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Preliminary Census Results, PHC 2017 1

State of PalestinePalestinian Central Bureau of statistics (PCBS)

February , 2018

Preliminary Results of the Population,

Housing and Establishments

Census, 2017

Printing of this report was funded by the European Union

Preliminary Census Results, PHC 20172

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Acknowledgement

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) wishes to express its gratitude to all of the Palestinian people, who contributed to the success of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017. PCBS commends their full cooperation in delivering the data needed. PCBS would like also to thank its unknown soldiers – the staff – for their dedication and exceptional efforts in all phases of the Census. PCBS further expresses special thanks to the efforts of the president and members of the Central Operations Room, president and members of the Census Executive Committee, District Operations Rooms and Governorates’ Census Managers and their assistants, support staff, media coordinators, field supervisors, observers and enumerators. PCBS thanks all of the committees and teams of the Census.

Moreover, PCBS expresses special gratitude and appreciation to the political leadership, represented by His Excellency, President Mahmoud Abbas – Abu Mazen, and the Palestinian government, represented by His Excellency, Dr. Rami Al-Hamdallah, the Prime Minister for their full support to the project.

The 2017 Population, Housing and Establishments Census was implemented by a technical team from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, with funding from the Palestinian government, the Norwegian Representative Office to the State of Palestine, the Swiss Development Cooperation Agency (SDC), the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), the Netherlands Representative Office, the European Union – European Commission as well as United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Japanese Government, the Italian Cooperation (AICS), (UNICEF), and (UNWOMEN). PCBS expresses its deepest gratitude and appreciation for their generous funding to the project.

Special thanks are expressed as well to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, represented by its General Statistics Department for their generous loaning of 7500 tablets to implement the census.

The Census is a national project that benefited from support and contribution of all ministries, official, private and civil society organizations. It also received help from universities, local government units including village councils and municipalities, and the Central Elections Commission, which provided premises and offices as well as training halls. Furthermore, the public and private audio-visual and printed media, as well as the PalTel, Jawwal and Wataniya Mobile Companies who contributed in the media campaign at all stages. Additional contribution was received from families as well as community and opinion leaders, who helped overcome obstacles. We cannot forget the prominent role played by governors who followed the project step by step since the outset. They also contributed to solving problems, which facilitated success. Many regional and international organizations also provided highly appreciated support.

The report was implemented with funding from the European Union. The contents of the report are the responsibility of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.


The Population, Housing and Establishments Census is a pillar of state building. It is further a legal, developmental and statistical imperative, as prescribed by the General Statistics Law of 2000. It is also a genuine expression of national sovereignty. The State of Palestine is implementing its third census, noting that the first was carried out in 1997 and was followed by a second census in 2007. The present census aims to provide a comprehensive and modern statistical database that creates a digital profile of the Palestinian society in all areas. It additionally fulfills the national needs and in accordance to international and UN recommendations on the contents of the Census. Consequently, the Census serves as the backbone of planning and developmental policies and strategies formulation.

Most countries implement population censuses once every ten years, as per UN recommendations. Such effort requires a stable and natural environment, which is not available in Palestine because of the procedures of the Israeli occupation and obstacles including the Annexation Wall and settlement expansion. The Wall suffocates those living behind it. On top of this, there are inaccessible military areas not to mention the challenges faced in Jerusalem. On the other hand, there are technological challenges including lack of mobile 3G technology during the Census implemetation because of the restrictions imposed by the occupation. As a result, the PCBS had to develop a clear comprehensive plan to overcome the challenges and take into account the particularities of the Palestinian context and field difficulties.

The current Census was innovative in its use of modern data collection technology. All phases were implemented using tablets. Furthermore, special applications were designed supported by GIS for every phase including maps updating, pilot census, delineation, listing and actual population count through to the post enumeration survey. This helped save time and effort in addition to enhancing the quality, harmony of data. Consequently, it became easier to analyze data and reinforce administration and monitoring of fieldwork.

Different crews implemented the census, including managers, assistants, supervisors, crew leaders, enumerators and logistical support teams. They worked day and night to accomplish the census, which generated 11,000 temporary jobs for young graduates in the different phases. They worked for different periods that ranged from one to eight months and received intensive quality training to acquire the necessary skills. This round of census was marked by its fully automated operations including automation of assessment of workers and trainees. This comprised daily tests and final exams. Training halls were equipped with the necessary infrastructure, which saved time and effort needed to select work teams without any human intervention, in compliance with good governance requirements.

