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{{Short description|Demographic features of the Palestinian territories}}
{{for|a historical overview|Demographic history of Palestine (region)}}
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{{Infobox place demographics
|place = the [[State of Palestine]]
|image = File:Palestine single age population pyramid 2020.png
|image_size = 350
|caption = [[Population pyramid]] of the State of Palestine in 2020
|size_of_population = 
* 1,997,328 ([[Gaza Strip]] – 2022 est.)
* 3,000,021 ([[West Bank]] – 2022 est.)
|spoken = [[Arabic]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] (by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians)
|growth = 
* 2.02% (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.)
* 1.69% (West Bank – 2022 est.)
|birth = 
* 27.67 births/1,000 population (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.)
* 24.42 births/1,000 population (West Bank – 2022 est.)
|death = 
* 2.91 deaths/1,000 population (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.)
* 3.4 deaths/1,000 population (West Bank – 2022 est.)
}}

[[Demography|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.

{{Palestinians}}

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

The [[Palestinian Authority|Palestinian National Authority]], the [[United Nations Security Council]],<ref>[[UN Security Council Resolution 446|Resolution 446]], [[UN Security Council Resolution 465|Resolution 465]], Resolution 484, among others</ref> the [[United Nations General Assembly]],<ref>{{cite web|title=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 |publisher=United Nations |date=17 December 2003 |url=http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/97360ee7a29e68a085256df900723485/d6f5d7049734efff85256e1200677754 |access-date=27 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603050844/http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/97360ee7a29e68a085256df900723485/d6f5d7049734efff85256e1200677754 |archive-date=3 June 2007}}</ref> the [[European Union]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/2004/12/22/%7B3FA161D9-6DA6-408F-85CE-20D0EC68DDFF%7D.pdf |title=EU-Settlements Watch |date=1 February – 31 July 2002 |access-date=23 May 2013 |archive-date=7 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907194012/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/2004/12/22/%7B3FA161D9-6DA6-408F-85CE-20D0EC68DDFF%7D.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[International Court of Justice]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory |publisher=[[International Court of Justice]] |date=9 July 2004 |url=http://domino.un.org/UNISPAl.NSF/85255e950050831085255e95004fa9c3/3740e39487a5428a85256ecc005e157a |access-date=27 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828174856/http://domino.un.org/UNISPAl.NSF/85255e950050831085255e95004fa9c3/3740e39487a5428a85256ecc005e157a |archive-date=28 August 2007 }}</ref> and the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross |publisher=[[International Committee of the Red Cross]] |date=5 December 2001 |url=http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/5fldpj.htm |access-date=27 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207175611/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/5fldpj.htm |archive-date=7 February 2011 }}</ref> 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 (West Bank)|Area C]] of the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, as the ''[[Judea and Samaria Area]]'' ({{langx|he|אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן}}, ''Ezor Yehuda VeShomron'').<ref name=SAI2012>{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton63/map/01_01e.pdf |title=Statistical Abstract of Israel 2012 |access-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215195555/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton63/map/01_01e.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2013 }}</ref>

==Overview==
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"
|+ Demographics of the State of Palestine
|-
! rowspan="2" | Region &<br />Status
! colspan="4" | By nationality
! rowspan="2" | Total<br />Population
! rowspan="2" style="backgroundcolor:gray;" | <small>Year<br />Source</small>

! colspan="2" | By ethnoreligious group
! rowspan="2" | Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|-

