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🇵🇸 Palestine

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PSE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PS
UN M49 numeric275
IOC codePLE
Official nameState of Palestine
Native name(s)ara: official: دولة فلسطين; common: فلسطين
Alt spellingsPS, Palestine, State of, State of Palestine, Dawlat Filasṭin
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional group
CapitalRamallah
Area (km²)6,220
Lat / Lng31.9000, 35.2000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)ISR, EGY, JOR
Top-level domain.ps, فلسطين.
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 70

Demographics

Population (World Bank)5,413,596 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)69.213 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Palestinian; m: Palestinian; fra: f: Palestinienne; m: Palestinien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)17,167,100,000 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,171.108 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)24.42 (2022)
CurrenciesEGP: name: Egyptian pound; symbol: E£; ILS: name: Israeli new shekel; symbol: ₪; JOD: name: Jordanian dinar; symbol: JD

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950944,624
1951952,946
1952962,306
1953972,657
1954984,015
1955996,382
19561,009,747
19571,024,127
19581,039,524
19591,055,891
19601,073,081
19611,090,928
19621,109,340
19631,127,468
19641,140,669
19651,147,310
19661,146,394
19671,135,820
19681,121,742
19691,113,086
19701,116,280
19711,134,113
19721,164,750
19731,202,258
19741,241,133
19751,279,321
19761,316,395
19771,352,713
19781,389,496
19791,428,116
19801,469,059
19811,512,704
19821,560,990
19831,618,777
19841,688,604
19851,745,256
19861,789,310
19871,876,759
19881,977,304
19892,055,608
19902,139,067
19912,228,954
19922,324,693
19932,425,066
19942,529,159
19952,636,551
19962,746,822
19972,859,575
19982,962,888
19993,056,252
20003,151,793
20013,242,285
20023,322,364
20033,398,070
20043,475,177
20053,557,401
20063,645,096
20073,736,691
20083,829,041
20093,921,246
20104,016,916
20114,115,908
20124,215,313
20134,315,261
20144,415,882
20154,521,565
20164,632,739
20174,742,743
20184,850,592
20194,957,768
20205,069,692
20215,185,336
20225,305,270
20235,409,202

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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