Population:
2,407,681 note: in addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 38% (male 469,754/female 445,999) 15-64 years: 58.3% (male 719,267/female 684,790) 65 years and over: 3.6% (male 36,606/female 51,265) (2008 est.)
Median age:
total: 20.2 years male: 20 years female: 20.4 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.225% (2008 est.)
Birth rate:
25.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)