! scope="col" | [[Israelis]]
! scope="col" style="backgroundcolor:gray;" | <small>Year<br />Source</small>
! scope="col" | [[Palestinians]]
! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Jewish
! scope="col" | Arab
|-
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| style="vertical-align:top;line-height:100%;" | [[Palestinian enclaves|West Bank Areas A & B]]
<small>(under Palestinian civil administration)</small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" | 0
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;" |
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 2,464,566
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" |  <small>2023<br /><ref name="pcbs-est">Gaza Strip and West Bank (except Jerusalem) estimate for mid-2023 as per {{cite web |title=Estimated Population in the Palestine Mid-Year by Governorate,1997-2026 |url=https://pcbs.gov.ps/statisticsIndicatorsTables.aspx?lang=en&table_id=676 |publisher=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, State of Palestine |access-date=1 January 2024}} Subtract a further est. 300,000 from the West Bank number which is the est. no. of Palestinians living in Area C under full Israeli control.</ref></small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 2,464,566
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" | <small>2023<br /><ref name="pcbs-est" /></small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | ''0''
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 2,464,566
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 2,808<br /><ref name="OCHA">{{cite web |author=Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |title=Area C Humanitarian Response Plan Fact Sheet September 2010. |url=http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_area_c_humanitarian_response_plan_fact_sheet_2010_09_03_english.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011101232/http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_area_c_humanitarian_response_plan_fact_sheet_2010_09_03_english.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2010 |access-date=5 October 2010}}</ref>
|-
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| style="vertical-align:top;line-height:100%;" | [[Gaza Strip]]
<small>(under Palestinian civil administration)</small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" | 0
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;" |
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 2,226,544
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" |  <small>mid-<br />2023<br /><ref name="pcbs-est" /></small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 2,226,544
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" | <small>mid-<br />2023<br /><ref name="pcbs-est" /></small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | ''0''
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 2,226,544
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 365
|-
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| style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:100%;" | [[Area C (West Bank)|West Bank Area C]] <small>(under full Israeli control)</small>
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" |517,407
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" | <small>1/2024<br /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Katz |first1=Yaakov |title=WEST BANK Jewish Population Stats (not including eastern Jerusalem) UPDATED TO: JANUARY 1, 2024 |url=https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/om8oatf5lqncwyv9ivx62/west_bank_stats_2024.pdf?rlkey=qcvm3rcfs9t9asf0u4mm6xe86&dl=0 |website=WestBankJewishPopulationStats.com |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en |date=1 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="settlers-area-c-latimes">{{cite news |author=Tia Goldenberg |agency=Associated Press |title=Jewish settler population in the West Bank surpasses half a million |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-02/israeli-settler-population-west-bank-surpasses-500000 |access-date=31 December 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 February 2023}}</ref></small>
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 300,000
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" | <small>2019<br /><ref name="oxfam">{{cite web |last1=Biard |first1=Michel |title=Addressing the Needs of Palestinian Households in Area C of the West Bank - Findings of the First Comprehensive Household Survey (January 2019) - occupied Palestinian territory |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/addressing-needs-palestinian-households-area-c-west-bank |website=ReliefWeb |publisher=Oxfam |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en |date=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="un-area-c-2014-pal-est">{{cite web |title=Occupied Palestinian Territory Area C of the West Bank |url=https://www.ochaopt.org/sites/default/files/ocha_opt_area_c_factsheet_August_2014_english.pdf |publisher=UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=August 2014}}</ref></small>
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:right;" | ''817,407''<!-- sum of 517,407 settlers 1/1/2024 + est. 300K Palestinians -->
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" | <small>''2019/<br />1/1/24''<br /><ref>Sum of Israeli and Palestinian estimates</ref></small>
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" | ''517,407''
| style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 300,000
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 3,378 <br /><ref name="OCHA Barrier" />
|-
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| style="vertical-align:top;line-height:100%;" | [[East Jerusalem]]
<p style="vertical-align:top;font-size:0.85em;line-height:100%;">(Annexed by Israel)<br /><ref name="bbc_golan_profile">BBC News. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/3393813.stm Regions and territories: The Golan Heights].</ref><ref name="un_scr_1981">United Nations. [https://www.un.org/Docs/scres/1981/scres81.htm Security Council Resolutions], 1981.</ref><ref name="UN Security Council Resolution 497">[[Council on Foreign Relations]]. [http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/SC497.pdf UN Security Council Resolution 497].</ref></p>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" | 259,814<br /><small>''of which [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israeli Arab]]~18,982''</small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" | <small>2021<br /><ref name="arab-east-jerusalem-2021" /></small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" |351,570
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" | <small>2021<br /><ref name="arab-east-jerusalem-2021">"Total" and "Jewish/Other" figures from {{cite web |title=III/5 Population of Jerusalem by Population Group, Religious Identification, Quarter and Sub-Quarter, 2021 in Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook |url=https://jerusaleminstitute.org.il/en/yearbook/#/4235/27506 |publisher=Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=2021}}. From this number subtract 18,982 Arabs who have Israeli citizenship, viz. {{cite news |title=Just 5 Percent of E. Jerusalem Palestinians Have Received Israeli Citizenship Since 1967 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-05-29/ty-article/why-so-few-palestinians-from-jerusalem-have-israeli-citizenship/00000181-0c46-d090-abe1-ed7fefc20000# |access-date=31 December 2023 |work=Haaretz |language=en}} East Jerusalem consists of Areas 2111–2911, all of Quarters 1, 4, and 16; in Quarter 5 Giv'at Shapira (French Hill), Ramat Eshkol, Giv'at Hamivtar and Ma'alot Dafna (but not Shmuel Hanavi), and in Quarter 13 East Talpiot.</ref></small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%" | 611,384
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" | <small>2021<br /><ref name="arab-east-jerusalem-2021" /></small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" | ''240,832''<!-- = Israeli Jews -->
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;" | 370,552
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" | 336<br /><ref name="OCHA Barrier">{{cite web |url=http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_barrier_report_july_2009_english_low_res.pdf |title=Barrier Report July 2009. Calculation based on East Jerusalem area of 346km2 being 97% west of the barrier, and 9.5% of the West bank including East Jerusalem being in the Seam Zone |author=Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |access-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013032616/http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_barrier_report_july_2009_english_low_res.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2009 |author-link=Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs}}</ref>
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;line-height:100%;" | '''Total State of Palestine'''
| colspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | '''6,119,901'''
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;backgroundcolor:gray;line-height:100%;" | <small>Sum</small>
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 758,239 (12.39%)
| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;line-height:100%;" | 5,361,662 (87.61%)
| style="vertical-align:top;align:right;" | '''6,887'''<!-- total area-->
|}[[File:Demographic map of Palestine - Israel - with Legend.png|right|250px|thumb|Demographic map of Gaza, West Bank, Israel proper and the Golan Heights]]

===Population size and structure===
====Israeli estimates====
The [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] estimated (2017) that the collective population in the Palestinian territories amounted to 4,543,126 people in 2017. Thereof, 2,155,743 Arabs live in the West Bank, 1,795,183 Arabs live in the Gaza Strip, and 391,000 Jews live in the West Bank outside of East Jerusalem.<ref name="West Bank" /> Approximately 214,600 Jews live in East Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Korach |first1=Michal |author2=Maya Choshen |year=2018 |title=Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2018: The State of the City and Changing Trends |url=http://en.jerusaleminstitute.org.il/.upload/jerusalem/Jeruslaem%20Facts%20and%20Trends%202018-%202.Population.pdf |series=Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research – Publication no. 485 |location=Jerusalem |publisher=Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research |oclc=1164773453}}</ref> East Jerusalem, once administered by Jordan, came under Israeli occupation after the 1967 [[Six-Day War]].<ref>[[Ian Lustick|Ian S. Lustick]], [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230309160_Has_Israel_Annexed_East_Jerusalem/file/e0b4952793cb602277.pdf "Has Israel Annexed East Jerusalem?"], ''[[Middle East Policy]]'', Vol. V, No. 1, pp. 34–45, January 1997; accessed 25 November 2014.</ref> In the Palestinian territories, c. 86% of the population is Arab (predominantly [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]), c. 13% is Jewish, other <1% (cf. [[Demographics of Israel|Israel]]: Jewish 74%, Arab 21%, other 5%).<ref name="West Bank" />

====US CIA estimates====
The demographic statistics of ''The World Factbook'' the 2023 estimated population of Israel including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem is 9,043,387 (2023 est.). Of this population:<ref>{{cite web |title=Israel |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel/#people-and-society |website=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=13 February 2024 |language=en |date=31 January 2024}}</ref>
* Approximately 236,600 Israeli settlers lived in East Jerusalem (2021)
* The split by ethnoreligious groups was Jewish 73.5% (of which Israel-born 79.7%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 14.3%, Africa-born 3.9%, Asia-born 2.1%), Palestinian and other Arab non-Jews 21.1%, other 5.4% (2022 est.)
* By religion, the split was Jewish 73.5%, Muslim 18.1%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.9% (2022 est.)

