Demographics of Palestine

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Palestine is projected at 5.22 million, up by 2.38% compared with 5.10 million in 2020. Palestine is ranked 121st in terms of population and 40th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.15 million births in Palestine in 2021. That is 398 per day, which is ranked 98th. The crude birth rate is 27.76 per 1000 people. There are 18.02 thousand deaths in Palestine in 2021. That is 49 per day, which is ranked 145th. The crude death rate is 3.45 per 1000 people.

4.2 million people are living in urban areas, which is 77% of Palestine population. Palestine is ranked 79th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Palestine in 2021 is 102.88 males per 100 females. There are 2.65 million males and 2.57 million females in Palestine. The percentage of female population is 49.29% compare to 50.71% male population. Palestine has 74 thousand more males than females. Palestine is at 175th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Palestine population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950931,925-
1955987,7511.97
19601,069,3182.02
19651,191,3810.8
19701,126,6280.02
19751,323,8053.54
19801,510,7172.69
19851,759,5333.27
19902,101,4454.04
19952,618,6714.66
20003,224,0093.34
20053,577,9562.07
20104,055,6322.47
20154,529,1602.27
20164,635,6442.35
20174,747,2332.41
20184,862,9782.44
20194,981,4222.44
20205,101,4162.41
20215,222,7562.38
  • Total
  • Crude

Palestine death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195019,37143,88720.5646.25
195519,02045,56319.2346.21
196019,12154,15317.6749.95
196517,72459,94915.4252.29
197014,84859,15712.5650.14
197513,17862,74610.0647.90
198012,01269,6047.9045.91
198510,93879,1836.1744.80
199010,93497,5655.1345.75
199511,563114,6974.3843.59
200012,215120,4103.8537.98
200512,924124,8933.5834.54
201014,216136,0363.5133.56
201515,846141,9093.4931.25
202017,616144,1763.4528.21
202118,018145,1923.4527.76
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Palestine

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950347,609584,319-37.300
1955401,302586,4583.6940.627
1960470,972598,3443.6544.044
1965582,558608,8263.0748.898
1970610,666513,9832.0154.298
1975787,567533,8545.4059.600
1980941,551567,6323.6262.388
19851,144,681613,7964.1365.095
19901,422,479678,4044.8467.709
19951,838,048779,6545.4070.216
20002,319,571903,4383.6571.969
20052,612,793963,3772.3673.061
20103,015,5151,051,3143.0674.149
20153,514,3241,148,5603.1175.368
20204,083,4761,239,1532.9976.719
20214,204,4831,255,6742.9677.003
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Palestine population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 353,383 337,207 690,590 13.22 104.797
05-09 348,582 333,224 681,806 13.05 104.609
10-14 311,501 298,206 609,707 11.67 104.458
15-19 268,259 259,151 527,410 10.10 103.515
20-24 254,220 246,615 500,835 9.59 103.084
25-29 243,485 234,984 478,469 9.16 103.618
30-34 198,015 191,149 389,164 7.45 103.592
35-39 155,861 150,702 306,563 5.87 103.423
40-44 129,867 125,701 255,568 4.89 103.314
45-49 105,425 103,225 208,650 4.00 102.131
50-54 86,521 85,978 172,499 3.30 100.632
55-59 68,046 69,195 137,241 2.63 98.339
60-64 45,803 48,037 93,840 1.80 95.349
65-69 30,897 35,139 66,036 1.26 87.928
70-74 24,316 25,186 49,502 0.95 96.546
75-79 14,329 16,622 30,951 0.59 86.205
80-84 6,935 9,277 16,212 0.31 74.755
85-89 2,414 3,642 6,056 0.12 66.282
90-94 489 950 1,439 0.03 51.474
95-99 53 152 205 0.00 34.868
100+ 3 10 13 0.00 30.000
Total 2,648,404 2,574,352 5,222,756 102.877