State of Palestine - Demographics

Demographics

Main article: Palestinian people See also: Demographics of Palestine and Demographics of the Palestinian territories

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) estimated Palestinians at mid year 2009 as 10.7 million persons as follows: 3.9 million in the Palestinian Territory (36.6%), 1.2 million (11.5%) in Israel; 5.0 million in Arab countries (46.2%), 0.6 million in foreign countries (5.7%).

According to The Guardian (2008) the Palestinian territories have one of the fastest growing populations in the world, with numbers surging 30% in the past decade (2008). There was 3.76 million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, up from 2.89 million 10 years earlier.

According to the U.S. Census population growth mid 1990-2008 in Gaza and West Bank was 106% from 1.9 million (1990) to 3.9 million persons.

According to the UN (2010), the Palestinian population is 4.4 million. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) population density in 2009 was 654 capita/km2, of which 433 capita/km2 in the West Bank including Jerusalem and 4,073 capita/km2 in Gaza Strip. In the mid 2009 the share of population less than 15 years was 41.9% and above 65 years 3%.

Population (mid year)
Year	West Bank	Gaza	Total
1970	0.69	0.34	1.03
1980	0.90	0.46	1.36
1990	1.25	0.65	1.90
2000	1.98	1.13	3.11
2004	2.20	1.30	3.50
2008	2.41	1.5	3.91
2010	2.52	1.60	4.12
2006	2.5	1.5	4.0
2009	2.48	1.45	3.94

Region	Population
West Bank	2,568,555
East Jerusalem	192,800
Gaza Strip	1,657,155

Name	Population (2007)	Area (km2)	Density
West Bank	2,369,700	5,671	417.86
Gaza Strip	1,416,539	360	3934.83
Total	3,786,239	6,031	627.80