Population 987,869 (July 1997 est.)
note: in addition, there are 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August1996 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 51% (male 261,014; female 248,236)
15-64 years: 46% (male 225,707; female 224,483)
65 years and over: 3% (male 12,281; female 16,148) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 6.59% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 49.85 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 4.2 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 20.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over : 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 26 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population : 72.46 years
male: 71.12 years
female : 73.87 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 7.68 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: NA
adjective: NA

Ethnic groups Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6%

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

Languages Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English(widely understood)

Literacy NA

NOTE: The information regarding Gaza Strip on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gaza Strip People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gaza Strip People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.