| People | Gaza Strip |
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Population:
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1,657,155 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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4,604 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 72% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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void |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 43.9% (male 374,110/female 354,088)
15-64 years: 53.5% (male 453,253/female 432,855)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 17,326/female 25,523) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 17.7 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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3.201% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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35.3 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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3.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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void |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 17.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.92 years
male: 72.27 years
female: 75.68 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.74 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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void |
Physicians density:
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void |
Hospital bed density:
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void |
Drinking water source:
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void |
Sanitation facility access:
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void |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: NA
adjective: NA |
Ethnic groups:
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Palestinian Arab |
Religions:
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Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7% |
Languages:
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Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 96.7%
female: 88% (2004 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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