Gaza Strip

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HAMAS maintains security forces inside Gaza in addition to its military wing, the 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades; the military wing ostensibly reports to the HAMAS Political Bureau but operates with considerable autonomy; there are several other militant groups operating in the Gaza Strip, most notably the Al-Quds Brigades of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are usually but not always beholden to HAMAS's authority (2025) note: HAMAS is a US designated Foreign Terrorist Organization; see Terrorist Organizations under References

$20.339 billion (2024 est.) $27.694 billion (2023 est.) $29.016 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

$3,800 (2024 est.) $5,400 (2023 est.) $5,800 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

-26.6% (2024 est.) -4.6% (2023 est.) 4.1% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

53.7% (2024 est.) 5.9% (2023 est.) 3.7% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

$2.885 billion (2024 est.) $3.413 billion (2023 est.) $3.533 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

$8.264 billion (2024 est.) $11.637 billion (2023 est.) $12.257 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

24.5% (2022 est.) 26.4% (2021 est.) 25.9% (2020 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

see entry for the West Bank

textiles, food processing, furniture

tomatoes, milk, cucumbers/gherkins, olives, potatoes, sheep milk, eggplants, pumpkins/squash, grapes, goat milk (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage

total: 2,184,652 (2025 est.) male: 1,108,222 female: 1,076,430

1.96% (2025 est.)

0-14 years: 38.8% (male 427,450/female 404,288) 15-64 years: 58.3% (male 627,235/female 620,903) 65 years and over: 2.9% (2024 est.) (male 31,655/female 30,112)

26.05 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)

2.77 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

-3.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)

total population: 75.5 years (2024 est.) male: 73.7 years female: 77.4 years

urban population: 77.6% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 2.85% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Palestinian Arab

Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood) major-language sample(s): كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian 1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified 1.0% (2012 est.) note: Israel dismantled its settlements in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then

total population: 98% (2022 est.) male: 99% (2022 est.) female: 97% (2022 est.) note: estimates are for Gaza Strip and the West Bank

arable land, natural gas

Army of Islam; Abdallah Azzam Brigades; al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; HAMAS; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ); Palestine Liberation Front; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); PFLP-General Command note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide

IDPs: 2,032,011 (2024 est.)

total subscriptions: 4,148,420 (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 77 (2023 est.) note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

percent of population: 87% (2023 est.) note: includes the West Bank