Area: 5 660 sq km
Population: 3 086 816 inhab. (estimate 2020)
Density: 545.37 inhab./sq km
Capital:

West Bank

Aḑ-Ḑaffah al-Gharbīyah

Useful information

Territory west of the Jordan River. On 31 July 1988 Jordan renounced any claims to the region. The population is Palestinian, but there are around 400 000 Jewish settlers.

Administrative division

Governorate	AREA	INHABITANTS	YEAR
Bethlehem=Bayt Laḥm	659 sq km	217 400 inhab.	2017
Ṭūbās	402 sq km	60 927 inhab.	2017

Cities

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Jerusalem=Al-Quds	281 163	inhab.	2017
Hebron=Al-Khalīl	201 063	inhab.	2017

TOP

Population

Population by age and gender (% - 2020)

75+

60-74

45-59

30-44

15-29

0-14

MALE

AGE

FEMALE

Demographic statistics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Birth rate	28$	‰	2017
Death rate	2.5	‰	2017

Population by selected age groups

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
0-14 years	35.2	%	2020
15-29 years	29.8	%	2020

TOP

Hebron=Al-Khalīl	997 sq km	711 223 inhab.	2017
Jenin=Janīn	583 sq km	314 866 inhab.	2017
Jericho=Arīḥā	593 sq km	50 002 inhab.	2017
Jerusalem=Al-Quds	345 sq km	435 753 inhab.	2017
Ṭūlkarm	246 sq km	186 760 inhab.	2017
Nablus=Nābulus	605 sq km	388 321 inhab.	2017
Qalqilya=Qalqilīya	166 sq km	112 400 inhab.	2017
Rām Allāh & Al-Bīrah	855 sq km	328 861 inhab.	2017
Salfīt	204 sq km	75 444 inhab.	2017
WEST BANK	5 655 sq km	2 881 957 inhab.	2017

Divorce rate	1.9	‰	2017
Females	49$	%	2018
Fertility rate	3.7	units	2013
Household number	594 511	units	2017
Household size	4.8	units	2017
Infant mortality rate	17.1	‰	2014
Life expectancy	73.9	years	2016
Life expectancy, Females	75.5	years	2016
Life expectancy, Males	72.4	years	2016
Males	51$	%	2018
Marriage rate	10.5	‰	2017
Natural increase rate	25.5	‰	2017
Population < 15 years	35.2	%	2020
Population > 60 years	5.8	%	2020
Population at latest census	2 881 957	pop.	2017 (census)
Population growth rate	3.1	%	2002-2007
Sex ratio, males per 100 females	104	units	2018

30-44 years	18.1	%	2020
45-59 years	11.1	%	2020
60-74 years	4.5	%	2020
75+ years	1.3	%	2020

De Agostini Geografia - Dati statistici del Mondo - economia, lavoro, risorse, PIL, energia, governo, istruzione, agricoltura, allevamento, pesca, industria, turismo, superficie, trasporti, commercio, giustizia, densità di popolazione, dati statistici, geo-statistica mondiale

De Agostini Geografia

West Bank

West Bank

Administrative division

Population

Nablus=Nābulus	156 906	inhab.	2017
Ṭūlkarm	74 463	inhab.	2017
Jenin=Janīn	60 325	inhab.	2017
Qalqilya=Qalqilīya	51 683	inhab.	2017
Ramallah=Rām Allāh	38 998	inhab.	2017
Bethlehem=Bayt Laḥm	28 591	inhab.	2017
Ṭūbās	21 431	inhab.	2017
Jericho=Arīḥā	20 907	inhab.	2017
Salfīt	10 911	inhab.	2017