Population 1,054,173 (July 1998 est.)
note: in addition, there are 6,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 52% (male 278,551; female 265,009)
15-64 years: 46% (male 241,420; female 238,857)
65 years and over: 2% (male 12,966; female 17,370) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 6.4% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 49.07 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 4 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 18.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 24.45 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.95 years
male: 71.56 years
female: 74.4 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 7.57 children born/woman (1998 est.)

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 NA

NOTE: The information regarding Gaza Strip on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gaza Strip People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gaza Strip People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.