ACOG - Palestine  - IBM

Geography

Location: Middle East, west of Jordan

Area:
total area: 5,860 sq km
land area: 5,640 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Delaware

Land boundaries: total 404 km, Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 1,319,991 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (female 293,269; male 308,775)
15-64 years: 51% (female 335,193; male 337,722)
65 years and over: 3% (female 25,759; male 19,273)

Population growth rate: 3.5% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 39.83 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 4.84 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 29.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.42 years
male: 69.91 years
female: 73 years

Total fertility rate: 5.34 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%

Religions: Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%

Languages: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers), English (widely understood)

Literacy: NA%
total population:
male:
female:


Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: West Bank

Type:

Capital:

Independence:

Constitution:


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4 billion

National product real growth rate:

National product per capita: $2,800

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.8%

Unemployment rate: 35%

Electricity:
capacity:
production: NA kWh
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Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).