====Palestinian estimates====
According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS), the number of Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories was 3,935,249 in 2009, resulting in a calculated population density of 654 capita per km<sup>2</sup>, of which 433 capita/km<sup>2</sup> in the [[West Bank]] including Jerusalem and 4,073 capita/km<sup>2</sup> in [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name="PCBSfig09">[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1661.pdf Palestine in Figures 2009] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], May 2010</ref> In the mid-2009, the share of population less than 15 years was 41.9% and above 65 years 3%.<ref name="PCBSfig09" />

====UN estimates====
According to the [[UN]], the population in the [[State of Palestine]] was c. 4.9 million in 2017, resulting in an estimated [[population density]] of 817 [[Per capita|capita]] per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Palestine – General Information|url=http://data.un.org/en/iso/ps.html |publisher=United Nations|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> However, a Census held on 1 December 2017 resulted in a total of 4,781.245. The estimate of the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics for mid 2023 showed a population total of 5,483,450.

<!-- [dead hyperlink, cited data not found during research:] According to the [[U.S. Census]], [[population growth]] mid-1990-2008 in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and [[West Bank]] was 106% from 1.9 million (1990) to 3.9 million persons.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/international/ US Census Bureau International Programs] International Data Base IDB West Bank and Gaza</ref>-->

====Key derived statistics====
Out of 224 listed countries and territories, in 2018, the West Bank ranked 48th with a [[total fertility rate]] (TFR) of 3.2, and the Gaza Strip ranked 31st with a TFR of 3.97 according to ''The World Factbook''.<ref>{{cite web|title=COUNTRY COMPARISON :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html|website=The World Factbook|publisher=CIA|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-date=28 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028133713/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, the West Bank had an estimated [[population growth rate]] of 1.81% (country comparison to the world: 56th) and the Gaza Strip had a population growth rate of 2.25% (35th).<ref name="West Bank"/><ref name="cia_gaza"/><ref name="CIA-FB-PGR2018">{{cite web|title=COUNTRY COMPARISON :: POPULATION GROWTH RATE|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2002rank.html#we|website=The World Fact Book|publisher=CIA|access-date=8 March 2018|archive-date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527070418/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook//rankorder/2002rank.html#we|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px"
! colspan=4 style="text-align:center; background-color: #cfb;" | Population (mid-year, millions)<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/ US Census Bureau International Programs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014185309/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/ |date=2013-10-14 }} International Data Base IDB West Bank and Gaza</ref><ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1661.pdf Palestinians in figures 2009] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics May 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/PressRelease/endyear2006_E.pdf Palestinians at the End of Year 2006] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Year 
! style="background-color: #cfb;" | [[West Bank]]
! style="background-color: #cfb;" | [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]
! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Total
|----
| style="text-align:left" | 1970 || style="text-align:right"| 0.69 || style="text-align:right"| 0.34 || style="text-align:right"| 1.03
|----
| style="text-align:left" | 1980 || style="text-align:right"| 0.90 || style="text-align:right"| 0.46 || style="text-align:right"| 1.36 
|----
| style="text-align:left" | 1990 || style="text-align:right"| 1.25 || style="text-align:right"| 0.65 || style="text-align:right"| 1.90
|----
| style="text-align:left" | 2000 || style="text-align:right"| 1.98 || style="text-align:right"| 1.13 || style="text-align:right"| 3.11
|----
| style="text-align:left" | 2010 || style="text-align:right"| 2.52 || style="text-align:right"| 1.60 || style="text-align:right"| 4.12
|----
| style="text-align:left" | 2014 || style="text-align:right"| 2.73 || style="text-align:right"| 1.82 || style="text-align:right"| 4.55
|----
| colspan=4 style="text-align:left" | <small>Source: [[U.S. Census Bureau]] </small> 
|-----
| style="text-align:left" | 2006 || style="text-align:right"| 2.5 || style="text-align:right"| 1.5 || style="text-align:right"| 4.0
|----- 
| style="text-align:left" | 2009 || style="text-align:right"| 2.48 || style="text-align:right"| 1.45 || style="text-align:right"| 3.94
|----- 
| colspan=4 style="text-align:left" | <small>Source: [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]</small> 
|----- 
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Area<br />in<br />km<sup>2</sup> !! Pop.<ref>Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2018</ref><br />Census<br />1 Dec 2017 !! Pop.<ref name="pcbs-est" /><br />Estimate<br />mid 2023!! Pop.<br /> density<br />mid 2023<br />(per km<sup>2</sup>)
|- 
|West Bank <ref name="cia_gaza"/> || style="text-align:right" |5,655 || style="text-align:right" |2,881,954  || style="text-align:right" |3,256,906  || style="text-align:right" |576
|-
|Gaza Strip <ref name="West Bank" /> || style="text-align:right" |365 || style="text-align:right" |1,899,291 || style="text-align:right" |2,226,544 || style="text-align:right" |6,100
|-
!Total !! style="text-align:right" |6,020 || style="text-align:right" |4,781,245 !! style="text-align:right" |5,483,450 || style="text-align:right" |911
|}

{{Historical populations
|title       = Palestinian territories<ref name="pcbs">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/site/881/default.aspx|title=PCBS &#124; Indicators|website=www.pcbs.gov.ps}}</ref>
|align       = left
|shading     = off
|clear       = none
|percentages = pagr
|1997 |2783084
|1998 |2871568
|1999 |2962226
|2000 |3053335
|2001 |3138471
|2002 |3225214
|2003 |3314509
|2004 |3407417
|2005 |3508126
|2006 |3611198
|2007 |3719189
|2008 |3825512
|2009 |3935249
|2010 |4048403
|2011 |4168860
|2012 |4293313
|2013 |4420549
|2014 |4550368
|2015 |4682467
|2016 |4816503
|2017 |4952168
|2021 |5227193
}}
{{Historical populations
|title       = West Bank<ref name="pcbs" />
|align       = left
|shading     = off
|clear       = none
|percentages = pagr
|2012 |2649020
|2013 |2719112
|2014 |2790331
|2015 |2862485
|2016 |2935368
|2017 |3008770
|2021 |3120448
}}
{{Historical populations
|title       = Gaza Strip<ref name="pcbs" />
|align       = left
|shading     = off
|clear       = none
|percentages = pagr
|2012 |1644293
|2013 |1701437
|2014 |1760037
|2015 |1819982
|2016 |1881135
|2017 |1943398
|2021 |2106745
}}
{{clear|left}}