Introduction


The Census is a perfectly national project. Since the outset of preparation and implementation, PCBS initiated ongoing dialogue and consultation with different ministries and official and private organizations as well as civil society organizations. It organized bilateral meetings, symposia and workshops to reach national consensus on the contents of the census. All energies and efforts were employed for its success together with a broad publicity campaign, in coordination with local governmental and non-governmental media outlets. The campaign aimed to raise citizens’ awareness of the importance of the census and motivate them to cooperate with its crews. The message of the census reached every house, family and citizen. The entire Palestinian society consolidated efforts and used its human and material resources including premises, offices, training halls, equipment and other resources. The society was also very instrumental in facilitating the work of field teams and solving the obstacles they faced including non-response. The census was in brief an honorable scene of national belonging to implement the slogan “together, we build our nation”.

As we present to you today the preliminary results of the Census, which were published in a record time, we express our extreme happiness and pride of this achievement. We aspire to optimal investment of its data so as they can be translated into services to citizens. We hope census data will contribute to achieving the vision of the government “citizen first”, as development is not possible without statistics.

Ola AwadPresident of PCBS

National Director of Census

Ramallah, PalestineFebruary, 2018

Jenin

Tubas and the Northern Valleys

Tulkarm

Nablus

Qalqiliya

Salfit

Ramallah & Al-Bireh

Jericho & Al-Aghwar

Jerusalem

Bethlehem

Hebron

North Gaza

Gaza

Dier Al-Balah

Khan Yunis

Rafah

• Number of total population includes those actually counted in addition to persons estimated based on the post enumeration survey.

• The number of people actually counted (4,705,601) includes 31,899 individuals whose characteristics were unable to obtain, and the detailed data to be presented in the report, including the tables, do not include the data of these individuals and individuals’ data estimated based on the post enumeration-study.

Key remarks



Buildings

2

Population and

Housing Conditions

1

Establishments

3


Populationand

HousingConditions

1


Palestine

Total PopulationA

ge g

roup

Population (Thousands)

4,780,978

2,881,687 1,899,291Gaza StripWest Bank

السكان في

فلسطين

1

Populationand

HousingConditions

1

2,895,683 3,767,549 4,780,978

1997 2007 2017

Population pyramid

314,866

60,927

186,760

388,321112,400

75,444

328,861

50,002

435,483

217,400

711,223

368,978

652,597

273,200

233,878

370,638

Jenin


Tulkarm

NablusQalqiliya

Salfit

Ramallah & Al-Bireh

Jericho & Al-Aghwar

Jerusalem

Bethlehem

Hebron

North GazaGaza

Dier Al-Balah

Khan YunisRafah

Number of population includes those actually counted in addition to estimated numbers based on the post enumeration survey results


Population and Housing Conditions

Population by Governorate

Population by

Selected Age Group

Average Household Size

5.1 4.8 5.6


Gaza Strip

West Bank

Palestine

60 years and over18 – 29 years0 - 17 years

2,09

7,47

5

1,19

7,45

2

900,

023

1,06

6,32

0

631,

253

435,

067

150,

611

231,

437

80,8

26

48.0% 23.2% 4.3%47.5% 25.0% 5.9%47.0% 24.3% 5.2%

Gaza StripWest BankPalestine


4.4

4.3

4.5

Mean no. of children ever born to Ever Married Palestinian Women (15 Years and Over)*

* Data excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.



Gaza Strip

West Bank

Palestine


Palestinian Population byHealth Insurance Coverage*

1,669,731 1,788,3973,458,128


65.7%78.3% 95.4%

Palestinian Population by

Religion

4,615,683 46,850 1,384

Isalm Christianity Others

139,590

6.2%

115,634

5.3%

127,262

6.0%

127,962

7.6%4.8%

67,165 72,42560,097 55,537

5.2%

255,224




Palestinian Population withDifficulty/Disability*

Palestine*

West Bank Gaza Strip6.8%5.0%

5.8%

7,30

1

7,46

57,

210

3,98

02,

6605

,911

1,75

04,9

38

18,2

49

6,71

8

8,77

8

5,31

2

4,93

8

6,96

8

1,80

8

1,62

3



Illiterate (15 years and over)

95,609

24,672

70,93762,895

15,163

47,732

32,714

9,509

23,205


27.2% 24.4%

11,9

41

13,9

05

8,43

68,

392

4,25

94,

693

3,15

2

8,62

5

29,4

49

2,13

8

1,43

0

41,1

31

68,1

70

34,3

28

38,7

51

50,1

00

328,900 243,53640.1%

85,36496,420

232,480

13.2% 48.2%

PalestineUnemployed



Unemployed* Population (15 Years and Over)

Gaza Strip

West Bank


6

9

1

99.7%

99.6%

99.9%* Data excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.** Improved sources includes: Piped into dwelling, public tap, tube well, borehole, protected spring, rain water collection and bottleed water.*** Improved sources includes: Flush to piped sewer system, flush to cesspit, and flush to pit.

