🇵🇸 West Bank
Middle East
Page last updated: August 22, 2025
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Introduction
Geography
People and Society
Environment
Government
Economy
Energy
Communications
Transportation
Military and Security
Terrorism
Transnational Issues
Introduction
Background
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Geography
Location
Geographic coordinates
Map references
Area
Area - comparative
Land boundaries
Coastline
Maritime claims
Climate
Terrain
Elevation
Natural resources
Land use
Irrigated land
Major lakes (area km²)
Population distribution
Natural hazards
Geography - note
People and Society
Population
Comparison rankings: total 135; female 136; male 136
Ethnic groups
Languages
Religions
Age structure
2024 population pyramid:
Dependency ratios
Median age
Population growth rate
Birth rate
Death rate
Net migration rate
Population distribution
Urbanization
Sex ratio
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate
Gross reproduction rate
Drinking water source
Health expenditure
Physician density
Hospital bed density
Sanitation facility access
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
Child marriage
Education expenditure
Literacy
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Environment
Environmental issues
Climate
Land use
Urbanization
Carbon dioxide emissions
Particulate matter emissions
Waste and recycling
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Government
Country name
National heritage
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
Real GDP growth rate
Real GDP per capita
GDP (official exchange rate)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
Comparison rankings: services 101; industry 152; agriculture 105
GDP - composition, by end use
Agricultural products
Industries
Industrial production growth rate
Labor force
Unemployment rate
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
Population below poverty line
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Remittances
Budget
Taxes and other revenues
Current account balance
Exports
Exports - partners
Exports - commodities
Imports
Imports - partners
Imports - commodities
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Exchange rates
Energy
Electricity access
Electricity
Comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 97; imports 37; consumption 118; installed generating capacity 157
Electricity generation sources
Coal
Petroleum
Energy consumption per capita
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
Telephones - mobile cellular
Broadcast media
Internet country code
Internet users
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Transportation
Airports
Heliports
Military and Security
Military and security forces
Military expenditures
Military and security service personnel strengths
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
Military - note
Terrorism
Terrorist group(s)
Transnational Issues
Refugees and internally displaced persons
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Introduction
Geography
People and Society
Environment
Government
Economy
Energy
Communications
Transportation
Military and Security
Terrorism
Transnational Issues