Population:
1,274,868 (July 2002 est.)
note: in addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 49.4% (male 322,658; female 307,026)
15-64 years: 47.9% (male 310,910; female 299,724)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 14,645; female 19,905) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 15.3 years
male: 15.1 years
female: 15.5 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
3.89% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
41.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
4.03 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 24.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 25.37 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.4 years
male: 70.13 years
female: 72.73 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.17 children born/woman (2003 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 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 and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
NOTE: The information regarding Gaza Strip on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gaza Strip People 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.