!!!West Bank: People & Society ||Population|2,697,687 (represents Palestinian population only) (July 2016 est.) \\ ''__note__'': approximately 385,900 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank; approximately 201,200 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014) \\ ||Nationality|''noun'': NA \\ ''adjective'': NA \\ ||Ethnic groups|Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17% ||Languages|Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood) ||Religions|Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% \\ ''__note__'': the proportion of Christians continues to fall mainly as a result of the growth of the Muslim population but also because of migration and the declining birth rate of the Christian population (2012 est.) \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 36.91% (male 511,026/female 484,808) \\ ''15-24 years'': 21.56% (male 297,058/female 284,677) \\ ''25-54 years'': 33.71% (male 462,201/female 447,200) \\ ''55-64 years'': 4.35% (male 60,360/female 56,936) \\ ''65 years and over'': 3.46% (male 41,587/female 51,834) (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'': 20.8 years \\ ''male'': 20.7 years \\ ''female'': 21 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|1.86% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|26.7 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-4.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|Palestinian settlements are primarily located in the central to western half of the territory; Jewish colonies are found in pockets throughout, particularly in the northeast, north-central, and around Jerusalem ||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'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.73 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.04 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|45 deaths/100,000 live births \\ ''__note__'': data represent Gaza Strip and West Bank (2015 est.) \\ ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 14.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 16.4 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 75 years \\ ''male'': 73 years \\ ''female'': 77.1 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|3.33 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2010) ||Physicians density|1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|1.2 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 Gaza Strip (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 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 Gaza Strip (2013 est.) \\