Demographics (v2.1)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Palestine
All years

Dependency ratio

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Palestine (Asia/Pacific)  
Total 83.1 81.8 80.4 79.1 77.8 76.5 75.1 73.8 73.6 73.3 73.1 72.8 72.6 72.3 72.1 71.8 71.6
Bethlehem 65.5 66.7 67.8 69.0 70.2 71.4 72.5 73.7 72.0 70.4 68.7 67.0 65.4 63.7 62.0 60.4 58.7
Deir El-Balah 86.5 84.7 82.9 81.1 79.3 77.5 75.7 73.9 73.7 73.4 73.2 72.9 72.7 72.4 72.2 71.9 71.7
Gaza City 84.0 83.8 83.6 83.4 83.2 83.0 82.8 82.6 81.9 81.2 80.5 79.7 79.0 78.3 77.6 76.9 76.2
Hebron 87.9 86.4 85.0 83.5 82.1 80.6 79.2 77.7 78.1 78.5 78.9 79.2 79.6 80.0 80.4 80.8 81.2
Jenin 90.1 86.5 83.0 79.4 75.9 72.3 68.8 65.2 65.2 65.2 65.3 65.3 65.3 65.3 65.3 65.3 65.4
Jericho and Al Aghwar 86.3 83.5 80.7 77.9 75.1 72.3 69.5 66.7 66.9 67.0 67.2 67.4 67.5 67.7 67.9 68.0 68.2
Jerusalem 72.5 72.6 72.7 72.8 72.9 73.0 73.1 73.2 71.6 69.9 68.3 66.7 65.0 63.4 61.8 60.1 58.5
Khan Yunis 96.5 93.5 90.5 87.5 84.5 81.5 78.5 75.5 76.2 76.8 77.5 78.2 78.8 79.5 80.2 80.8 81.5
Nablus 74.1 73.1 72.0 70.9 69.8 68.8 67.7 66.6 65.8 65.0 64.2 63.3 62.5 61.7 60.9 60.1 59.3
North Gaza 86.9 87.0 87.0 87.0 87.0 87.1 87.1 87.1 86.0 84.9 83.8 82.6 81.5 80.4 79.3 78.2 77.1
Qalqiliya 105 99.5 94.4 89.3 84.2 79.1 74.0 68.9 68.7 68.4 68.2 68.0 67.7 67.5 67.3 67.0 66.8
Rafah 85.4 84.9 84.5 84.0 83.6 83.1 82.7 82.2 82.7 83.2 83.8 84.3 84.8 85.3 85.8 86.3 86.9
Ramallah & Al-Bireh 79.2 76.9 74.7 72.4 70.2 67.9 65.7 63.4 63.7 63.9 64.2 64.5 64.7 65.0 65.3 65.5 65.8
Salfit 88.5 85.3 82.1 78.9 75.7 72.5 69.3 66.1 67.7 69.3 70.9 72.4 74.0 75.6 77.2 78.8 80.4
Tubas 99.6 93.6 87.7 81.7 75.8 69.8 63.9 57.9 60.2 62.6 64.9 67.2 69.6 71.9 74.2 76.6 78.9
Tulkarm 75.7 72.9 70.2 67.4 64.7 61.9 59.2 56.4 57.2 58.0 58.9 59.7 60.5 61.3 62.1 62.9 63.8
Lighter numbers are estimates