West Bank—PeopleCIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1994: West BankPeoplePopulation: 1,443,790 (July 1994 est.)
• note: in addition, there are 110,500 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and 144,100 in East Jerusalem (1994 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.68% (1994 est.)
Birth rate: 32.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate: 5.11 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 33.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:• total population: 70.39 years
• male: 68.88 years
• female: 71.98 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.2 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:• noun: NA
• adjective: NA
Ethnic divisions: Palestinian Arab and other 88%, Jewish 12%
Religions: Muslim 80% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12%, Christian and other 8%
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew spoken by Israeli settlers, English widely understood
Literacy:• total population: NA%
• male: NA%
• female: NA%
Labor force: NA
• by occupation: construction 28.2%, agriculture 21.8%, industry 14.5%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 12.6%, other services 22.9% (1991)
• note: excluding Jewish settlers