Population 1,225,911 (July 2002 est.)
note: in addition, there are fewer than 7,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 2001 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 49.7% (male 312,253; female 297,008)
15-64 years: 47.5% (male 296,488; female 286,393)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 14,407; female 19,362) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 3.95% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 41.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 4.12 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 24.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 71.2 years
female: 72.52 years (2002 est.)
male: 69.95 years

Total fertility rate 6.29 children born/woman (2002 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: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Gaza Strip on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gaza Strip People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gaza Strip People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.