Basic Country Facts

People Population: 923,940 (July 1996 est.) note: in addition, there are 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 52% (male 244,026; female 231,976) 15-64 years: 46% (male 210,706; female 210,764) 65 years and over: 2% (male 11,553; female 14,915) (July 1996 est.) Population growth rate: 6.79% (1996 est.) Birth rate: 50.67 births/1,000 population (1996 est.) Death rate: 4.4 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.) Net migration rate: 21.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female all ages: 1.02 male(s)/female (1996 est.) Infant mortality rate: 27.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.98 years male: 70.69 years female: 73.34 years (1996 est.) Total fertility rate: 7.79 children born/woman (1996 est.) Nationality: noun: NA adjective: NA Ethnic divisions: Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6% Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6% Languages: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers), English (widely understood) Literacy: NA