Area > Comparative to US places
slightly smaller than New Jersey
slightly smaller than California
DEFINITION:
This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land
6.4%
64%
DEFINITION:
Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO
SOURCE:
FAO
Ranked 159th.
Ranked 16th. 9 times more than Israel
Irrigated land (per capita)
0.3 sq km
per 1,000 people
0.2 sq km
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 67th in 2003. 43% more than Japan
Ranked 80th in 2003.
Land area > sq. km
21,640
364,500
DEFINITION:
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes."
SOURCE:
Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.
Ranked 144th in 2008.
Ranked 59th in 2008. 16 times more than Israel
Land use > arable land
15.45 %
11.64 %
DEFINITION:
The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 77th in 2005. 33% more than Japan
Ranked 97th in 2005.
Land use > other
80.67 %
87.46 %
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 157th in 2005.
Ranked 125th in 2005. 8% more than Israel
Land use > permanent crops
3.88 %
0.9 %
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 63rd in 2005. 3 times more than Japan
Ranked 119th in 2005.
Largest city population
1,976,000
26,959,000
DEFINITION:
The population of the country's largest city
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 53rd.
Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Israel
Largest city with population
Jerusalem - 704,900
Tokyo - 12,527,115
DEFINITION:
Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook , City Population , CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer , Official government websites.
Location
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
DEFINITION:
The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Maritime claims > territorial sea
12 nautical mile
12 nautical mile
DEFINITION:
territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 50th in 2005.
Ranked 31st in 2005.
northernmost point > Latitude
33°17'N
45°31'N
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point
Population density
282.82 people per sqkm
336.72 people per sqkm
DEFINITION:
People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
SOURCE:
Heal The World Foundation.
Ranked 39th.
Ranked 31st. 19% more than Israel
Population density > people per sq. km
319.94 people/m²
350.55 people/m²
DEFINITION:
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 25th in 2005.
Ranked 21st in 2005. 10% more than Israel
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
183.46 people/km² of arable lan
1,002.26 people/km² of arable lan
DEFINITION:
Rural population density is the rural population divided by the arable land area. Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 40th in 2005.
Ranked 5th in 2005. 4 times more than Israel
Capital city with population
Jerusalem - 704,900
Tokyo - 12,527,115
DEFINITION:
Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook , City Population , CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer , Official government websites.
Surface area > sq. km
km²
km²
DEFINITION:
Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked th in 1970.
Ranked th in 1970.
tallest mountains > Mountain
Har Meron or Mount Hermon
Mount Fuji
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country
Terrain
Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
mostly rugged and mountainous
DEFINITION:
A brief description of the topography
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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