!!!Gaza Strip: People & Society ||Population|1,753,327 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': NA \\ ''adjective'': NA \\ ||Ethnic groups|Palestinian Arab ||Languages|Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood) ||Religions|Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian <1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% \\ ''__note__'': dismantlement of Israeli settlements was completed in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then (2012 est.) \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 45.4% (male 408,601/female 387,463) \\ ''15-24 years'': 21.21% (male 187,229/female 184,619) \\ ''25-54 years'': 27.56% (male 237,162/female 246,021) \\ ''55-64 years'': 3.32% (male 30,575/female 27,717) \\ ''65 years and over'': 2.51% (male 22,613/female 21,327) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 76% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 70.8% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 5.2% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 19.2% \\ \\ ''__note__'': data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 16.9 years \\ ''male'': 16.6 years \\ ''female'': 17.2 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|2.39% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|32.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|3.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-5.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|population concentrated in major cities, particularly Gaza City in the north ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 75.3% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 2.81% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ \\ ''__note__'': data represent Gaza Strip and West Bank \\ ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.96 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1.1 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.71 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|19 \\ ''__note__'': median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2004 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|45 deaths/100,000 live births \\ ''__note__'': data represent Gaza Strip and West Bank (2015 est.) \\ ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 17.1 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 18.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 15.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 73.9 years \\ ''male'': 72.3 years \\ ''female'': 75.7 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|4.3 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2010) ||Physicians density|2.1 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|1.3 beds/1,000 population (2010) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 50.7% of population \\ rural: 81.5% of population \\ total: 58.4% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 49.3% of population \\ rural: 18.5% of population \\ total: 41.6% of population \\ \\ ''__note__'': includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 93% of population \\ rural: 90.2% of population \\ total: 92.3% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 7% of population \\ rural: 9.8% of population \\ total: 7.7% of population \\ \\ ''__note__'': includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Education expenditures|1.3% of GDP \\ ''__note__'': includes West Bank (2015) \\ ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 96.5% \\ ''male'': 98.4% \\ ''female'': 94.5% \\ \\ ''__note__'': estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 13 years \\ ''male'': 12 years \\ ''female'': 14 years \\ \\ ''__note__'': data represent Gaza and West Bank (2014) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 41% \\ ''male'': 37% \\ ''female'': 64.7% \\ \\ ''__note__'': includes the West Bank (2013 est.) \\