Gaza Strip People 2008

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.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

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

Religions:
Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7%

Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)