Demographics of Palestine

The demographics of Palestine, as defined by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), includes general population information for all Palestinians, including those not residing in the Palestinian territories. As of mid-2025, there are about 15.2 million Palestinians in the world, 7.8 million of them residing outside historic Palestine. Of those within the territories that comprise their historic homeland, 5.61 million Palestinians reside in the 1967 Palestinian territories, and 1.9 million in the 1948 territories (now modern Israel). Specific information on education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects is provided by the PCBS mainly for the Palestinian territories alone.

According to a commonly used definition as relating to an application of the 1949 Armistice Agreement green line, the Palestinian territories have contributory parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (including East Jerusalem).

The Palestinian National Authority, the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly, the European Union, the International Court of Justice, and the International Committee of the Red Cross use the terminology "Palestinian territories" or "occupied Palestinian territories". Israel refers to the administrative division encompassing Israeli-controlled Jewish-majority civilian areas of Area C of the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, as the Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, Ezor Yehuda VeShomron).