The current population of Palestine is 5,459,557 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,289,152 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Palestine has had an average growth rate of 3.22% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 3.32M people to 5.46M (64.4% growth in 20 years).
- Palestine is projected to reach 11.1M people in 2100.
- Palestine is ranked 122/197 by population and was ranked 127th in 2005.
- Palestine accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
Palestine population clock
Palestine
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5459557
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 122/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.26 minutes
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0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.76 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
14.1 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +338 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +123,377 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.39% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 36/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
22.7 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -23,145 | N/A |
Palestine population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,978,248 | - |
| 1991 | 2,068,845 | 4.58% |
| 1992 | 2,163,591 | 4.58% |
| 1993 | 2,262,676 | 4.58% |
| 1994 | 2,366,298 | 4.58% |
| 1995 | 2,474,666 | 4.58% |
| 1996 | 2,587,997 | 4.58% |
| 1997 | 2,706,518 | 4.58% |
| 1998 | 2,776,568 | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 2,848,431 | 2.59% |
| 2000 | 2,922,153 | 2.59% |
| 2001 | 2,997,784 | 2.59% |
| 2002 | 3,075,373 | 2.59% |
| 2003 | 3,154,969 | 2.59% |
| 2004 | 3,236,626 | 2.59% |
| 2005 | 3,320,396 | 2.59% |
| 2006 | 3,406,334 | 2.59% |
| 2007 | 3,494,496 | 2.59% |
| 2008 | 3,591,977 | 2.79% |
| 2009 | 3,689,099 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 3,786,161 | 2.63% |
| 2011 | 3,882,986 | 2.56% |
| 2012 | 3,979,998 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 4,076,708 | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 4,173,398 | 2.37% |
| 2015 | 4,270,092 | 2.32% |
| 2016 | 4,367,088 | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 4,454,805 | 2.01% |
| 2018 | 4,569,087 | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 4,685,306 | 2.54% |
| 2020 | 4,803,269 | 2.52% |
| 2021 | 4,922,749 | 2.49% |
| 2022 | 5,043,612 | 2.46% |
| 2023 | 5,165,775 | 2.42% |
| 2024 | 5,289,152 | 2.39% |
| 2025 | 5,379,801 | 1.71% |
| 2026 | 5,479,090 | 1.85% |
| 2027 | 5,582,345 | 1.88% |
| 2028 | 5,684,855 | 1.84% |
| 2029 | 5,787,948 | 1.81% |
| 2030 | 5,892,492 | 1.81% |
| 2031 | 5,998,645 | 1.8% |
| 2032 | 6,106,047 | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 6,215,922 | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 6,327,947 | 1.8% |
| 2035 | 6,441,493 | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 6,555,481 | 1.77% |
| 2037 | 6,669,212 | 1.73% |
| 2038 | 6,783,431 | 1.71% |
| 2039 | 6,899,866 | 1.72% |
| 2040 | 7,018,099 | 1.71% |
| 2041 | 7,135,825 | 1.68% |
| 2042 | 7,253,328 | 1.65% |
| 2043 | 7,369,647 | 1.6% |
| 2044 | 7,484,632 | 1.56% |
| 2045 | 7,598,729 | 1.52% |
| 2046 | 7,710,259 | 1.47% |
| 2047 | 7,818,786 | 1.41% |
| 2048 | 7,925,101 | 1.36% |
| 2049 | 8,029,929 | 1.32% |
| 2050 | 8,134,618 | 1.3% |
Palestine has a population of 5.46M as of 2025, compared to 4.27M in 2015, 3.32M in 2005, and 2.47M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.79% per year. Palestine is ranked 38th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Palestine will have 7,598,729 people (39.2% growth) with a rank change from 122nd to 113th.
By the year 2100, Palestine's population is projected to grow by 102.4% to 11.1M people.
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Palestine population statistics
|
Palestine
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 73.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 25 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 20.9 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.31 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 2,274 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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