Will the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip drop below 2,000,000 before 2025?
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Currently at 2.3 million, according to Wikipedia.

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bought Ṁ50 NO

It is incredibly unlikely.

The birth rate is very high. Usually population rises by 2% each year. Current death count would mean it would barely offset the expected increase.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine

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bought Ṁ20 YES

I think this market is about fairly priced. Of course Israel is not trying to ethnically cleanse Gaza, but from a 2.3M prewar population, the NYT estimates 100K people have fled and deaths are probably going to be around 50K. It's unlikely but not super unreasonable if 150K more people flee in the next few months because it gets much easier to flee, or if the number of people who fled is undercounted. I think 15% is about right.

bought Ṁ85 NO

What about people born? They have a fertility rate of like 20.

I feel like all of my profits are making money from correcting Gaza markets, and then I lose them all from making dumb bets on everything else. But at least there are a lot of Gaza markets

predicts YES

Is wikipedia going to be used to resolve the market?