Population in West Bank and Gaza

The population of West Bank and Gaza was 5,413,596 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
West Bank and Gaza, 2025 5,413,596 People
Change from 2024 +2.4% 2024: 5,289,152 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 123rd of 217 See the full ranking

Population in West Bank and Gaza over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period West Bank and GazaWorld
2025 5,413,596 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 5,289,152 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 5,165,775 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 5,043,612 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 4,922,749 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 4,803,269 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 4,685,306 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 4,569,087 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 4,454,805 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 4,367,088 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 4,270,092 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 4,173,398 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 4,076,708 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 3,979,998 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 3,882,986 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 3,786,161 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 3,689,099 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 3,591,977 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 3,494,496 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 3,406,334 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 3,320,396 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 3,236,626 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 3,154,969 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 3,075,373 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 2,997,784 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.4% from 5,289,152 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4,270,092 people, the figure has changed by +26.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, West Bank and Gaza has the 123rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for West Bank and Gaza
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects