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Palestine

31.9N 35.2E · 34 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
PALESTINIAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE · 15 NOVEMBER 1988
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1949 - present · Occupation, Dispossession, and the Present
13 EVENTS
5-10 June 1967 · Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza 2 REFS
15 November 1988 · Declaration of the State of Palestine 2 REFS
1917 - 1949 · The British Mandate and the Nakba
5 EVENTS
2 November 1917 · Balfour Declaration 2 REFS
1947-1949 · The Nakba 3 REFS
1516 - 1917 · Ottoman Palestine
3 EVENTS
1516-1517 · Ottoman conquest 1 REF
1882 onward · First waves of Zionist immigration 2 REFS
636 - 1516 · Islamic Palestine: Conquest, Caliphates, Crusades, and Mamluks
5 EVENTS
637-638 CE · Arab Muslim conquest of Jerusalem 2 REFS
1187 CE · Saladin retakes Jerusalem 2 REFS
332 BCE - 636 CE · Roman, Byzantine, and the Name "Palaestina"
4 EVENTS
332 BCE · Hellenistic conquest 1 REF
c. 135 CE · Province renamed Syria Palaestina 2 REFS
c. 3000 BCE - 332 BCE · Ancient Palestine: Canaan, the Philistines, and the Empires
4 EVENTS
c. 3000 BCE · Canaanite city-states of the Bronze Age 2 REFS
c. 12th century BCE · Arrival of the Philistines 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Ramallah
Population
4.5 m
Area
6,220 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Arabic
Currency
Egyptian pound (E£)
Demonym
Palestinian
UN member
No
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Economy

GDP
$17 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$3,171’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
4.3%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
9.8%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
74.8%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
5.4 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
69.2 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
87.4%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.3’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
97.9%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
33.3’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
33.8’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
30.0’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
47.5’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
39.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
36.3’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
10.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.17’18 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
37.9’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
89.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
80.6%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
97.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
5.4%’21 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
91.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
89.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
44.5%’23 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.5%’13 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
584’13 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
86.6%’23 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
77’23 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
1.8%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
6,025 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
1.7%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
64.9%’23 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
15.4%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Armed forces
0’20 WB-SIPRI

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ABSENCE ≠ ZERO
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