===Age structure===
{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 01.XII.2007) (Data have not been adjusted for underenumeration. Excluding data from the parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967.):
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}}	
Census (01/12/2007) :

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| style="text-align:right" | Total
| style="text-align:right" | 1 747 284
| style="text-align:right" | 1 696 544
| style="text-align:right" | 3 443 828
| style="text-align:right" | 100
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 0–4
| style="text-align:right" | 266 052
| style="text-align:right" | 253 883
| style="text-align:right" | 519 935
| style="text-align:right" | 15.10
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 5–9
| style="text-align:right" | 239 156
| style="text-align:right" | 227 724
| style="text-align:right" | 466 880
| style="text-align:right" | 13.56
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 10–14
| style="text-align:right" | 238 306
| style="text-align:right" | 227 967
| style="text-align:right" | 466 273
| style="text-align:right" | 13.54
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 15–19
| style="text-align:right" | 211 464
| style="text-align:right" | 202 975
| style="text-align:right" | 414 439
| style="text-align:right" | 12.03
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 20–24
| style="text-align:right" | 158 374
| style="text-align:right" | 151 561
| style="text-align:right" | 309 935
| style="text-align:right" | 9.00
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 25–29
| style="text-align:right" | 128 068
| style="text-align:right" | 124 159
| style="text-align:right" | 252 227
| style="text-align:right" | 7.32
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 30–34
| style="text-align:right" | 108 945
| style="text-align:right" | 106 343
| style="text-align:right" | 215 288
| style="text-align:right" | 6.25
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 35–39
| style="text-align:right" | 90 155
| style="text-align:right" | 86 905
| style="text-align:right" | 177 060
| style="text-align:right" | 5.14
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 40–44
| style="text-align:right" | 81 186
| style="text-align:right" | 75 328
| style="text-align:right" | 156 514
| style="text-align:right" | 4.54
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 45–49
| style="text-align:right" | 60 832
| style="text-align:right" | 56 748
| style="text-align:right" | 117 580
| style="text-align:right" | 3.41
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 50–54
| style="text-align:right" | 41 606
| style="text-align:right" | 41 695
| style="text-align:right" | 83 301
| style="text-align:right" | 2.42
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 55–59
| style="text-align:right" | 32 011
| style="text-align:right" | 30 999
| style="text-align:right" | 63 010
| style="text-align:right" | 1.83
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 60–64
| style="text-align:right" | 22 060
| style="text-align:right" | 25 769
| style="text-align:right" | 47 829
| style="text-align:right" | 1.39
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 65–69
| style="text-align:right" | 13 853
| style="text-align:right" | 19 844
| style="text-align:right" | 33 697
| style="text-align:right" | 0.98
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 70–74
| style="text-align:right" | 12 689
| style="text-align:right" | 16 627
| style="text-align:right" | 29 316
| style="text-align:right" | 0.85
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 75–79
| style="text-align:right" | 8 599
| style="text-align:right" | 12 536
| style="text-align:right" | 21 135
| style="text-align:right" | 0.61
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 80–84
| style="text-align:right" | 4 861
| style="text-align:right" | 6 888
| style="text-align:right" | 11 749
| style="text-align:right" | 0.34
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 85–89
| style="text-align:right" | 2 318
| style="text-align:right" | 3 026
| style="text-align:right" | 5 344
| style="text-align:right" | 0.16
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 90–94
| style="text-align:right" | 871
| style="text-align:right" | 1 133
| style="text-align:right" | 2 004
| style="text-align:right" | 0.06
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 95+
| style="text-align:right" | 464
| style="text-align:right" | 597
| style="text-align:right" | 1 061
| style="text-align:right" | 0.03
|-
| style="text-align:right" | unknown
| style="text-align:right" | 25 414
| style="text-align:right" | 23 837
| style="text-align:right" | 49 251
| style="text-align:right" | 0.14
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 0–14
| style="text-align:right" | 743 514
| style="text-align:right" | 709 574
| style="text-align:right" | 1 453 088
| style="text-align:right" | 42.19
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 15–64
| style="text-align:right" | 934 701
| style="text-align:right" | 902 482
| style="text-align:right" | 1 837 183
| style="text-align:right" | 53.35
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 65+
| style="text-align:right" | 43 655
| style="text-align:right" | 60 651
| style="text-align:right" | 104 306
| style="text-align:right" | 3.03
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013):
|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
}}	
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| style="text-align:right" | Total
| style="text-align:right" | 2 245 400
| style="text-align:right" | 2 175 149
| style="text-align:right" | 4 420 549
| style="text-align:right" | 100
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 0–4
| style="text-align:right" | 333 246
| style="text-align:right" | 319 213
| style="text-align:right" | 652 459
| style="text-align:right" | 14.76
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 5–9
| style="text-align:right" | 295 678
| style="text-align:right" | 283 886
| style="text-align:right" | 579 564
| style="text-align:right" | 13.11
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 10–14
| style="text-align:right" | 275 428
| style="text-align:right" | 263 679
| style="text-align:right" | 539 107
| style="text-align:right" | 12.20
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 15–19
| style="text-align:right" | 262 267
| style="text-align:right" | 251 710
| style="text-align:right" | 513 977
| style="text-align:right" | 11.63
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 20–24
| style="text-align:right" | 230 888
| style="text-align:right" | 221 790
| style="text-align:right" | 452 678
| style="text-align:right" | 10.24
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 25–29
| style="text-align:right" | 182 448
| style="text-align:right" | 174 730
| style="text-align:right" | 357 178
| style="text-align:right" | 8.08
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 30–34
| style="text-align:right" | 144 721
| style="text-align:right" | 138 652
| style="text-align:right" | 283 373
| style="text-align:right" | 6.41
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 35–39
| style="text-align:right" | 122 846
| style="text-align:right" | 119 333
| style="text-align:right" | 242 179
| style="text-align:right" | 5.48
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 40–44
| style="text-align:right" | 103 233
| style="text-align:right" | 100 276
| style="text-align:right" | 203 509
| style="text-align:right" | 4.60
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 45–49
| style="text-align:right" | 87 969
| style="text-align:right" | 82 580
| style="text-align:right" | 170 549
| style="text-align:right" | 3.86
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 50–54
| style="text-align:right" | 70 535 
| style="text-align:right" | 65 239
| style="text-align:right" | 135 774
| style="text-align:right" | 3.07
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 55–59
| style="text-align:right" | 48 912
| style="text-align:right" | 46 910
| style="text-align:right" | 95 822
| style="text-align:right" | 2.17
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 60–64
| style="text-align:right" | 32 353
| style="text-align:right" | 33 581
| style="text-align:right" | 65 934
| style="text-align:right" | 1.49
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 65–69
| style="text-align:right" | 21 985
| style="text-align:right" | 26 414
| style="text-align:right" | 48 399
| style="text-align:right" | 1.09
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 70–74
| style="text-align:right" | 14 201
| style="text-align:right" | 19 831
| style="text-align:right" | 34 032
| style="text-align:right" | 0.77
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 75–79
| style="text-align:right" | 9 344
| style="text-align:right" | 13 728
| style="text-align:right" | 23 072
| style="text-align:right" | 0.52
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 80+
| style="text-align:right" | 9 346
| style="text-align:right" | 13 597
| style="text-align:right" | 22 943
| style="text-align:right" | 0.52
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 0–14
| style="text-align:right" | 904 352
| style="text-align:right" | 866 778
| style="text-align:right" | 1 771 130
| style="text-align:right" | 40.07
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 15–64
| style="text-align:right" | 1 286 172
| style="text-align:right" | 1 234 801
| style="text-align:right" | 2 520 973
| style="text-align:right" | 57.03
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 65+
| style="text-align:right" | 54 876
| style="text-align:right" | 73 570
| style="text-align:right" | 128 446
| style="text-align:right" | 2.91
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook |publisher=United Nations |access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref>

==Vital statistics==
===UN estimates===
<ref>{{cite UN WPP|2022|rows=9941:10012|cols=M,X,AE,S,AH,S,AA,AV,AI}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
!
! style="width:80pt;" |Mid-year population (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Live births (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Deaths (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Total fertility rate]] (TFR)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Infant mortality]] (per 1000 live births)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Life expectancy]] (in years)
|-
|1950
|   945
|   46
|   20
|   26
|48.3
|21.0
|27.3
|7.84
|142.3
|45.79
|-
|1951
|  953
|  47
|  20
|  27
|48.5
|20.9
|27.7
|7.84
|141.7
|45.88
|-
|1952
|  963
|  47
|  20
|  27
|48.7
|20.6
|28.1
|7.84
|140.5
|46.09
|-
|1953
|  973
|  48
|  20
|  28
|48.9
|20.4
|28.5
|7.83
|139.1
|46.33
|-
|1954
|  985
|  49
|  20
|  29
|49.2
|20.1
|29.1
|7.83
|137.5
|46.61
|-
|1955
|  997
|  50
|  20
|  30
|49.4
|19.8
|29.6
|7.82
|135.8
|46.92
|-
|1956
|  1 010
|  51
|  20
|  31
|49.7
|19.5
|30.2
|7.82
|133.8
|47.27
|-
|1957
|  1 025
|  52
|  20
|  32
|49.9
|19.1
|30.8
|7.81
|131.7
|47.66
|-
|1958
|  1 040
|  53
|  20
|  33
|50.1
|18.7
|31.4
|7.81
|129.4
|48.08
|-
|1959
|  1 057
|  54
|  19
|  34
|50.3
|18.3
|32.0
|7.81
|126.9
|48.53
|-
|1960
|  1 074
|  55
|  19
|  35
|50.4
|17.8
|32.6
|7.79
|124.3
|49.01
|-
|1961
|  1 092
|  56
|  19
|  36
|50.4
|17.3
|33.1
|7.79
|121.4
|49.55
|-
|1962
|  1 110
|  57
|  19
|  38
|50.5
|16.8
|33.7
|7.79
|118.4
|50.12
|-
|1963
|  1 128
|  57
|  19
|  39
|50.4
|16.3
|34.2
|7.78
|115.1
|50.75
|-
|1964
|  1 142
|  58
|  18
|  40
|50.4
|15.7
|34.6
|7.78
|111.7
|51.38
|-
|1965
|  1 149
|  59
|  18
|  41
|50.3
|15.2
|35.1
|7.78
|108.2
|52.03
|-
|1966
|  1 148
|  59
|  17
|  42
|50.2
|14.6
|35.5
|7.75
|104.7
|52.69
|-
|1967
|  1 137
|  58
|  18
|  41
|50.1
|15.2
|34.9
|7.74
|101.1
|50.97
|-
|1968
|  1 123
|  57
|  16
|  42
|49.9
|13.5
|36.3
|7.71
|97.7
|54.03
|-
|1969
|  1 115
|  57
|  15
|  42
|49.7
|13.0
|36.6
|7.68
|94.1
|54.70
|-
|1970
|  1 118
|  56
|  14
|  42
|49.4
|12.5
|36.9
|7.65
|90.6
|55.35
|-
|1971
|  1 136
|  56
|  14
|  43
|49.2
|12.0
|37.2
|7.61
|87.3
|55.99
|-
|1972
|  1 167
|  57
|  14
|  44
|49.0
|11.5
|37.5
|7.59
|84.0
|56.65
|-
|1973
|  1 195
|  59
|  31
|  28
|49.2
|26.0
|23.2
|7.55
|80.8
|34.74
|-
|1974
|  1 225
|  61
|  13
|  48
|49.3
|10.6
|38.7
|7.52
|77.8
|57.98
|-
|1975
|  1 264
|  62
|  13
|  49
|49.1
|10.2
|38.9
|7.48
|74.8
|58.64
|-
|1976
|  1 301
|  64
|  13
|  51
|48.8
|9.7
|39.1
|7.44
|71.6
|59.32
|-
|1977
|  1 337
|  65
|  13
|  53
|48.4
|9.3
|39.1
|7.38
|68.5
|60.00
|-
|1978
|  1 374
|  66
|  12
|  54
|48.0
|8.9
|39.1
|7.33
|65.6
|60.66
|-
|1979
|  1 413
|  68
|  12
|  56
|47.6
|8.4
|39.2
|7.28
|62.4
|61.39
|-
|1980
|  1 454
|  69
|  12
|  57
|47.3
|8.0
|39.3
|7.23
|59.2
|62.11
|-
|1981
|  1 498
|  71
|  11
|  59
|47.0
|7.6
|39.4
|7.17
|56.2
|62.79
|-
|1982
|  1 546
|  73
|  11
|  61
|46.8
|7.2
|39.6
|7.12
|53.4
|63.45
|-
|1983
|  1 604
|  75
|  11
|  64
|46.6
|6.9
|39.7
|7.07
|50.5
|64.16
|-
|1984
|  1 674
|  78
|  11
|  67
|46.4
|6.5
|39.9
|7.01
|47.9
|64.80
|-
|1985
|  1 731
|  81
|  11
|  70
|46.1
|6.2
|39.9
|6.95
|45.6
|65.36
|-
|1986
|  1 775
|  82
|  11
|  71
|46.0
|6.0
|40.0
|6.91
|43.6
|65.86
|-
|1987
|  1 863
|  84
|  11
|  74
|46.0
|5.7
|40.2
|6.88
|41.3
|66.42
|-
|1988
|  1 963
|  90
|  11
|  79
|45.9
|5.5
|40.4
|6.85
|39.2
|66.84
|-
|1989
|  2 041
|  94
|  11
|  83
|45.9
|5.3
|40.6
|6.81
|37.4
|67.28
|-
|1990
|  2 125
|  98
|  11
|  87
|46.0
|5.1
|40.9
|6.78
|35.8
|67.93
|-
|1991
|  2 214
|  102
|  11
|  91
|45.9
|4.9
|40.9
|6.72
|34.7
|68.31
|-
|1992
|  2 310
|  105
|  11
|  94
|45.6
|4.8
|40.8
|6.63
|33.3
|68.59
|-
|1993
|  2 411
|  108
|  11
|  97
|44.8
|4.7
|40.1
|6.50
|32.1
|68.85
|-
|1994
|  2 515
|  110
|  11
|  99
|43.8
|4.4
|39.4
|6.34
|30.7
|69.41
|-
|1995
|  2 623
|  112
|  11
|  101
|42.8
|4.3
|38.5
|6.18
|29.6
|69.66
|-
|1996
|  2 734
|  114
|  11
|  102
|41.6
|4.1
|37.5
|6.00
|28.6
|70.06
|-
|1997
|  2 847
|  115
|  11
|  104
|40.5
|4.0
|36.5
|5.82
|27.6
|70.40
|-
|1998
|  2 951
|  118
|  12
|  106
|39.8
|3.9
|35.9
|5.70
|26.8
|70.63
|-
|1999
|  3 044
|  120
|  12
|  108
|39.2
|3.8
|35.3
|5.58
|26.0
|70.86
|-
|2000
|  3 140
|  121
|  13
|  108
|38.4
|4.0
|34.5
|5.44
|25.3
|70.39
|-
|2001
|  3 230
|  122
|  13
|  109
|37.7
|4.1
|33.6
|5.32
|24.6
|69.89
|-
|2002
|  3 309
|  123
|  13
|  111
|37.1
|3.8
|33.2
|5.19
|24.1
|70.97
|-
|2003
|  3 384
|  123
|  13
|  110
|36.1
|3.8
|32.3
|5.02
|23.2
|71.05
|-
|2004
|  3 460
|  124
|  13
|  111
|35.7
|3.8
|31.9
|4.94
|22.4
|71.18
|-
|2005
|  3 541
|  125
|  13
|  112
|35.2
|3.6
|31.6
|4.84
|21.7
|72.07
|-
|2006
|  3 628
|  125
|  13
|  112
|34.5
|3.6
|30.8
|4.72
|21.0
|71.92
|-
|2007
|  3 718
|  125
|  13
|  112
|33.6
|3.6
|30.0
|4.61
|20.3
|72.15
|-
|2008
|  3 809
|  128
|  14
|  114
|33.5
|3.6
|29.9
|4.50
|19.9
|72.41
|-
|2009
|  3 899
|  131
|  14
|  117
|33.4
|3.6
|29.9
|4.41
|19.3
|72.61
|-
|2010
|  3 992
|  135
|  14
|  121
|33.7
|3.5
|30.2
|4.38
|18.6
|73.00
|-
|2011
|  4 088
|  137
|  14
|  123
|33.4
|3.5
|29.9
|4.27
|18.1
|73.24
|-
|2012
|  4 184
|  138
|  14
|  124
|32.9
|3.4
|29.5
|4.16
|17.6
|73.47
|-
|2013
|  4 282
|  140
|  14
|  125
|32.5
|3.3
|29.2
|4.08
|17.2
|74.03
|-
|2014
|  4 380
|  143
|  17
|  126
|32.5
|3.8
|28.6
|4.04
|17.6
|72.62
|-
|2015
|  4 485
|  147
|  15
|  132
|32.7
|3.3
|29.4
|4.05
|16.4
|74.41
|-
|2016
|  4 594
|  147
|  15
|  132
|31.9
|3.3
|28.6
|3.94
|15.9
|74.55
|-
|2017
|  4 701
|  146
|  15
|  131
|31.0
|3.3
|27.7
|3.81
|15.4
|74.83
|-
|2018
|  4 806
|  145
|  16
|  129
|30.1
|3.3
|26.8
|3.71
|15.0
|74.79
|-
|2019
|  4 910
|  145
|  16
|  129
|29.5
|3.2
|26.2
|3.64
|14.6
|75.24
|-
|2020
|  5 019
|  145
|  18
|  127
|28.8
|3.5
|25.3
|3.57
|14.1
|74.40
|-
|2021
|  5 133
|  145
|  20
|  126
|28.2
|3.8
|24.4
|3.50
|13.8
|73.47
|-
|}

