Polity · 1988 CE – present
State of Palestine
Also recorded as Palestine, Palestinian Territories
- Peak recorded area
- 26,964 km²
- 1920 CE
- Rulers on record
- 10
- from 1989 CE
- Data series
- 117
- 1988 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It encompasses the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, both of which are occupied by Israel. These territories are collectively known as the Palestinian territories, or occupied Palestinian territory. They share the vast majority of their borders with Israel, with the West Bank bordering Jordan to the east and the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt to the southwest.
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Territory
3 dated territorial extents on record from CShapes 2.0. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 22 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population188 obs · 1820 CE–2025 CE | 5.6Mpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy135 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 73.1years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth111 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 1.76% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Infant Mortality Rate76 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 17.11per 1000 live births2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female76 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 76.86years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male76 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 69.72years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 63 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP214 obs · 1800 CE–2013 CE | 4,484int'l $ (inflation adj.)2013 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP per capita75 obs · 1870 CE–2022 CE | 4,775.22011 int'l $2022 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| GDP Current Usd32 obs · 1994 CE–2025 CE | 17.2Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agriculture % GDP31 obs · 1994 CE–2024 CE | 5.52% of GDP2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Industry % GDP31 obs · 1994 CE–2024 CE | 16.25% of GDP2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Services % GDP31 obs · 1994 CE–2024 CE | 60.21% of GDP2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Armed Forces Personnel10 obs · 2005 CE–2020 CE | 0persons2020 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Territory & resources
6 of 26 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 6.95% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 391.2Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 41.9Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Country Area63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 602.5Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cropland63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 113.2Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Land Area63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 602.5Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Who Skilled Birth Attendance39 obs · 1985 CE–2023 CE | 16.11%2023 CE · WHO Global Health Observatory |
| Who Hepatitis B Immunization25 obs · 2000 CE–2024 CE | 88%2024 CE · WHO Global Health Observatory |
| Internet Users %24 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 86.64% of population2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Education Expenditure % GDP8 obs · 2010 CE–2021 CE | 5.43% of GDP2021 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Rd Expenditure % GDP5 obs · 2007 CE–2013 CE | 0.4543% of GDP2013 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
10 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Yasser ArafatHead of State1989 CE – 2004 CE
- Yasser ArafatHead of Government1994 CE – 2003 CE
- Ahmed QureiHead of Government2003 CE – 2006 CE
- Mahmoud AbbasHead of Government2003 CE
- Mahmoud AbbasHead of State2005 CE –
- Ismail HaniyehHead of Government2006 CE – 2007 CE
- Salam FayyadHead of Government2007 CE – 2013 CE
- Rami HamdallahHead of Government2014 CE – 2019 CE
- Mohammad ShtayyehHead of Government2019 CE –
- Mohammad MustafaPrime Minister of the State of Palestine2024 CE –
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Arabic
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CShapes 2.02.0
Schvitz, G. et al. (2022). Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution 66(1).
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
WHO Global Health Observatory2024
World Health Organization (2024). Global Health Observatory data repository.
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
State of Palestine is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.