the European Union,[3] the International Court of Justice,[4] and the International Committee of the Red Cross[5] use the terminology "Palestinian territories" or "occupied Palestinian territories". Israel refers to the administrative division encompassing Israeli-controlled Jewish-majority civilian areas of Area C of the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, as the Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, Ezor Yehuda VeShomron).[6]

  1. ^ Resolution 446, Resolution 465, Resolution 484, among others
  2. ^ "Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories". United Nations. 17 December 2003. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
  3. ^ "EU-Settlements Watch" (PDF). 1 February – 31 July 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". International Court of Justice. 9 July 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
  5. ^ "Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross". International Committee of the Red Cross. 5 December 2001. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
  6. ^ "Statistical Abstract of Israel 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.