In 2022, the death rate in Palestine increased by 0.03 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants since 2021, reaching 3.85 death per 1,000 inhabitants. The crude death rate refers to the number of deaths in a given year, expressed per 1,000 population. When studied in combination with the crude birth rate, the rate of natural population increase can be determined.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: Gaza Strip data was reported at 3.500 NA in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.400 NA for 2017. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: Gaza Strip data is updated yearly, averaging 3.950 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2018, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.700 NA in 1997 and a record low of 3.300 NA in 2016. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: Gaza Strip data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.G002: Vital Statistics.

Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) in Palestine was reported at 7.198 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Palestine - Death rate, crude - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

The number of fatalities amongst the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza between 2008 and September 2023 stood at ***** and the number of injured people was *******. While the majority of fatalities amongst the Palestinians were in the Gaza Strip, more than half of the injured were based in the West Bank. Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 The radical Islamic Palestinian terror organization Hamas attacked Israel in the early hours of October 7, 2023, on Sabbath - the Jewish day of rest. This strategic attack from Gaza was directed towards Israeli civilians and armed forces. An estimated ***** rockets were fired by Hamas from Gaza toward Israeli targets, hitting civilian buildings and military facilities. Hamas fighters entered the Israeli territory, killing around ***** of Israeli citizens. In the weeks that followed, the Israeli military conducted an aerial bombardment and launched a ground offensive in Gaza. Humanitarian pauses allowed aid to get into Gaza, but fighting has continued since a weeklong cease-fire ended on December 1, 2023. The attacks resulted in a massive escalation of the Middle Eastern conflict, which pushed a political solution further away. The number of civilian casualties in Gaza and Israel is rising each day the conflict continues. Before October 2023, there had been four wars between Israel and Hamas. The current conflict is already the deadliest, and the death toll is certain to rise.

Since the terrorist organization Hamas launched its attacks on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023, around 1,200 Israelis died, and 5,431 were injured. Through retaliation attacks by the Israeli armed forces against Hamas in Gaza, 56,156 Palestinians were killed, and 132.239 were injured. As of January 2025, the number of Palestinian deaths in the West Bank was 924, due to the on going conflict. Information on the data situation Data on the number of fatalities and injuries are based on the UNOCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) reporting by both parties to the conflict. The respective data sources were named for the purpose of transparency. It must be stated that in the case of wars and other conflicts, objective data collection is almost impossible, and reports are based on estimates. At the same time, it needs to be noted that some parties to the conflict may use numbers and data selectively for their own agenda. Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7th, 2023 Before October 2023, there had been four wars between Israel and Hamas. The current conflict is already the deadliest, and the death toll is certain to rise. The new escalation of violence in the Middle East started after the militant Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel in the early hours of October 7, 2023. An estimated 2,200 rockets were fired by Hamas from Gaza toward Israeli targets, hitting civilian buildings and military facilities. Hamas fighters entered the Israeli territory, killing around 1,200 of Israeli citizens. In the weeks that followed, the Israeli military conducted an aerial bombardment and launched a ground offensive in Gaza. Humanitarian pauses allowed aid to get into Gaza, but fighting has continued since a weeklong cease-fire ended on December 1, 2023. Operation Iron Swords and the humanitarian situation of Gaza Initially, Israel reacted to the Hamas attacks with further isolation of the Gaza Strip, cutting off the supply of electricity, fuel, and drinking water. As of November 6, 2023, water supply to parts of the Gaza Strip has been resumed. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) summoned the Palestinians to evacuate the northern part of the Gaza Strip towards the south of Gaza in the direction of the Egyptian border. This affects around 1.93 million people out of the 2.06 million inhabitants of Gaza. According to the UN, over one million people are internally displaced inside the Gaza Strip. Some trucks with relief supplies could infrequently enter the territory via the Rafah border from Egypt. This Israeli military operation is one of the longest-lasting in Gaza, and over 6,000 bombs were already dropped by the IDF.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: West Bank data was reported at 4.000 NA in 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 4.000 NA for 2017. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: West Bank data is updated yearly, averaging 4.150 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2018, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.100 NA in 1997 and a record low of 3.700 NA in 2016. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: West Bank data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.G002: Vital Statistics.

As of June 11. 2025, over 55,000 Palestinians have been directly killed by Israel's 20-month-long invasion of Gaza. The early months of the conflict saw the largest number of fatalities, with over 30,000 deaths recorded within the first five months, and an average of approximately 1,600 deaths per month thereafter. 55,000 deaths is equal to approximately two percent of Gaza's prewar population. Additionally, there have been over 127,000 recorded injuries. Many injuries go unreported due to limited healthcare resources and capacity. Attacks on hospitals, medical shortages, and electricity outages, and many other factors, have severely impeded the medical response to the war. Many operations are conducted without anesthetic and antibiotics, and Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. The true death toll? The United Nations and many humanitarian organizations believe the Gaza Health Ministry's (GHM) figures to be a significant undercount, with thousands of Gazans still unaccounted for. The GHM also does not include deaths of those who die due to preventable causes, such as disease, malnutrition, or disruptions to healthcare services. Some estimates from the past year have been in excess of 100,000 deaths. Trustworthiness of the Gaza Health Ministry's figures These figures come from the Gaza Health Ministry. There were some claims this source was untrustworthy in the war's early stages, especially following comments made by President Joe Biden; however, both the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services have since deemed these figures to be generally reliable. Nonetheless, the U.S. House of Representatives controversially passed an amendment in mid-2024 that would prevent the U.S. government from citing the GHM's figures.

