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
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Death rate: 3.87 deaths
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Net migration rate: 1.54 migrant(s)
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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
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1,000 live births (2005 est.) male: 24.05 deaths
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1,000 live births female: 21.76 deaths
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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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