Gaza Strip People:
Population:
1,376,289 (July 2005 est.)
note: In addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip
Age structure:
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)
Median age:
total: 15.65 years
male: 15.5 years
female: 15.81 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
3.77% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
40.03 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
3.87 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.54 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 22.93 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 24.05 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 21.76 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 71.79 years (2005 est.)
male: 70.5 years
female: 73.15 years
Total fertility rate:
5.91 children born/woman (2005 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: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.3%
female: 87.4% (2003)
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