Official Languages

Official status is a legal designation. It requires a constitution, language act or charter, which this platform has not yet loaded — speaker numbers cannot establish it.

Languages spoken here

Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Modern Hebrew (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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West Bank / Gaza

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Arab, Palestinian	5038000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Jewish, Israeli	486000	Hebrew	Judaism
Arab, Egyptian general	50000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Bedouin, Levantine	31000	Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi	Islam
Arab, Syrian	16000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Deaf	15000	Language unknown	Unknown
Aramaic, West	3400	Western Neo-Aramaic	Christianity
Samaritan	1200	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions

Languages

6 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Levantine

Hebrew

Language unknown

Western Neo-Aramaic

All catalogue fields

145 fields recorded

rog3: XP
iso3: PSE
iso2: PS
ctry: West Bank / Gaza
poplpeoples: 5640000
cntpeoples: 8
cntpeopleslr: 6
poplpeopleslr: 5587000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: ajp
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 2.4593858296421
percentevangelical: 1.1057710831987
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 6
regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 115
harvest_rog3: XP
harvest_iso3: PSE
harvest_iso2: PS
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: PS
harvest_countrynumber: 232
harvest_ctry: West Bank / Gaza
harvest_ctryshort: West Bank / Gaza
harvest_countrynamechinese: 约旦河西岸地区
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 约旦河西岸地区
harvest_countrynamedutch: Gazastrook
harvest_countrynamefrench: Palestine (Cisjordanie et Gaza)
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Cisjordanie et Gaza
harvest_countrynamegerman: Westjordanland / Gaza
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Westjordanland
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Jalur Gaza
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Jalur Gaza
harvest_countrynameitalian: Cisgiordania / Gaza
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Cisgiordania / Gaza
harvest_countrynamekorean: 서안 지구
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 서안 지구
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Vestbredden / Gazastripen (De palestinske territor
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Vestbredden / Gazastripen
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Cisjordânia/Gaza
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Cisjordânia/Gaza
harvest_countrynamerussian: Западный берег реки Иордан/ Газа
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Зап. берег р. Иордан/ Газа
harvest_countrynamespanish: Palestina (Cisjordania y Gaza)
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Cisjordania y Gaza
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: West Bank / Gaza
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: West Bank / Gaza
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: im
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: på
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
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harvest_regioncode2414: 14
harvest_regioncode: 6
harvest_unsr: 145
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_population: 5590000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/gaza-strip-and-west-bank.html
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harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-is+we.pdf
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
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harvest_bibleshortagerank: 67
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harvest_owpctevang: 0.1
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harvest_owcountrypage: palestine
harvest_literacyrate: 97
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 76
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: ajp
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 87.69
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 8.5
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0
harvest_pctother: 2.2
harvest_pctchristian: 1.61
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.06
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.04
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.39
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.9000000000000001
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.2
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.6840000000000001
harvest_hdirank: 114
harvest_internetusers: 57.4
harvest_flashmapzoom: 1517
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -808
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -530
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: 32
harvest_googlemaplng: 35.25
harvest_ctrylatitude: 31.952162
harvest_ctrylongitude: 35.233154
harvest_securitylevel: 1
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/israel-west-bank-and-gaza/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.73087346258078
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ps&joshua=we
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-palestine
harvest_internetusage: 64
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-west-bank-gaza/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 2270
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 958
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=541
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 1.94
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.1
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ps
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/west-bank
harvest_source: OW
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 12/30/99 00:00:06