Gaza City
Population
According to Ottoman tax records in 1557, Gaza had 2,477 male taxpayers. The statistics from 1596 show that Gaza's Muslim population consisted of 456 households, 115 bachelors, 59 religious persons, and 19 disabled persons.

Gaza City

Section Title: Population
Table Section Text: According to Ottoman tax records in 1557, Gaza had 2,477 male taxpayers. The statistics from 1596 show that Gaza's Muslim population consisted of 456 households, 115 bachelors, 59 religious persons, and 19 disabled persons.

Year	Population

1596	6,000

1838	15,000–16,000

1882	16,000

1897	36,000

1906	40,000

1914	42,000

1922	17,480

1931	17,046

1945	34,250

1982	100,272

1997	306,113

2007	469,687

2012	515,556

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Gaza had a population of 34,250 in 1945.

final_sentence: Gaza had a population of 34,250 in 1945.