- 15 Feb 2009 23:19
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A census of Gaza published today shows that the population in the Palestinian territory has risen by almost 40 per cent in the past 10 years, one of the highest growth rates in the world with 48.3 percent of residents under 15 years of age.
With clever Egyptian policy, who don't want them either, this population unrest directed against Israel. In the future Gazans will breach their way into Egyptian Sinai peninsula. Hamas is an offspring branch of Egyptian Islamic Brotherhood together with their mother movement they can form their dream caliphate on post Mubarak-Egypt. Not ideal scenario because secular Egypt is what the Arab world need, but the current situation is unmanageable because it put the Gazans (who are originaly Egyptian before all the post-Ottoman anti-Mandate "Palestinian" nationalist phantasis) into big concentration camp, an open prison.
In 1967 Gaza'a population was under 90,000 thats now 1.4 million. They are bursting out of a tiny piece of Land. Allow Gaza to expand into the huge open spaces of the Sinai desert.
With clever Egyptian policy, who don't want them either, this population unrest directed against Israel. In the future Gazans will breach their way into Egyptian Sinai peninsula. Hamas is an offspring branch of Egyptian Islamic Brotherhood together with their mother movement they can form their dream caliphate on post Mubarak-Egypt. Not ideal scenario because secular Egypt is what the Arab world need, but the current situation is unmanageable because it put the Gazans (who are originaly Egyptian before all the post-Ottoman anti-Mandate "Palestinian" nationalist phantasis) into big concentration camp, an open prison.
Sunday, 15 February 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7891434.stm
Gaza population 'rising rapidly'
The majority of Gazans are registered as refugees
The population of the Gaza Strip increased by almost 40% between 1997 and 2007, according to the results of a Palestinian census.
The survey, taken before Israel's recent offensive, showed the territory has a population of 1.4 million people.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics estimated the annual growth rate at 3.3% and said the population would double in 21 years at that rate.
The UN estimates the world's current average population growth at 1.17%.
CHANGING GAZA
Overall population
1997: 1,022,207
2007: 1,416,543
Aged under 15
1997: 50.2%
2007: 48.3%
Proportion married
1997: 53.8%
2007: 49.6%
Receiving schooling
1997: 62.8%
2007: 70.6%
Source Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics website
In a statement, the West Bank-based bureau said: "Assuming a stable growth during the coming years, the Gaza Strip population will multiply [double] in 21 years."
There were mixed findings in the census for the people of Gaza.
The overwhelming majority of people in the territory (67.9%) continue to be UN-registered refugees. The figure was only slightly lower (65.1%) in 1997.
However, education and literacy showed signs of improvement.
The rate of people over the age of 10 unable to read fell from 11.3% in 1997 to 5.5% in 2007, as the proportion of those receiving school education rose from 62.8% to 70.6%.
Preliminary results from the census were released in February 2008.
According to those figures, the combined population of Gaza and the West Bank including east Jerusalem is 3.8 million.
The statistics bureau has not yet released final results on the West Bank or east Jerusalem.
In 1967 Gaza'a population was under 90,000 thats now 1.4 million. They are bursting out of a tiny piece of Land. Allow Gaza to expand into the huge open spaces of the Sinai desert.
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