Gaza Strip:
People


Population	1,482,405 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 47.6% (male 361,115/female 344,236) 15-64 years: 49.9% (male 377,927/female 361,824) 65 years and over: 2.5% (male 15,454/female 21,849) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 16 years male: 15.9 years female: 16.2 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	3.66% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	38.9 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	3.74 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	1.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.045 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.707 male(s)/female total population: 1.037 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 21.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 72.16 years male: 70.84 years female: 73.54 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	5.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths	NA
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 many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.4% male: 96.7% female: 88% (2004 est.)