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This article is about the demographic features of the population of the area which is commonly described as Palestinian territories and includes information on ethnicity, education level, health of the populous, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of that population. According to a commonly used definition as relating to an application of the 1949 Armistice Agreement green line, the Palestinian territories have contributory parts of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. While the Palestinian National Authority, the United Nations Security Council,〔Resolution 446, Resolution 465, Resolution 484, among others〕 the United Nations General Assembly, the European Union,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EU-Settlements Watch )〕 the International Court of Justice, and the International Committee of the Red Cross use the terminology "Palestinian territories" or "occupied Palestinian territories", Israel have preferred alternative terminology. ==Overview== The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) estimated that the Palestinian population between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, inclusive of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Israel, amounted to 6.08 million people in 2014.〔Elhanan Miller,('Right-wing annexation drive fueled by false demographics, experts say,' ) The Times of Israel 5 January 2015.〕 Israeli statistics come to an approximately similar figure, counting 1,719,000 Arab citizens (inclusive of 140,000 Druze, and other Arabic-speaking groups not self-identifying as Palestinian/Arab), 2.754 million West Bank Palestinians, and 1.73 million Gazan Palestinians, which translates into the comprehensive figure of approximately 6.2 million.〔 At mid-year 2009 as 10.7 million persons as follows: 3.9 million in the Palestinian territories (36.6%), 1.2 million (11.5%) in Israel; 5.0 million in Arab countries (46.2%), 0.6 million in foreign countries (5.7%).〔(Palestinians in figures 2009 ) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics May 2010; p. 11〕 According to a 2008 article in ''The Guardian'', using PCBS census figures, the Palestinian territories have one of the fastest growing populations in the world, with numbers surging 30% in the past decade (2008). There were 3.76 million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, up from 2.89 million 10 years earlier.〔(11.2.2008 Guardian )〕 According to the U.S. Census, population growth mid-1990-2008 in Gaza and West Bank was 106% from 1.9 million (1990) to 3.9 million persons.〔(US Census Bureau International Programs ) International Data Base IDB West Bank and Gaza〕 According to the United Nations, the Palestinian population was 4.4 million in 2010.〔(Israel and Palestinian territories country profile ) BBC 9 March 2011〕 According to the PCBS, population density in 2009 was 654 capita/km2, of which 433 capita/km2 in the West Bank including Jerusalem and 4,073 capita/km2 in Gaza Strip.〔(Palestine in Figures 2009 ) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, May 2010〕 In the mid-2009, the share of population less than 15 years was 41.9% and above 65 years 3%.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Demographics of the Palestinian territories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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