Gaza Strip · Palestinian Territory
Rafaḩ population
126,305people · latest figure
Rafaḩ has a population of 126,305, making it the 6th largest place we list in Palestinian Territory. It is in Gaza Strip.
Rafaḩ holds 2.2% of Palestinian Territory's 5,692,790 people. Gaza, the largest place we list there, is 3.2 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 131,335, a fall of 4%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Jabālyā | Gaza Strip | 168,568 |
| Hebron | West Bank | 160,470 |
| Nablus | West Bank | 130,326 |
| Dayr al Balaḩ | Gaza Strip | 59,504 |
| Bayt Lāhyā | Gaza Strip | 56,919 |
| Battir | West Bank | 56,746 |
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Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.