Infant mortality rate of Palestine shot up by 16.26% from 12.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022 to 14.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023. Since the 3.03% decline in 2021, infant mortality rate leapt by 11.72% in 2023. Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 22.700 Ratio in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 23.700 Ratio for 2015. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 25.400 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.200 Ratio in 1990 and a record low of 22.700 Ratio in 2017. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.; ; Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Weighted average; Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys.

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Palestine was reported at 25.1 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Palestine - Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Infant Mortality Rate for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (SPDYNIMRTINPSE) from 1975 to 2023 about Palestinian Territory, mortality, infant, and rate.

The infant mortality rate in Palestine decreased to 12.3 deaths per 1,000 live births since the previous year. In 2022, the infant mortality rate thereby reached its lowest value in the recent years. The infant mortality rate is the number of newborns who do not survive past the first 12 months of life. This is generally expressed as a value per 1,000 live births, and also includes neonatal mortality (deaths within the first 28 days of life).

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Palestine was reported at 15.2 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Palestine - Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Since Israel's establishment within the Palestinian state in 1948, the relationship between Palestinians and Israelis has been tense and, at times, violent. In the past few years, it has been reported that Israeli citizens have started settlements on Palestinian territory in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. This has led to increased physical violence between Israelis and Palestinians in these zones; however, when considering the technological advantage of Israel over Palestine, the deaths of Palestinians has grown exponentially in recent years. Many of these deaths are made up by non-military Palestinians that have gotten caught in cross fire or exploded by shells.To display this humanitarian crisis, I mapped the current Palestinian territories, separated by major cities. Each of these separated areas holds the total value of Palestinian deaths within from 2019 through the beginning of 2023. These totals can be viewed by clicking on the different colored polygons. Access to medical care is also a pressing issue in Palestine, especially when considering the uptake in violence, so I mapped the known medical sites in each region. The names and types (clinic, hospital, etc.) of these medical sites can be viewed if you click on the white circles containing green crosses.Along with these mapped features, you may view the city-regions containing the highest and lowest sums of death in the book marked section. I also created a bar graph that clearly displays the total number of deaths in each city-region from least to most.Palestinian Administrative Boundaries: Palestinian Subnational Administrative Boundaries obtained from The Humanitarian Data Exchange through a file download (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-pse). Health Sites: Palestinian medical sites taken from AmeriGEO using a Geojson URL (https://data.amerigeoss.org/ro/dataset/palestine-healthsites/resource/dce3fa8c-5c41-40d8-9a10-c77b6040f934?view_id=df9e8a7e-1e51-42ac-a2cc-6705bb97c642). Sum of Palestinian Deaths by City-Region: This site provides the Palestinian death count per city/region; I downloaded a file containing these counts. I then used the join tool to join the death count table to the administrative boundaries table using the mutual "City" field. I then used the summarize tool to sum the total number of deaths per city-region, using a graduated color map to display the different values (https://statistics.btselem.org/en/all-fatalities/by-date-of-incident?section=overall&tab=overview).

Palestine: Deaths of female children under five years of age per 1000 live births: The latest value from 2022 is 13 deaths per 1000 births, a decline from 14 deaths per 1000 births in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 23 deaths per 1000 births, based on data from 187 countries. Historically, the average for Palestine from 1975 to 2022 is 39 deaths per 1000 births. The minimum value, 13 deaths per 1000 births, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of 104 deaths per 1000 births was recorded in 1975.

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Palestine was reported at 365 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Palestine - Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Number of Deaths data was reported at 11,908.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13,390.000 Person for 2014. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Number of Deaths data is updated yearly, averaging 11,337.000 Person from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2015, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13,390.000 Person in 2014 and a record low of 9,901.000 Person in 2005. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Number of Deaths data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.G002: Vital Statistics.

As of mid-July 2025, over 58,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel's invasion in October 2023. Of the 58,380 bodies officially identified, almost 46 percent (26,655) were men aged 18–59 years. Prewar estimates put the share of Gaza's population under 18 years at 47 percent, and this group makes up 31 percent of identified fatalities.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Number of Deaths Ages 5-14 Years data was reported at 410.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 414.000 Person for 2015. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Number of Deaths Ages 5-14 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 414.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 479.000 Person in 2000 and a record low of 378.000 Person in 1990. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Number of Deaths Ages 5-14 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Number of deaths of children ages 5-14 years; ; Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Sum;

This statistic represents the total number of fatalities after operation Cast Lead, also known as The Gaza War between Israel and Palestine. After the war ended on January 18, 2009, around 399 Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces from then until December 31, 2018 in west bank territory. The operation Cast Lead was a three-week conflict between Palestine and Israeli in the Gaza Strip.