Palestine - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Palestine. Once a strategic strip of land along Mideast-North African trade routes. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Population concentrated in major cities, particularly Gaza City in the north
People and Society
In Palestine, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Palestinian Arab
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 1.96% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 26.05 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 2.77 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.14 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1.52 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | N/A | N/A |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 38.8% (male 427,450/female 404,288) |
| 15-64 years | 58.3% (male 627,235/female 620,903) |
| 65 years and over | 2.9% (2024 est.) (male 31,655/female 30,112) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 69.6 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 64.5 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 5.1 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 19.7 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 19.9 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 19.3 years |
| Female | 19.8 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 77.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.85% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 778,000 Gaza (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1.01 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 1.03 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 14.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 75.5 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 73.7 years |
| Female | 77.4 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: total | total: 98.9% of population |
| Unimproved: total | total: 1.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 99% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 99.8% of population |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Tobacco use | |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 0.7% (2020) |
| Women married by age 18 | 13.4% (2020) |
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