Population of Palestine

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Palestine is 5,497,480 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Palestine is projected at 5,222,748 or 5.223 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Palestine is projected at 5,101,414 or 5.101 million people for the year 2020. Palestine ranks number 121st in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Palestine is ranked 39th among 51 countries in Asia.

Palestine's population will be increased year by year. The Palestine population is projected to reach 6.34 million in 2030 and increase to 8.82 million in 2050 and 12.27 million by 2100. Palestine accounts for 0.066 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.036% in 1962 and is projected to increase by 0.113% by 2100.

Palestine was at 135th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 95th in 2100.

Palestine population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	5,101,414	119,994	2.41	0.065
2021	5,222,748	121,334	2.38	0.066
2022	5,345,541	122,793	2.35	0.067
2023	5,469,364	123,823	2.32	0.068
2024	5,593,767	124,403	2.27	0.069
2025	5,718,414	124,647	2.23	0.070
2026	5,843,006	124,592	2.18	0.071
2027	5,967,457	124,451	2.13	0.072
2028	6,091,896	124,439	2.09	0.072
2029	6,216,592	124,696	2.05	0.073
2030	6,341,728	125,136	2.01	0.074
2031	6,467,257	125,529	1.98	0.075
2032	6,593,036	125,779	1.94	0.076
2033	6,719,001	125,965	1.91	0.077
2034	6,845,038	126,037	1.88	0.078
2035	6,971,088	126,050	1.84	0.078
2036	7,097,071	125,983	1.81	0.079
2037	7,222,956	125,885	1.77	0.080
2038	7,348,661	125,705	1.74	0.081
2039	7,474,114	125,453	1.71	0.082
2040	7,599,231	125,117	1.67	0.083
2041	7,723,931	124,700	1.64	0.083
2042	7,848,167	124,236	1.61	0.084
2043	7,971,836	123,669	1.58	0.085
2044	8,094,897	123,061	1.54	0.086
2045	8,217,273	122,376	1.51	0.087
2046	8,338,906	121,633	1.48	0.087
2047	8,459,694	120,788	1.45	0.088
2048	8,579,519	119,825	1.42	0.089
2049	8,698,264	118,745	1.38	0.090
2050	8,815,774	117,510	1.35	0.091
2051	8,931,981	116,207	1.32	0.091
2052	9,046,842	114,861	1.29	0.092
2053	9,160,311	113,469	1.25	0.093
2054	9,272,406	112,095	1.22	0.094
2055	9,383,113	110,707	1.19	0.094
2056	9,492,380	109,267	1.16	0.095
2057	9,600,126	107,746	1.14	0.096
2058	9,706,290	106,164	1.11	0.096
2059	9,810,762	104,472	1.08	0.097
2060	9,913,488	102,726	1.05	0.098
2061	10,014,390	100,902	1.02	0.098
2062	10,113,444	99,054	0.99	0.099
2063	10,210,585	97,141	0.96	0.100
2064	10,305,832	95,247	0.93	0.100
2065	10,399,126	93,294	0.91	0.101
2066	10,490,447	91,321	0.88	0.101
2067	10,579,742	89,295	0.85	0.102
2068	10,666,938	87,196	0.82	0.103
2069	10,751,934	84,996	0.80	0.103
2070	10,834,682	82,748	0.77	0.104
2071	10,915,119	80,437	0.74	0.104
2072	10,993,258	78,139	0.72	0.105
2073	11,069,082	75,824	0.69	0.105
2074	11,142,620	73,538	0.66	0.106
2075	11,213,894	71,274	0.64	0.106
2076	11,282,889	68,995	0.62	0.106
2077	11,349,603	66,714	0.59	0.107
2078	11,414,017	64,414	0.57	0.107
2079	11,476,118	62,101	0.54	0.108
2080	11,535,901	59,783	0.52	0.108
2081	11,593,365	57,464	0.50	0.108
2082	11,648,516	55,151	0.48	0.109
2083	11,701,409	52,893	0.45	0.109
2084	11,752,081	50,672	0.43	0.109
2085	11,800,583	48,502	0.41	0.110
2086	11,846,932	46,349	0.39	0.110
2087	11,891,119	44,187	0.37	0.110
2088	11,933,146	42,027	0.35	0.111
2089	11,973,006	39,860	0.33	0.111
2090	12,010,694	37,688	0.31	0.111
2091	12,046,210	35,516	0.30	0.111
2092	12,079,559	33,349	0.28	0.112
2093	12,110,740	31,181	0.26	0.112
2094	12,139,767	29,027	0.24	0.112
2095	12,166,632	26,865	0.22	0.112
2096	12,191,336	24,704	0.20	0.112
2097	12,213,864	22,528	0.18	0.112
2098	12,234,197	20,333	0.17	0.113
2099	12,252,326	18,129	0.15	0.113
2100	12,268,222	15,896	0.13	0.113

