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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) Briefs on the Status of Palestinian People by the End of 2022
Date: 29 December 2022
Venue: Ramallah - Palestine
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H.E. Dr. Ola Awad, President of the PCBS, presented on 29 December 2022 in Ramallah a brief on the Status of Palestinian People by the end of 2022. According to the brief, the population in Palestine on the 1967 borders had reached more than 5.4 million by the end of 2022, with an annual increase of 2.4%. Nearly 7 million Palestinians still live in diaspora, dreaming of returning to their homeland. In the meanwhile, the Israeli occupation devours the land to establish more settlements and isolate more than 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza Strip.

According to the brief on the status of Palestinian people by the end of 2022:

  • About 14.3 million Palestinians live around the world at the end of 2022.
  • The Palestinian population is young; more than one-third of the population is less than 15 years.
  • Total fertility rate during 2017 – 2019 has declined to four births compared to five births in 1999.
  • The average size of the Palestinian household has dropped to five individuals in 2021 compared to six  individuals in 2010;
  • Unemployment, especially among graduates, is still the greatest challenge; in Gaza Strip half of the participants in labour force (45%) are unemployed compared to about 14% in the West Bank.
  • The number of school students in the scholastic year 2021/2022 in Palestine reached around 1.4 million where 56% (760,688) of the students enrolled are in the West Bank while 44% (597,722) students in Gaza Strip.
  • A significant increase in smoking rates is observed in both West Bank and Gaza Strip.

In her briefing, H.E. Dr. Awad noted that within the Israeli systematic colonization policy, the Israeli occupation and settlers practiced continuous aggressions against the Palestinian people in all localities. Israeli occupation demolished and destroyed 1,058 buildings in Palestine (353 residential buildings and 705 facilities), which included 93 self-demolition operations, most of which are located in Jerusalem Governorate.

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