Demographics in Israel and Palestine Territories

In 2013, Israel’s jewish population has passed the 6 million mark for the first time.

In 2014, the population of Israel in 2014 is approximately 8.2 million, about the same size as New York City, with 75 percent of the population being Jewish Israelis. The Israeli population is growing at about 1.8 percent a year. The median age of the Israeli population is 30 years old, which is about 15 years younger than the average ages in Germany, Italy and Japan. Israel’s fertility rate is about 3 children for every woman, again well above the average for most developed countries.

The population of Palestinians in the State of Palestine in 2014 is about 4.4 million, with 1.7 million in the Gaza Strip and 2.7 million in the West Bank. According to the UN Relief and Works Agency, which is responsible for the care of Palestinian refugees, more than 1.5 million Palestinian refugees are living in camps in countries in the region. The number of Palestinian refugees in neighboring countries but living outside refugee camps is estimated at approximately 4 million.

The numbers of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank cannot vote in Israel and will not be able to unless there was a one state solution. A One state solution will not happen.

Israel continues to aggressively encourage fertility, spending more than $60 million a year on publicly funded fertility treatments and operating more fertility clinics per capita than any other country in the world.