===Registered births and deaths===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/statisticsIndicatorsTables.aspx?lang=en&table_id=852|title=PCBS &#124; Number of Registered Live Births in Palestine* by Region and Governorate, 2007 - 2020|website=www.pcbs.gov.ps}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/statisticsIndicatorsTables.aspx?lang=en&table_id=854|title=PCBS &#124; Number of Registered Deaths in Palestine* by Region and Governorate, 2007 - 2020|website=www.pcbs.gov.ps}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!
! width="70"|Average population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural change
! width="70"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70"|Total fertility rate
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2007
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 122,593
| style="text-align:right" | 10,782
| style="text-align:right" | 111,811
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2008
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 126,323
| style="text-align:right" | 11,337
| style="text-align:right" | 114,986
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right" | 4.4
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2009
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 129,648
| style="text-align:right" | 11,907
| style="text-align:right" | 117,741
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 
| style="text-align:right" | 
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2010
| style="text-align:right" | 4,048,403
| style="text-align:right" | 138,809
| style="text-align:right" | 10,810
| style="text-align:right" | 127,999
| style="text-align:right" | 34.3
| style="text-align:right" | 2.7
| style="text-align:right" | 31.6
| style="text-align:right" |
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2011
| style="text-align:right" | 4,168,801
| style="text-align:right" |133,326
| style="text-align:right" | 11,397
| style="text-align:right" | 121,929
| style="text-align:right" | 32.0
| style="text-align:style="text-align:right" | 2.7
| style="text-align:right" | 29.2
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:right" | 4.1
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2012
| style="text-align:right" | 4,293,313
| style="text-align:right" | 131,632
| style="text-align:right" | 11,782
| style="text-align:right" | 119,850
| style="text-align:right" | 30.7
| style="text-align:right" | 2.7
| style="text-align:right" | 27.9
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2013
| style="text-align:right" | 4,420,549
| style="text-align:right" | 127,454
| style="text-align:right" |11,188
| style="text-align:right" |116,266
| style="text-align:right" | 28.8
| style="text-align:right" | 2.5
| style="text-align:right" | 26.3
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2014
| style="text-align:right" | 4,550,368
| style="text-align:right" | 128,073
| style="text-align:right" |13,390
| style="text-align:right" |114,683
| style="text-align:right" | 28.1
| style="text-align:right" | 2.9
| style="text-align:right" | 25.2
| style="text-align:right" | 
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2015
| style="text-align:right" | 4,530,416
| style="text-align:right" |132,995
| style="text-align:right" |11,908
| style="text-align:right" |121,087
| style="text-align:right" | 29.4
| style="text-align:right" | 2.6
| style="text-align:right" | 26.7
| style="text-align:right" |
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2016
| style="text-align:right" | 4,632,025
| style="text-align:right" |138,238
| style="text-align:right" |12,202
| style="text-align:right" |126,036
| style="text-align:right" | 29.8
| style="text-align:right" | 2.6
| style="text-align:right" | 27.2
| style="text-align:right" | 
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2017
| style="text-align:right" | 4,733,357
| style="text-align:right" |140,441
| style="text-align:right" |11,778
| style="text-align:right" |128,663
| style="text-align:right" | 29.7
| style="text-align:right" | 2.5
| style="text-align:right" | 27.2
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:right" | 3.8
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2018
| style="text-align:right" | 4,854,013
| style="text-align:right" |143,334
| style="text-align:right" |12,452
| style="text-align:right" |130,882
| style="text-align:right" | 29.5
| style="text-align:right" | 2.6
| style="text-align:right" | 27.0
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2019
| style="text-align:right" | 4,976,684
| style="text-align:right" |139,246
| style="text-align:right" |12,847
| style="text-align:right" |126,399
| style="text-align:right" | 28.0
| style="text-align:right" | 2.6
| style="text-align:right" | 25.4
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2020
| style="text-align:right" | 5,101,152
| style="text-align:right" |132,291
| style="text-align:right" |14,106
| style="text-align:right" |118,185
| style="text-align:right" | 25.9
| style="text-align:right" | 2.8
| style="text-align:right" | 23.2
| style="text-align:right" |
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2021
| style="text-align:right" | 5,227,193
| style="text-align:right" | 141,092
| style="text-align:right" | 16,755
| style="text-align:right" | 124,337
| style="text-align:right" | 27.0
| style="text-align:right" | 3.2
| style="text-align:right" | 23.8
| style="text-align:right" |
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2022
| style="text-align:right" | 5,354,656
| style="text-align:right" | 141,457
| style="text-align:right" | 14,450
| style="text-align:right" | 127,007
| style="text-align:right" | 26.4
| style="text-align:right" | 2.7
| style="text-align:right" | 23.7
| style="text-align:right" |
|-
|}


