Arab-Israeli conflict facts, figures, and statistics

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Comparative statistics Israel and Arab countries, with the Netherlands as a comparable index.

Country	Area (1,000s km²)	Population, 2005 est. (millions)	GDP per capita (US$)	Freedom House rating[1]	Infant mortality (deaths / 1000 births)	Total fertility (births / female)	HDI	Military expenses, 2003 est. (billions US$)	Palestinian refugee[2] (2005)	Jewish exodus[3] (1948 / 2001)	Jewish population, 2001 est
Netherlands	41.53	16.41	$38,600	Free	5.04	1.65	0.947 (10th)	9.41

Country	Area	Population	GDP per capita	FH rating	Infant mortality	Total fertility	HDI	Military expenses	Palestinian refugees	Jewish exodus	Jewish population
Israel	22.07	7.28	$28,800	Free	7.03	2.84	0.927 (23rd)	9.11	276,000
West Bank	5.87	2.80	$1,100	Not	19.62	4.90	0.736 (100th)		665,000
Gaza Strip	0.36	1.38	$1,100	Partly	22.93	6.42	0.736 (100th)		923,000
Jordan	92.30	5.73	$4,700	Partly	17.35	3.29	0.760 (86th)	1.46	2,540,000
Lebanon	10.45	3.83	$10,400	Partly	24.52	2.05	0.774 (78th)	0.54	695,000	5 - 20,000	100
Egypt	1001.45	77.51	$5,400	Not	32.59	3.07	0.702 (111th)	2.44	70,000	75,000	100
Syria	185.18	18.45	$4,500	Not	29.53	3.95	0.716 (107th)	0.86	584,000	15 - 30,000	100
Iraq	438.31	26.08	$3,600	Not	50.25	4.75	N/A			135,000	200
Yemen	527.97	20.73	$2,400	Partly	61.50	6.97	0.492 (150th)	0.89		53,000	200
Libya	1759.54	5.77	$13,100	Not	24.60	3.64	0.818 (56th)	1.30		35,000	0
Algeria	2381.74	32.53	$8,100	Not	31.00	2.72	0.728 (102nd)	2.48		140,000	0
Morocco	446.55	32.73	$3,800	Partly	41.62	3.05	0.640 (123rd)	2.30		265,000	5,230
Kuwait	17.82	2.87	$55,300	Partly	9.95	3.20	0.891 (33rd)	2.58
Bahrain	0.67	0.69	$34,700	Partly	17.72	3.00	0.866 (41st)	0.63		600	34
Comoros	2.17	0.60	$710	Partly	74.93	5.26	0.556 (132nd)	0.01
Djibouti	23.00	0.48	$1,000	Partly	104.13	6.00	0.494 (148th)	0.03
Mauritania	1030.70	3.09	$1,800	Partly	70.89	6.00	0.486 (153rd)	0.02
Oman	212.46	3.00	$19,100	Not	19.51	6.00	0.814 (58th)	0.25
Qatar	10.36	0.86	$75,900	Not	18.61	3.00	0.875 (35th)	0.84
Somalia	637.66	8.59	$600	Not	116.70	7.00	N/A	0.02
United Arab Emirates	83.60	4.30	$55,200	Not	14.51	3.00	0.868 (39th)	1.60
Sudan	2505.81	40.19	$1,360	Not	62.50	5.00	0.516 (141st)	0.50
Tunisia	163.61	10.08	$6,500	Not	24.77	1.99	0.760 (87th)	0.36		50 - 105,000	1,000
Saudi Arabia	1960.60	26.42	$20,700	Not	13.24	6.25	0.812 (61st)	18.00	240,000
Iran	1648	65.3	$12,300	Not			0.759 (94th)			100,000 - 150,000	25,000
Afghanistan				Partly						5,000	1
Pakistan				Not						2,000

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[edit] Notes

1. The UNRWA defines Palestinian refugee as a person "whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict" and includes their descendants in the male line, as well as persons in need of support who first became refugees as a result of the 1967 conflict. According to the UN Conciliation Commission, the number of Palestinian refugees in 1949 was 711,000 (see also Estimates of the Palestinian Refugee flight of 1948). As of 31 March 2005, there were 4,255,120 Palestinian refugees registered with the UNRWA.^[2]
2. Approximately two-thirds of 758,000—866,000 of the Jews expelled or who fled from Arab lands after 1948 were absorbed and naturalized by the State of Israel.
3. Freedom House, while it does not give a rating for singular rating for either the West Bank or Gaza Strip, does provide two ratings for the region based on different division^[1]: the "Israeli-Occupied Territories" is rated "Not Free" and the "Palestinian Authority-Administered Territories" is rated as "Partly Free."
4. After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, most of the Jewish population in Arab countries fled, were expelled, were coerced by Arab governments, or voluntarily left their homes because of an increasing climate of hostility, with nearly 66% absorbed by Israel (within 1949 armistice lines).
5. Kuwait expelled most of its 400,000 Palestinian refugees after the 1991 Gulf War.^[4]
6. The HDI provides an index for the "Occupied Palestinian Territories," meaning both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. List of countries by Human Development Index
7. Most Palestinian refugees absorbed by Israel receive Israeli citizenship. Most Palestinian refugees in Arab states are not citizens of their host state, nor are their children allowed to be, as regulated by the Arab League.

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[edit] Additional resources

1. Avneri, Arieh (1984). Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-87855-964-7 (p. 276)
2. page 966 from The Encyclopedia of World History Sixth Edition, Peter N. Stearns (general editor), © 2001 The Houghton Mifflin Company, at Bartleby.com.

[edit] External links

• If Americans Knew
• Resources >Modern Period>20th Cent.>History of Israel>State of Israel The Jewish History Resource Center, Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• CIA World Factbook
• UNRWA
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