Palestinian Population Census Published: These Are the Numbers

In response to PCBS, there are at the moment about 14.5 million Palestinians on this planet, in each historic Palestine and Diaspora.

On the event of World Inhabitants Day, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) launched probably the most up to date census of the Palestinian inhabitants.

The tally included all Palestinians in historic Palestine together with an estimation of Palestinians dwelling within the Shattat – Diaspora. 

In response to PCBS, there are at the moment about 14.5 million Palestinians on this planet, in each historic Palestine and Diaspora.

Breaking down the Numbers 

In response to the census, 5.48 million dwell within the State of Palestine; 2.78 million males and a pair of.70 million females. 

The estimated inhabitants of the West Financial institution is 3.25 million (1.65 million males and 1.60 million females), whereas the estimated inhabitants of the Gaza Strip is 2.23 million.

The proportion of people aged 0 to 14 years represent 37% of the overall inhabitants; of whom 35% within the West Financial institution and 40% within the Gaza Strip. 

The proportion of the aged inhabitants – aged 65 years and above – reached 4% of the overall.

An estimated 12% of Palestinian households are headed by females in Palestine, 12% within the West Financial institution, and 11% in Gaza.

Schooling 

The illiteracy charge amongst people – 15 years and above – is estimated at 2.2%.

Knowledge for the scholastic yr 2021/2022 present that the participation charge in formal schooling in Palestine is roughly 73%, 68% amongst males, and 78% amongst females.

As for the share of feminine college students enrolled in Palestinian larger schooling establishments, it reached 62% out of the overall variety of college students enrolled in larger schooling establishments in 2021-2022, of whom about 10% are enrolled within the ICT main.

Girls’s participation charge within the labor pressure elevated in 2022 in comparison with 2021, the place it reached about 19% out of the overall variety of girls at work age in 2022. Notably, this proportion was 17% in 2021.

Alternatively, the unemployment charge amongst girls was about 40%, in comparison with 20% amongst males, as of 2022.

(WAFA, PC)