4. Dalen, K., and Pedersen, J.The Future size of Palestinian Population of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Norway: Fafo, 2004: 40pp.

This report presents possible scenarios for the form and substance of the population growth of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, taking into account two important factors: that population growth has traditionally been significant in the occupied territories; and conversely, that recent findings indicate that fertility is now on the decline. This report provides a set of population projections as well as short-term forecasting of related factors for the Palestinian territory until the year 2015. The base year used for this projection is the 1997 census count of the de jure population for the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The main purpose of the paper is to provide some indication of the future size of the population and of various population-related factors.