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[8] [298] This leads to the Gaza Strip having an unusually high proportion of children in the population, with 43.5% of the population being 14 or younger and a median age in 2014 of 18, compared to a world average of 28, and 30 in Israel. The only countries with a lower median age are countries in Africa such as Uganda where it was 15.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Demographics of the State of Palestine Population pyramid of the State of Palestine in 2020 Population 1,997,328 (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.) 3,000,021 (West Bank – 2022 est.) Growth rate 2.02% (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.) 1.69% (West Bank – 2022 est.) Birth rate 27.67 births/1,000 population (Gaza ...
7 March – U.S. president Joe Biden announces the construction of a temporary pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip to facilitate large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid. [23] 8 March – Five people are killed when an aid package airdropped from a C-17 aircraft into the Gaza Strip fails to deploy its parachute and subsequently crushes them. [24]
The population of Gaza has fallen 6% since the war with Israel began nearly 15 months ago as about 100,000 Palestinians left the enclave while more than 55,000 are presumed dead, according to the ...
UNRWA, the main UN agency for Palestinian refugees, estimates that up to 1.9 million people in Gaza have been internally displaced – about 90% of the population of the Strip, estimated by the UN ...
Common Name Arabic Name Governorate Jurisdiction Population (2007) Population (2017) Bani Suheila: بني سهيلا Khan Yunis: Area A 31,118 41,439 Beit Hanoun: بيت حانون North Gaza: Area A 37,351 52,237 Beit Lahiya: بيت لاهيا North Gaza: Area A 63,213 89,838 Deir al-Balah: دير البلح Deir al-Balah: Area A 53,148 75,132 ...
"This amounts to approximately 1.1 million people," Dujarric added, or nearly half of Gaza's 2.3 million population. The areas north of Wadi Gaza include Gaza City, the enclave's largest city.
After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip were divided into 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are divided in turn into various municipalities .