NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title State of Palestine Population, Housing & Establishments Census 2017 Provider Palestinian Central Bureau of StatisticsTabulations only Geography Palestine (PSE) Coverage type Country Time period covered 07/2017 - 12/2018 Data type Census: De factoHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representative Summary The Palestine Population and Housing Census was conducted in December 2017 across all 16 governorates. The total population as of December 1 was 4,780,978 people, which included 2,881,687 in the West Bank and 1,899,291 in Gaza Strip. Keywords Assets, Cooking fuels, Disability, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family size, Health insurance, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household heat, Housing conditions, International migration, Internet, Limited mobility, Literacy, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Population, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Telephones, Transportation, Unemployment, Vision loss, Water supply Citation Contributors Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Funders German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) European Union (EU) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) Government of Japan United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Save the Children International United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Netherlands Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority Palestine for Development Foundation (PsDF) Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) Suggested citation Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Palestine Population and Housing Census 2017. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021