Countries

• Health Profile 2015

The population of the country has increased by 54.2% in the past 25 years, reaching 4.5 million in 2015. It is estimated that 25.4% of the population live in rural settings (2012), 36.1% of the population is between the ages of 15 and 24 years (2015), and life expectancy at birth is 74.4 years (2012). The literacy rate for adolescents (15 to 24 years) is 99.3%, for total adults 95.9% and for adult females 93.6% (2012).
The burden of disease (2012) in the West Bank attributable to communicable diseases is 15.1%, noncommunicable diseases 74.9% and injuries 5.5%.

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• Health System Profile 2012

• Health System Profile 2006

63.2 percent of the Palestinian populations are living in the West bank, and 36.8 percent in the Gaza Strip. 42.6 percent of populations are refugees. 46.3 percent of populations are under 15 years, and two percent is above 65 years old. The percentage of female in the productive age is 44.8 percent of females in Palestine. The crude birth rate (CBR) in Palestine decreased from 45.4/1000 populations in 2000 to 33.6/1000 populations in 2004 with a population national growth of 2.6 percent. Life expectancy in 2004 is 72.6 (71.1 years for male and 74.1 years for female). Infant mortality rate is 27.8 percent/1000 live births, with a 7.1 percent of low birth weight. 

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