Israel vs Palestine
Israel has 1.9× the population of Palestine: 10,122,800 vs 5,413,596, a gap of 4.7 million. Palestine is growing faster (+2.33% vs +1.20% a year), adding about 125,897 people a year against +121,324. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Palestine would overtake Israel in about 56 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2081) — a projection, not a forecast. Israel is the older society: 12.7% aged 65+ against 3.9% in Palestine, while Palestine has more children (37.6% under 15 vs 27.2%). Palestine is 1.9× as densely populated (857.4 vs 455.1 people per km²). People in Israel live 14.0 years longer on average (83.2 vs 69.2). GDP per capita is 19.0× higher in Israel ($60,337 vs $3,171).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Israel) and 2025 (Palestine); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Israel vs Palestine — side by side
 Israel |  Palestine | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,122,8002025 | 5,413,5962025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.20%2025 | +2.33%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 18.62024 | 26.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.32024 | 5.92024 |
| Children per woman | 2.872024 | 3.252024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.2 yrs2024 | 69.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 27.2%2025 | 37.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 12.7%2025 | 3.9%2025 |
| Density | 455.1 /km²2023 | 857.4 /km²2023 |
| Area | 22,070 km²2023 | 6,025 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 91.6%2025 | 87.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +11,4662025 | -23,1562025 |
| GDP per capita | $60,3372025 | $3,1712025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #95 | #123 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.12% | 0.07% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Israel: 4.8× from 1960 to 2025; Palestine: 2.7× from 1990 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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