RAMALLAH, December 30, 2015 (WAFA) – The
projected number of Palestinians in the world is 12.37 million, Wednesday said
a press release by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
There are 4.75 million Palestinians in the State
of Palestine, 1.47 million in Israel, 5.46 million in Arab countries and around
685 thousand in foreign countries, said PCBS.
It said the projected number of Palestinians
living in Palestine by the end of 2015 is 4.75 million: around 2.90 million
reside in the West Bank and 1.85 million in Gaza Strip. Palestinian refugees
make up 42.8% of the Palestinian population in Palestine: 27.1% of them in the
West Bank and 67.3% in Gaza Strip.
The total fertility rate declined during
2011-2013 to 4.1 births compared with 6.0 births in 1997. In Gaza Strip the rate was 4.5 births
compared to 3.7 births in the West Bank during 2011-2013, PCBS added.
The average household size in Palestine was 5.2
persons in 2014 compared to 6.1 in 2000: 4.9 persons in the West Bank and 5.7
persons in Gaza Strip.
The crude birth rate is 31.9 births for every
1000 of population in Palestine 2015: 29.0 in the West Bank compared to 36.3 in
Gaza Strip. According to PBS, the rate is expected to decline to 29.0 by
2020.
The crude death rate is 3.6 deaths for every
1000 of population in Palestine 2015: 3.7 in the West Bank compared to 3.4 in
Gaza Strip. The rate is expected to decline to 3.4 by 2020.
The total fertility rate for Palestinian women
living in Jordan was 3.3 births in 2010 compared to 2.5 in Syria in 2010 and
2.8 in Lebanon in 2011.
The number of Palestinians living in Israel
reached 1.47 million by the end of 2015, of whom about 34.8% are aged below 15
years compared to 4.2% aged 65 years and over for year 2014.
The total fertility rate in 2014 among
Palestinian women living in Israel was 3.2 births compared to 3.1 births among
women Jews. The average Palestinian household size in Israel is 4.7
persons. The crude birth rate of
Palestinians in Israel exceeded 23.8 births for every 1000 of population.
The number of Arabs in historical Palestine
totaled 6.22 million at the end of 2015.
There were 6.22 million Jews at the end of 2014,
according to estimates by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, and the
number is expected to reach 6.34 million Jews by the end of 2015.
PCBS said the number of Arabs and Jews will be
equal before the end of 2017. However, the number of Arabs in historical
Palestine will total 7.13 million compared to 6.96 million Jews by the end of
2020.
M.N./T.R.
