Population growth in Palestine

From 1990 to 2019 the population of Palestine increased from 1.98 million to 4.69 million people. This is a growth by 136.8 percent in 29 years. The highest increase in Palestine was recorded in 1991 with 4.58%. The smallest increase in 2017 with 2.01%.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 45.3 percent.

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Population development in Palestine since 1990

(Data in millions of inhabitants)

Jahr	Population Palestine	Change	Birthrate	Deathrate	Population World	Change
1991	2.07 M	4.58 %	44.9 ‰	6.5 ‰	5,369 M	1.66 %
1992	2.16 M	4.58 %	44.5 ‰	6.2 ‰	5,453 M	1.57 %
1993	2.26 M	4.58 %	44.1 ‰	5.9 ‰	5,538 M	1.56 %
1994	2.37 M	4.58 %	43.8 ‰	5.7 ‰	5,623 M	1.52 %
1995	2.47 M	4.58 %	43.4 ‰	5.4 ‰	5,708 M	1.51 %
1996	2.59 M	4.58 %	43.1 ‰	5.2 ‰	5,790 M	1.45 %
1997	2.71 M	4.58 %	42.7 ‰	4.9 ‰	5,873 M	1.43 %
1998	2.78 M	2.59 %	42.1 ‰	4.8 ‰	5,955 M	1.39 %
1999	2.85 M	2.59 %	41.4 ‰	4.6 ‰	6,035 M	1.35 %
2000	2.92 M	2.59 %	40.9 ‰	4.5 ‰	6,115 M	1.32 %
2001	3.00 M	2.59 %	40.2 ‰	4.4 ‰	6,194 M	1.30 %
2002	3.08 M	2.59 %	39.6 ‰	4.3 ‰	6,274 M	1.28 %
2003	3.15 M	2.59 %	38.8 ‰	4.2 ‰	6,353 M	1.26 %
2004	3.24 M	2.59 %	38.1 ‰	4.1 ‰	6,432 M	1.25 %
2005	3.32 M	2.59 %	37.3 ‰	4.0 ‰	6,513 M	1.25 %
2006	3.41 M	2.59 %	36.7 ‰	3.9 ‰	6,594 M	1.24 %
2007	3.49 M	2.59 %	35.9 ‰	3.7 ‰	6,675 M	1.24 %
2008	3.59 M	2.79 %	33.8 ‰	3.6 ‰	6,758 M	1.24 %
2009	3.69 M	2.70 %	33.8 ‰	3.5 ‰	6,841 M	1.22 %
2010	3.79 M	2.63 %	33.6 ‰	3.5 ‰	6,922 M	1.19 %
2011	3.88 M	2.56 %	33.3 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,003 M	1.17 %
2012	3.98 M	2.50 %	32.9 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,086 M	1.18 %
2013	4.08 M	2.43 %	32.5 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,170 M	1.18 %
2014	4.17 M	2.37 %	31.9 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,254 M	1.18 %
2015	4.27 M	2.32 %	31.2 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,339 M	1.17 %
2016	4.37 M	2.27 %	30.6 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,424 M	1.16 %
2017	4.45 M	2.01 %	29.9 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,509 M	1.14 %
2018	4.57 M	2.57 %	29.3 ‰	3.5 ‰	7,592 M	1.10 %
2019	4.69 M	2.54 %			7,674 M	1.07 %

Birth- and deathrate in Palestine

Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2018 in the graph: The population in Palestine increased by about 114,000 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 3.5 per 1000 people (~ 15,400 deaths) and the birth rate was 29.3 per 1000 people (~ 130,000 births). As a result, around 600 inhabitants have migrated to other countries.

The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.

Birthrate

Deathrate