General info

Entity:
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Capital:
Ramallah
Population (2008-07-01):
3,907,883 (CIA)
Area:
6,220 sq.km.
Country code:
ps
Region:
Western Asia

Occupied Palestinian Territory

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1997-12-09
census		 population
2007-12-01/12
census
source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
note: Census 2007 data are preliminary results.
note: The numbers for Jerusalem are based on the projected number of population in those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed in 1967 by Israel. (Note: the word annexed is used by the PCBS, it should not be taken as political statement by this site.)
Gaza Strip   365 1,022,207 1,416,539
Deir El-Balah, governorate   58 147,877 205,534
Gaza, governorate   74 367,388 496,410
Khan Yunis, governorate   108 200,704 270,979
North Gaza, governorate   61 183,373 270,245
Rafah, governorate   64 122,865 173,371
West Bank   5,655 1,873,476 2,345,107
Bethlehem, governorate   659 137,286 176,515
Hebron, governorate   997 405,664 551,129
Jenin, governorate   583 203,026 256,212
Jericho & Al Aghwar, governorate   593 32,713 41,724
Jerusalem, governorate   345 328,601 362,521
Nablus, governorate   605 261,340 321,493
Qalqilya, governorate   166 72,007 91,046
Ramallah & Al-Bireh, governorate   855 213,582 278,018
Salfit District   204 48,538 59,464
Tubas District   402 36,609 48,771
Tulkarm, governorate   246 134,110 158,213
total   6,020 2,895,683 3,761,646

Main cities

name population
2001
estimate
Ramallah 48,000
source: World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, United Nations.