The total population of Palestinian territories is 5,052,776 people. People in Palestinian territories speak the Arabic Language language. The linguistic diversity of Palestinian territories is almost homogeneous according to a fractionalization scale which for Palestinian territories is 0.0104. The median age is approximately 18.2 years. Life expectancy in Palestinian territories is 75.01. The female fertility rate in Palestinian territories is 4.1. Around 40% of the population of Palestinian territories are obese. The ethnic diversity is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale which for Palestinian territories is 0. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Palestinian territories see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.
Population
In Palestinian territories, the population density is 756 people per square kilometer (1967 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be very densely. The total population of Palestinian territories is 5,052,776 people. Palestinian territories has approximately 256,517 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Palestinian territories represent 0.2 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Palestinian territories represent 5.9 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Palestinian territories is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Palestinian territories is 0. This means that the people living in Palestinian territories are somewhat fractionalized. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Palestinian territories on median age and gender distribution at various ages.
Age
The median age is approximately 18.2 years. The median age for men is 18, while the median age for women is 18.4.
Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.06. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.06; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1.05; sex ratio over 64 - 0.68; total sex ratio - 1.04. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.
Religion
The majority religion of Palestinian territories is Islam, the followers of which comprise 97.6% of all religious believers in the country. Islam (Arabic: الإسلام) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Quran, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allāh), and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example (called the sunnah, Arabic سنة, composed of accounts called hadith, Arabic حديث) of Muhammad, considered by most of them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. Besides Islam, there are some followers of folk religions in Palestinian territories. The religious diversity of Palestinian territories is almost homogeneous according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Palestinian territories. The index of religious fractionalization in Palestinian territories is 0.0342. This score means that there is only one major religion within Palestinian territories: Islam. Some minor beliefs, however, can also be encountered.
