Population: 1,112,654 (July 1999 est.)
Note: in addition, there are some 6,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 1998 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 52% (male 294,196; female 280,017)
15-64 years: 46% (male 255,209; female 251,317)
65 years and over: 2% (male 13,475; female 18,440) (1999 est.)

Population growth rate: 4.44% (1999 est.)

Birth rate: 48.24 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

Death rate: 3.8 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)

Sex ratio:
At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
Total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 22.92 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 73.44 years
Male: 72.01 years
Female: 74.95 years (1999 est.)

Total fertility rate: 7.46 children born/woman (1999 est.)

Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%