Palestine's population rose from 2.59M in 1996 to 5.41M in 2025.
Palestine · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Palestine's population growth fell from 4.5 % in 1996 to 2.3 % in 2025.
Palestine's population density rose from 393.1 in 1994 to 857.4 in 2023.
Palestine's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.4 % in 1996 to 50.4 % in 2025.
Palestine's urbanisation rose from 68.1 % in 1996 to 87.4 % in 2025.
Palestine's urban population rose from 1.76M in 1996 to 4.73M in 2025.
Palestine's rural population fell from 825,291 in 1996 to 683,093 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.8 %48th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.2 %45th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −18.4 %166th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.0 %127th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs178th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts37th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts181st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts170th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.3 pts37th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts166th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −0.0 %175th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.4 pts111th of 216
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- Life expectancyup +4.0 yrs160th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +2.8 yrs139th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +5.5 yrs170th of 217
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- Refugees hostedNo data