====Gaza====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Gaza
!
! fertility rate
! birth rate
! death rate
! natural change
|-
| 1997
| 
| 45.4
| 4.7
| 40.7
|-
| 2000
| 
| 44.5
| 4.3
| 40.2
|-
| 2005
| 
| 42.2
| 3.9
| 39.3
|-
| 2009
| 
| 36.9
| 4.1
| 32.8
|-
| 2010
| 4.9
| 37.1
| 4.0
| 33.1
|-
| 2011
| 
| 37.2
| 3.9
| 34.3
|-
| 2013
| 
| 37.1
| 3.7
| 34.4
|}

====West Bank====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ West Bank
!
! fertility rate
! birth rate
! death rate
! natural change
|-
| 1997
| 
| 41.2
| 5.1
| 36.1
|-
| 2000
| 
| 38.8
| 4.6
| 34.2
|-
| 2005
| 
| 34.5
| 4.1
| 30.4
|-
| 2009
| 
| 30.1
| 4.4
| 25.7
|-
| 2010
| 3.8
| 30.1
| 4.2
| 25.9
|-
| 2011
| 
| 30.1
| 4.1
| 26.0
|-
| 2013
| 
| 29.7
| 4.0
| 25.7
|}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestinian Children – Issues and Statistics Annual Report, 2012 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1863.pdf |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=www.pcbs.gov.ps}}</ref>

=== Life expectancy  ===
Average [[life expectancy]] at age 0 of the total population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -West Bank and Gaza -diff.png|thumb|Life expectancy at birth in Palestine]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
|1950–1955
|46.6
|1985–1990
|67.1
|-
|1955–1960
|48.2
|1990–1995
|68.9
|-
|1960–1965
|50.8
|1995–2000
|70.3
|-
|1965–1970
|54.1
|2000–2005
|71.2
|-
|1970–1975
|57.5
|2005–2010
|72.0
|-
|1975–1980
|61.0
|2010–2015
|72.9
|-
|1980–1985
|64.4
|
|
|}

==Demographics of the Gaza Strip==
The following demographic statistics are from ''The World Factbook'', unless otherwise indicated.