Palestine population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	931,928	-	-	0.037
1951	923,893	-8,035	-0.86	0.036
1952	932,067	8,174	0.88	0.035
1953	948,886	16,819	1.80	0.035
1954	968,701	19,815	2.09	0.036
1955	987,755	19,054	1.97	0.036
1956	1,004,285	16,530	1.67	0.036
1957	1,018,475	14,190	1.41	0.035
1958	1,032,108	13,633	1.34	0.035
1959	1,048,129	16,021	1.55	0.035
1960	1,069,320	21,191	2.02	0.035
1961	1,096,756	27,436	2.57	0.035
1962	1,128,576	31,820	2.90	0.036
1963	1,159,396	30,820	2.73	0.036
1964	1,181,893	22,497	1.94	0.036
1965	1,191,379	9,486	0.80	0.036
1966	1,184,973	-6,406	-0.54	0.035
1967	1,165,750	-19,223	-1.62	0.034
1968	1,142,229	-23,521	-2.02	0.032
1969	1,126,365	-15,864	-1.39	0.031
1970	1,126,629	264	0.02	0.030
1971	1,146,307	19,678	1.75	0.030
1972	1,182,425	36,118	3.15	0.031
1973	1,229,365	46,940	3.97	0.031
1974	1,278,565	49,200	4.00	0.032
1975	1,323,802	45,237	3.54	0.032
1976	1,363,618	39,816	3.01	0.033
1977	1,400,119	36,501	2.68	0.033
1978	1,434,995	34,876	2.49	0.033
1979	1,471,142	36,147	2.52	0.034
1980	1,510,713	39,571	2.69	0.034
1981	1,554,182	43,469	2.88	0.034
1982	1,600,947	46,765	3.01	0.035
1983	1,650,924	49,977	3.12	0.035
1984	1,703,805	52,881	3.20	0.036
1985	1,759,534	55,729	3.27	0.036
1986	1,817,979	58,445	3.32	0.037
1987	1,879,750	61,771	3.40	0.037
1988	1,946,376	66,626	3.54	0.038
1989	2,019,830	73,454	3.77	0.039
1990	2,101,446	81,616	4.04	0.039
1991	2,191,002	89,556	4.26	0.040
1992	2,287,662	96,660	4.41	0.042
1993	2,391,396	103,734	4.53	0.043
1994	2,501,979	110,583	4.62	0.044
1995	2,618,668	116,689	4.66	0.046
1996	2,742,532	123,864	4.73	0.047
1997	2,872,006	129,474	4.72	0.049
1998	3,000,620	128,614	4.48	0.050
1999	3,119,864	119,244	3.97	0.051
2000	3,224,003	104,139	3.34	0.052
2001	3,309,910	85,907	2.66	0.053
2002	3,380,164	70,254	2.12	0.054
2003	3,441,865	61,701	1.83	0.054
2004	3,505,323	63,458	1.84	0.054
2005	3,577,961	72,638	2.07	0.055
2006	3,662,422	84,461	2.36	0.055
2007	3,756,460	94,038	2.57	0.056
2008	3,856,679	100,219	2.67	0.057
2009	3,957,670	100,991	2.62	0.058
2010	4,055,631	97,961	2.48	0.058
2011	4,149,649	94,018	2.32	0.059
2012	4,241,573	91,924	2.22	0.060
2013	4,333,523	91,950	2.17	0.060
2014	4,428,639	95,116	2.19	0.061
2015	4,529,166	100,527	2.27	0.061
2016	4,635,654	106,488	2.35	0.062
2017	4,747,227	111,573	2.41	0.063
2018	4,862,979	115,752	2.44	0.064
2019	4,981,420	118,441	2.44	0.065