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People of Gaza Strip

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.)

Gaza Strip Quickstats

  • Population: 1,482,405 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 360 sq km
  • Density: 3,823 /km² (6th1)
  • GDP (total): $770 million (160th1)
  • GDP (per capita): 600 $ (167th1)
  • Literacy: 92.4%

Languages of Gaza Strip

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  • Currency: Israeli new sheqel (de facto) (ILS)
  • Dial code: +970

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Gaza Strip Internet

  • Usage:
  • Penetration:
  • Top Domain: .gz

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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