Population:

1,537,269 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 47.1% (male 370,767/female 353,571)
15-64 years: 50.4% (male 396,110/female 378,743)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 15,716/female 22,362) (2008 est.)

Median age:

total: 16.2 years
male: 16.1 years
female: 16.4 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.609% (2008 est.)

Birth rate:

38.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate:

3.67 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate:

1.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 21.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 72.34 years
male: 71.01 years
female: 73.73 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate:

5.51 children born/woman (2008 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)

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 96.7%
female: 88% (2004 est.)