Gaza + West Bank

Population

West Bank: 3,000,021 (2022 est.)
Approximately 432,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2019); approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2019)

Gaza: 1,997,328 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Palestinian Arab, Jewish

Languages

Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

Religions

West Bank
Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% (2012 est.)

Gaza
Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian <1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.)

Israel dismantled its settlements in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then.