Demographics (v2.1)

Urbanization
% population in urban areas
Subnational regions
Palestine
All years

% population in urban areas

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 82.2 82.4 82.5 82.7 82.8 83.0 83.1 83.3 83.6 83.9 84.3 84.6 85.0 85.3 85.6 86.0 86.3
Bethlehem 81.2 79.9 78.6 77.3 76.0 74.8 73.5 72.2 72.3 72.5 72.6 72.8 72.9 73.0 73.2 73.3 73.5
Deir El-Balah 99.9 99.5 99.1 98.7 97.7 96.6 95.6 94.6 95.5 96.4 97.3 98.2 99.1 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Gaza City 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.1 97.1 97.1 97.6 98.1 98.6 99.0 99.5 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Hebron 87.4 87.5 87.5 87.6 87.6 87.7 87.7 87.8 87.5 87.2 86.9 86.6 86.3 86.0 85.6 85.3 85.0
Jenin 66.3 65.9 65.4 65.0 64.6 64.1 63.7 63.2 63.5 63.7 64.0 64.2 64.4 64.7 64.9 65.2 65.4
Jericho and Al Aghwar 76.1 75.9 75.8 75.6 75.4 75.3 75.1 74.9 75.2 75.5 75.7 76.0 76.2 76.5 76.8 77.0 77.3
Jerusalem 88.9 89.0 89.1 89.2 89.3 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.8 90.0 90.2 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.4 91.6
Khan Yunis 95.0 94.7 94.4 94.1 93.9 93.6 93.3 93.0 94.2 95.3 96.5 97.7 98.8 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Nablus 63.1 63.3 63.4 63.6 63.8 64.0 64.1 64.3 64.6 64.9 65.2 65.5 65.8 66.1 66.4 66.7 67.0
North Gaza 98.0 98.3 98.6 98.8 99.1 99.4 99.7 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Qalqiliya 63.5 62.7 61.9 61.2 60.4 59.6 58.8 58.0 59.5 60.9 62.4 63.8 65.3 66.7 68.2 69.6 71.1
Rafah 93.4 94.3 95.3 96.2 97.2 98.1 99.1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Ramallah & Al-Bireh 55.9 56.3 56.6 57.0 57.3 57.7 58.1 58.4 57.6 56.8 56.0 55.2 54.4 53.6 52.8 52.0 51.2
Salfit 43.4 41.3 39.2 37.2 35.1 33.0 30.9 28.8 36.0 43.2 50.3 57.5 64.7 71.9 79.1 86.3 93.4
Tubas 74.9 75.6 76.3 76.9 77.6 78.3 78.9 79.6 79.5 79.5 79.4 79.4 79.3 79.2 79.2 79.1 79.0
Tulkarm 79.9 79.4 78.9 78.5 78.0 77.5 77.0 76.6 77.6 78.6 79.7 80.7 81.8 82.8 83.8 84.9 85.9
Lighter numbers are estimates