| Total population | 5,290,000–5,500,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 5,495,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 5,289,000 people |
| Median age | 19.9 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024] |
| Life expectancy | 65.2–69.2 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 69.21 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 65.17 years |
| Ethnic groups | Palestinian ArabCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Languages | Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Religions | Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian <1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.); note: Israel dismantled its settlements in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since thenCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Urbanization | 77.6% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Population growth | 2.36 %World Bank WDI [2024] |
| Birth rate | 26.5 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024] |
| Death rate | 5.87 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024] |
| Urban population | 87.1 %World Bank WDI [2024] |
| Languages (structured) | - Domari
- Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic
- Late Palestinian Aramaic
- Middle Aramaic
- Modern Hebrew
- Samaritan
- Standard Arabic
Glottolog [2026] |