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How many babies are born in Palestine?

144 thousand babies born in Palestine in 2026. That is 0.11% of all births worldwide, and the 97th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Palestine: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Palestine’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1800 ~7.96K ~166K 48.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~14K ~292K 48.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 45.7K 945K 48.4 UN estimate
2000 121K 3.15M 38.5 UN estimate
2023 146K 5.41M 27.1 UN estimate
2026 144K 5.69M 25.4 UN projection
2050 153K 8.45M 18.1 UN projection
2075 140K 10.6M 13.1 UN projection
2100 119K 11.5M 10.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Palestine among estimates through 2023 were in 2016, at about 150K. That is roughly 19 times the estimated ~7.96K births a year in 1800.

At 3.13 children per woman, fertility in Palestine is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Palestine each year?

An estimated 144 thousand babies are born in Palestine in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 396 a day and 0.11% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Palestine?

Palestine has an estimated 25.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.13 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.