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Population:
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1,324,991
note: in addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 49% (male 332,582; female 316,606)
15-64 years: 48.3% (male 326,450; female 314,098)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 14,847; female 20,408) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 15.5 years
male: 15.3 years
female: 15.6 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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3.83% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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40.62 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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3.95 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 23.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 24.71 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.59 years
male: 70.31 years
female: 72.94 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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6.04 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA
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Nationality:
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noun: NA
adjective: NA
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Ethnic groups:
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Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6%
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Religions:
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Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%
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Languages:
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Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
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Literacy:
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definition: NA
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
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