known. Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 96.9%male: 98.6%female: 95.2% (2016 est.) Demographics of the Gaza Strip The following demographic statistics are from The World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population Current: 1,836,713 (July 2018 est.) In 2010 approximately 1.6 million Palestinians lived in the Gaza Strip, almost 1.0 million of them UN-registered refugees. The Strip's population has continued to increase since that time, one of the main reasons being a total fertility rate of 4.24 children per woman (2014 est). In a ranking by total fertility rate, this places Gaza 34th of 224 regions. Age structure 0–14 years: 44.1% (male 415,746/female 394,195)15–24 years: 21.3% (male 197,797/female 194,112)25–54 years: 28.5% (male 256,103/female 267,285)55–64 years: 3.5% (male 33,413/female 30,592)65 years and over: 2.6% (male 24,863/female 22,607) (2018 est.) Population growth rate 2.25% (2018 est.) Birth rate 30.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Mortality rate 3 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Net migration rate -5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Sex ratio at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female0–14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female15–24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female25–54 years: 0.96 male(s)/female55–64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2017 est.) Infant mortality rate total population: 16/1,000 live birthsmale: 17.1/1,000 live birthsfemale: 14.9/1,000 live births (2018 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 74.4 yearsmale: 72.7 yearsfemale: 76.2 years (2018 est.) Total fertility rate 3.97 children born/woman (2018 est.) Nationality noun: Palestinians adjective: Palestinian Ethnic groups Arab (Palestinian) 98.7% Religions Sunni Muslim 98–99%, Arab Christians 0.2% (2,000 to 3,000 est.), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.). Languages Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many older Gaza Palestinians), English (widely understood) Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 96.9%male: 98.6%female: 95.2% (2016 est.) See also Demographic history of Palestine (region) Demographics of Israel Demographics of the Middle East Economy of the Palestinian territories Genetic history of the Middle East Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Politics of the Palestinian National Authority Population statistics for Israeli West Bank settlements References External links The World Factbook Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, People of Palestine (Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books, 2012), ASIN: B0094TU8VY "Demography of the Palestinian population with special emphasis on the occupied territories", 1995 paper by Arjun L. Adlakha, Kevin G. Kinsella and Marwan Khawaja. Available at Population Bulletin of ESCWA's website. Palestinian territories Demographics of the Middle East Palestinian territories Society of the State of Palestine