out of 10 persons in Palestine use improved drinking water

More than out of 10 persons in the West Bank use improved drinking water

Use of improved drinking water** Use of improved sanitation***


Use ofImproved Drinking Water, Improved Sanitation*

Gaza Strip

West Bank

Palestine

out of 10 persons in Gaza use improved drinking water


99.4 % 88.5 %

11.2 %

%100

%100

%100

%100

14.4 %

99.1 % 14.2 %

6.2 % 8.8 %

99.9 %

99.2 %

97.9 %

94.7 %

90.8 %

99.8 %

97.7 %

99.9 %




Use ofImproved Drinking Waterby Governorate



Buildings

2

Palestine

West Bank

Gaza Strip West Bank


12

Buildings

627,488

1,195,848

441,332

792,589

Gaza Strip

186,156

403,259

Buildings

Buildings

Housing Units

Housing Units

509Persons per km2

5,203

Buildings and Housing Units in Palestine

Population DensityPersons per km2


Buildings

Closed and vacant Housing Units in selected cities

Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Nablus Qalqiliya

Total Housing Unit VacantClosed

Salfit Al-Bireh Ramallah Beituniya Jericho

Ar Ram & Dahiyat al Bareed

Anata Al ‘Eizariya Abu Dis Beit Jala

Hebron

Gaza

Bethlehem

Dura

Dier Al-Balah

Beit Sahur

Yatta

Khan Yunis Rafah

Ad Doha

Adh Dhahiriya

Halhul

Jabalya

883 1,043

150 203

1,537 3,580

1,490 469

418 580

703 801

2,141 3,106

479 796

415 555

281 626

2,019 4,291

2,912 2,483

1,291 1,414

213 384

293 274

2,356 1,892

881 772

632 591

334 478

2,090 950

654 1,475

795 287

3,071 3,354

9,264 6,030

172 461 1,449 994 3,216 3,772 1,013 859

14,180 5,817 19,056 13,91446,805

3,463 18,020 17,156 8,616 7,182

10,634 6,897 10,054 5,640 5,148

9,231 5,211 3,569 6,978 51,111

9,625 12,810 8,360 35,767 124,622

15,873 45,328 37,166 Closed: It means that the housing unit was occupied by one household but it was closed during the listing period due to the absence of the household living therein.

Vacant:It means that the construction of the housing unit is complete but it is not used for habitation or for work purposes although it is suitable for such purposes . Normally, such a housing unit is for rent or for sale.

28,261

47,773

33,294

32,256

17,556

15,489

57,092

52,027

45,979

30,849

110,529

33,918

40,715

11,320

11,141

59,289


Buildingsby Governorate

Buildings

Jenin


Tulkarm

NablusQalqiliya

Salfit

Ramallah & Al-Bireh

Jericho & Al-Aghwar

Jerusalem

Bethlehem

Hebron

North Gaza

GazaDier Al-Balah

Khan Yunis

Rafah

109,361

61,635

129,486

14,504

15,987

51,493

28,635

20,024

108,748

73,937

138,121

50,222

82,138

85,476

167,240

58,841


Housing Unitsby Governorate

Buildings

Jenin


Tulkarm

NablusQalqiliya

Salfit

Ramallah & Al-Bireh

Jericho & Al-Aghwar

Jerusalem

Bethlehem

Hebron

North Gaza

GazaDier Al-Balah

Khan Yunis

Rafah


Buildings


Establishments

3


Construction

Trading

Services

Industry

54,605

589

15,702

158,573

108,471

50,10237,575

26,642

286

5,042

18,132

السكان في

فلسطين

1

Establishments

3

Operating Establishments byEconomic Activity

Gaza StripWest Bank

Gaz

a St

rip

Pale

stine

Wes

t Ban

k

Operating Establishments


Operating Establishmentsby governorate

Establishments

13,729

1,965

17,113

1,509

15,850

9,031

23,716

9,062

6,748

19,449

8,670

6,173

10,210

2,986

4,409

7,953

Jenin


Tulkarm

NablusQalqiliya

Salfit

Ramallah & Al-Bireh

Jericho & Al-Aghwar

Jerusalem

Bethlehem

Hebron

North Gaza

Gaza

Dier Al-Balah

Khan Yunis

Rafah

342,733 82,116

80.7%19.3%

* Data for males and females excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967


444,060

134,238

228,113 62,498 114,620 19,618

Number of Employed Persons in the Private Sector, Non Governmental Organization and Government Companies

Gaza Strip309,822West Bank*

Palestine*

Establishments


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