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West Bank and Gaza

5,413,596

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change+124.44K2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000+85.3%from 2.92M
Life expectancyNot availableLatest source value
Fertility rateNot availableLatest source value
Urban populationNot availableLatest source value
RegionMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income

UN medium projection

What could West Bank and Gaza look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 8.45M in 2050—53.8% larger than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 20245.5M
  2. 20508.45M
  3. 210011.48M
Median age in 205028.0years
Births in 2050152.87Kduring the year
Deaths in 205032.52Kduring the year
Life expectancy81.3years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 19901.98M
  2. 20002.92M
  3. 20103.79M
  4. 20204.8M
  5. 20255.41M
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/22/2026

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