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<text id=94CT1551><title>West Bank—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: West Bank<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 1,443,790 (July 1994 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> in addition, there are 110,500 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and 144,100 in East Jerusalem (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.68% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 32.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 5.11 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 33.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 70.39 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 68.88 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 71.98 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 4.2 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> NA
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Palestinian Arab and other 88%, Jewish 12%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Muslim 80% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12%, Christian and other 8%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Arabic, Hebrew spoken by Israeli settlers, English widely understood
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> NA%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> NA
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> construction 28.2%, agriculture 21.8%, industry 14.5%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 12.6%, other services 22.9% (1991)
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> excluding Jewish settlers
</list></list></body></article></text>