In the year 2018, the total population in Palestine was 4. [6], The demographic statistics of the CIA World Factbook and the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimated that the collective Palestinian Arab population in the region of Palestine, including Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, amounted to 5.79 million people in 2017. Total 2,939,418 (July 2018 est. Population of the State of Palestine: current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, immigration, median age, total fertility rate (TFR), population density, urbanization, urban population, country's share of world population, and global rank. There is no official religion in Palestine and it is generally assumed that there is freedom of religion. ), -5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est. female: 77.6 years (2018 est. Israel: Jewish 74%, Arab 21%, other 5%). ), 28.02%, approximately 448,672 Israeli Jews thereof live in the West Bank (2018), approximately 375,000 Israeli Jews thereof live in East Jerusalem (2016), Jewish population: 5.07 children born/woman (West Bank alone), This page was last edited on 6 January 2020, at 18:16. ); 71.97% of the population is Arab (predominantly Sunni), 28.02% is Jewish[8] (cf. Arabic, English (compulsory in schools, widely[quantify] spoken by Palestinians), and Hebrew (spoken by Israeli Jews in the West Bank, and spoken by many[quantify] Palestinians) are commonly known. male: 73.4 years A Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1 represents the Replacement-Level Fertility: the average number of children per woman needed for each generation to exactly replace itself without needing international immigration.A value below 2.1 will cause the native population to decline A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants. Palestine’s population has risen 9 times since the year 1948. As a city-state, technically Palestine is the only city within itself, although the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem are considered to be part of it. Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. [7][8] Thereof, 2.16 million Arabs live in the West Bank, 1.84 million Arabs live in Israel, and 1.79 million Arabs live in the Gaza Strip. There are two competing governments within Palestine: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with the latter claiming to be able to govern the former. ), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.). Data tables, maps, charts, and live population clock For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period. In a ranking by total fertility rate, this places Gaza 34th of 224 regions. This means that the president is the head of state, elected by popular vote, and a prime minister is appointed by the president to direct the parliament. male: 15.3 deaths/1,000 live births Palestine is now considered a country by the U.N. and most of its members. [7][8], The demographic statistics of the CIA World Factbook and the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimated (2017) that the collective population in the Palestinian territories amounted to 4,543,126 people in 2017. [36], The Strip's population has continued to increase since that time, one of the main reasons being a total fertility rate of 4.24 children per woman (2014 est).