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Population:
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1,376,289
note: in addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 48.5% (male 342,186/female 325,899)
15-64 years: 48.8% (male 342,927/female 329,354) 65 years and over: 2.6% (male 15,036/female 20,887) (2005 est.) |
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Median age:
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total: 15.65 years
male: 15.5 years female: 15.81 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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3.77% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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40.03 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate:
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3.87 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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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: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 22.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.79 years
male: 70.5 years female: 73.15 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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5.91 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
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Nationality:
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noun: NA
adjective: NA |
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Ethnic groups:
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Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6% |
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Religions:
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Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6% |
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Languages:
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Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood) |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9% male: 96.3% female: 87.4% (2003 est.) |
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