النتائج النهائية للتعداد في قطاع غزة ٠لخص - Palestinian Central ...

Chapter Four
Summary of Final Results
4.1 Population Final Results
Final results show that the total population of the Gaza Strip on midnight of 30/11-1/12/2007
was 1,416,966 people, including 718,642 males and 698,324 females. The male/female sex
ratio was 102.9 males/100 females. The number of the population includes the following:
4.1.1 The Actual Enumerated Population
According to the final results of the actual count process, the number of actually counted
population in the Gaza Strip is 1,387,530 people, including 703,710 males and 683,820
females.
4.1.2 The Population Number According to the Post Enumeration Survey
The aim of conducting a post enumeration survey is to measure the coverage rates of
individuals in the Population and Housing Census in order to take such rates into
consideration when the population number is projected in the years following the Census. The
post enumeration survey shows that the population of the Gaza Strip is 1,416,966 based on
the findings of the post enumeration survey and the under -coverage rate is 2.1%.
4.2 The Basic Demographic and Social Characteristics of the Population
4.2.1 Population Age Structure
Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip is still a young society according to the final results. The
number of people aged 0-14 years in the Gaza Strip totals 617,799 or 44.5% of the total
population. The number of people aged 15-64 is 727,915 or 52.5% of the total Gaza Strip
population. The population aged 65 years and over totals 35,143 or 2.5% of the total
population. In addition, the age of about 0.5% of the Gaza Strip population is not stated.
Compared with the 1997 census, the past ten years have witnessed a decrease of 5.7% in the
proportion of children aged between 0-14 from 50.2% in 1997 to 44.5% in 2007. In contrast,
the percentage of working age population aged 15-64 years has increased substantially from
46.9% in 1997 to 52.5% of the overall population in 2007, which is an increase of 5.6%. This
means that, despite the fact that Palestinian society is still young compared with other
communities, the proportion of young people is decreasing over time due to low fertility rates.
The total fertility rate in 2007 in the Gaza Strip was 5.0 births compared to 6.9 births in 1997.
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