Support analysis and research on demographic dividend addressing opportunities for investment in young people and how to capitalize on demographic dividend to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty. Strengthen the national population committee to advocate and guide policy formulation on population dynamics and demographic dividend and ensure the integration of population trends and projections in the national development plan and sectoral strategies 6.
Establish Knowledge sharing platform to strengthen partnership with universities, government and civil society organizations to promote and generate evidence on population and development to inform policy making. Develop capacity of young researchers to promote research on population issues addressing demographic trends in Palestine and its relations with development and economic growth. Partnership Strategy Population issues are multi-sectorial and require collaboration and coordination among many actors.
Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Search form Search. While it is recognized as a sovereign state, Palestine does not actually possess any land , and most of the territory called Palestine is controlled by Israel. There are estimated to be 4. According to the UN, over 1.
The Palestinian population in Palestine is growing at about 2. The population is also the youngest in the region, with a birth rate of over 4 children to every woman.
The majority of Muslims in Palestine practice Shafi'i Islam. There are also pockets of Jewish people within Eastern Jerusalem. There is no official religion in Palestine and it is generally assumed that there is freedom of religion. The restrictive regime of Israel and the internal divide between the West Bank and Gaza has kept the private sector from being able to flourish. There are two competing governments within Palestine: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with the latter claiming to be able to govern the former.
The government of the Palestinian National Authority is a semi-presidential multi-party republic. This means that the president is the head of state, elected by popular vote, and a prime minister is appointed by the president to direct the parliament. The region of Palestine has a long and very tumultuous history, with a strategic location and as the birthplace of major religions.
The region was one of the first in the world to see civilization. While both Jews and Arab Muslims have claimed the land for thousands of years, today's conflict began in the start of the 20th century as Jews fleeing persecution in Europe attempted to establish a homeland in what was then a Muslim and Arab majority territory of the British Empire.
The Arabs resisted. For forecasted years, the U. For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding. Yearly Change : For absolute change in total population increase or decrease in number of people over the last year from July 1, to June 30 For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.
Migrants net : The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years , or subsequent five year period for data. A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants. Median Age : age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger.
This parameter provides an indication of age distribution. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period 15 to 49 years old based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.
Urban Population : Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country. Country's Share of World Pop : Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated. Global Rank : Position held by the State of Palestine in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population from the highest population to the lowest population as of July 1 of the year indicated.
About , Gazans 78 percent of total and their descendants are registered refugees from the war as are , West Bankers 30 percent of total. Not all refugees reside in refugee camps: 55 percent of Gaza refugees live in 8 refugee camps while only 27 percent of West Bank refugees live in 19 camps.
Life expectancy at birth is relatively high compared with Arab countries. But the territory faces several significant health concerns relating to underdevelopment, the legacy of occupation, and ongoing political turmoil and violence. The Palestinian uprising since October itself comprises a major health problem. Between October and late February , more than 1, Palestinians were killed and over 17, injured in clashes with Israelis.
Israeli forces have reentered parts of Areas A and B, prevented movement among many Palestinian areas, and laid siege to Palestinian towns. The escalation in tensions between the two sides has resulted in reduced access to health and medical facilities for some Palestinians. Some economic indicators actually declined during the early years of the peace process and have recently worsened.
During , real per capita gross domestic product for Palestinians declined by over 36 percent, because of the combined effects of falling aggregate incomes and high population growth, according to Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture. The poverty rate in September stood at 21 percent. During the first three months of the uprising that began in October , the situation worsened as the Palestinian economy contracted by 50 percent and unemployment rose to 40 percent.
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