===Population===
Current:  2,098,389 (2023 est.)<ref name="cia_gaza"/>

In 2023 approximately 2.1 million Palestinians lived in the Gaza Strip,<ref name="cia_gaza"/> around 1.6 million of them UN-registered refugees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/gaza.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217211906/http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/gaza.html|archive-date=17 December 2007 |title=UNRWA: Palestine refugees |publisher=United Nations |access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref>

The Strip's population has continued to increase since that time, one of the main reasons being a [[total fertility rate]] of 3.38 children per woman (2023 est). In a [[List of countries by fertility rate|ranking by total fertility rate]], this places Gaza 42nd of 224 regions.<ref name="cia_gaza" />

===Age structure===
0–14 years: 44.1% (male 415,746/female 394,195)<br />15–24 years: 21.3% (male 197,797/female 194,112)<br />25–54 years: 28.5% (male 256,103/female 267,285)<br />55–64 years: 3.5% (male 33,413/female 30,592)<br />65 years and over: 2.6% (male 24,863/female 22,607) (2018 est.)

===Ethnic groups===
Palestinian/Arab 98.7%

===Religions===
[[Sunni Muslim]] 98–99%, [[Arab Christians]] 0.2% (2,000 to 3,000 est.), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.).<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4514822.stm Middle East Christians: Gaza pastor] BBC News, 21 December 2005</ref><ref name="cia_gaza">{{Cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gaza-strip/ | title=Middle East :: Gaza Strip — the World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency| date=6 June 2022}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Arabic]] ([[Palestinian Arabic]], [[Modern Standard Arabic]]), [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] (spoken by many older Gaza Palestinians), [[English language|English]] (widely understood)

==Demographics of the West Bank==
{{Update section|date=February 2024}}

[[File:Bevölkerungspyramide Gazastreifen 2016.png|thumb|Population pyramid Gaza Strip 2016]]
[[File:Bevölkerungspyramide Westjordanland 2016.png|thumb|Population pyramid West Bank 2016]]

The following demographic statistics are from ''The World Factbook'', unless otherwise indicated.

===Population===
Total 2,939,418 (July 2018 est.); 71.72% of the population is Arab (predominantly Sunni), 28.28% is Jewish<ref name="West Bank">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/west-bank/|title=CIA – The World Factbook: West Bank|publisher=Cia.gov|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> (cf. [[Demographics of Israel|Israel]]: Jewish 74%, Arab 21%, other 5%; and [[Demographics of the Palestinian territories#Demographics of the Gaza Strip|Gaza]]: Arab 99%)<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel/ |chapter=Israel |title=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref>

* Palestinian Arab 2,155,743 (July 2017 est.), 71.72%<ref name="West Bank" />
* Israeli Jew 850,481 (2016, 2020 est.), 28.28%<ref name="West Bank" /> 
** Approximately 475,481 Israeli Jews thereof live in the West Bank (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/west-bank-settler-population-surged-during-trump-era-report-says|title=West Bank settler population surged during Trump era, report says|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
** Approximately 375,000 Israeli Jews thereof live in East Jerusalem (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/18210#.VpK885scTIU|title=Settlement population growth slows for 10th straight year|date=9 January 2016 |access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
* Around 380 [[Samaritans]]{{efn|Samaritans in the [[West Bank]] have Palestinian citizenship. {{harv|Sabella|2011|p=75, n.4}}.}}<ref>{{cite book| chapter = The Status of Non-Muslims in a Palestinian State
 | last = Sabella | first = Bernard | year = 2011
 | title = Non-Muslims in Muslim Majority Societies: With Focus on the Middle East and Pakistan
 | editor1-last = Ahlstand | editor1-first = Kajsa
 | editor2-last = Gunner | editor2-first = Goran
 | publisher = [[Peeters Publishers|ISD LLC]]
 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vNPYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55
 | pages = 73–75
 | isbn = 978-0-718-84301-4
}}</ref>

===Ethnic groups===
Palestinian Arab: 83%<br />Israeli Jewish and other: 17%

===Religions===
Muslim 80%–85% (predominantly Sunni)<br />Jewish 12%–14%<br />Christian 1.0%–2.5%, (mainly Greek Orthodox)<ref name="West Bank" /><br />Other religious minorities include [[Palestinian Metawalis]], [[Palestinian Druze]], and [[Palestinian Baha'is]].

===Languages===
[[Arabic]] ([[Palestinian Arabic]], [[Modern Standard Arabic]]), [[English language|English]] (compulsory in schools, widely{{Quantify|date=May 2019}} spoken by Palestinians), and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] (spoken by Israeli Jews in the West Bank, and spoken by many{{Quantify|date=May 2019}} Palestinians) are commonly known.

==See also==
* [[Demographic history of Palestine (region)]]
* [[Demographics of Israel]]
* [[Demographics of the Middle East]]
* [[Economy of the State of Palestine]]
* [[Genetic history of the Middle East]]
* [[Palestinian Authority|Palestinian National Authority]] (PNA)
* [[Politics of the Palestinian National Authority]]
* [[Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070601020457/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ ''The World Factbook'']
* Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, ''People of Palestine'' (Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books, 2012), ASIN: B0094TU8VY
* [https://www.un.org/popin/regional/escwa/popbull/bull43/chapter2.htm "Demography of the Palestinian population with special emphasis on the occupied territories"], 1995 paper by Arjun L. Adlakha, Kevin G. Kinsella and Marwan Khawaja. Available at Population Bulletin of [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia|ESCWA]]'s website.

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