According to estimates for 2023, the fertility rate in Gaza was **** children per woman. Compared to the fertility rate of 2005, the fertility rate of Gazan women has decreased by almost half. The fertility rate describes the average number of children a woman gives birth to, given a constant average child-bearing age between 15 and 49 years.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate: Children per Woman data was reported at 3.310 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.380 Person for 2022. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate: Children per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 4.685 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2023, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.810 Person in 1990 and a record low of 3.310 Person in 2023. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate: Children per Woman data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: Non OECD Member: Annual.

In 2023, the total fertility rate in Palestine did almost not change in comparison to the previous year. The total fertility rate remained around 3.31 children per woman. The total fertility rate is the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (generally considered 15 to 44 years) is expected to have throughout her reproductive years. Unlike birth rates, which are based on the actual number of live births in a given population, fertility rates are estimates (similar to life expectancy) that apply to a hypothetical woman, as they assume that current patterns in age-specific fertility will remain constant throughout her reproductive years.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate data was reported at 4.100 NA in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.400 NA for 2010. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate data is updated yearly, averaging 5.150 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.000 NA in 1997 and a record low of 4.100 NA in 2014. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate 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.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate: West Bank data was reported at 3.700 NA in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.000 NA for 2010. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate: West Bank data is updated yearly, averaging 4.750 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.600 NA in 1997 and a record low of 3.700 NA in 2014. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Total Fertility Rate: 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.

The Occupied Palestinian territories, namely the West Bank and Gaza Strip, had the highest average births per woman in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), reaching almost 3.5 and 3.3 births per woman respectively in 2024. Qatar and Saudi Arabia had the lowest birth rates per woman in the region.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data was reported at 4.008 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.075 Ratio for 2015. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 4.973 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2016, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.718 Ratio in 1990 and a record low of 4.008 Ratio in 2016. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman 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. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: it can indicate the status of women within households and a woman’s decision about the number and spacing of children.

总生育率：Gaza Strip在12-01-2014达4.500NA，相较于12-01-2010的5.200NA有所下降。总生育率：Gaza Strip数据按年更新，12-01-1997至12-01-2014期间平均值为6.000NA，共4份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1997，达6.900NA，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2014，为4.500NA。CEIC提供的总生育率：Gaza Strip数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于الجـهـاز الـمـركـزي لـلاحـصـاء الـفلسطيني，数据归类于全球数据库的State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – 表 PS.G002：人口数据统计。