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Country
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Israel | 
Croatia |
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Leader
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Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
|
President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
|
|
Population
|
7,590,758
| 4,480,043
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
81.070 years
| 75.990 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Jerusalem
| Zagreb
|
|
Largest city
|
| Jerusalem (population: 714,000) | Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.93
| 0.862
|
| GDP per capita |
$31,400 US
| $18,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.1%
| 98.1%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6
| 4.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.2%
| 20.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Sammy Ofer & family ($4.0bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
5.600%
| 17.700%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| presidential/parliamentary democracy
|
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Independence date
|
14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
| 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
|
| Religions |
Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
| Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
| Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
| transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
|
| External Debt |
$102,300,000,000 $
| $66,300,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar - 3.56 (2008 est.), 4.14 (2007), 4.4565 (2006), 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004)
| kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
7.300%
| 2.390%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 5
|
| Location |
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
|
| Area |
20,770 km sq
| 56,594 km sq
|
| Coastline |
273 km
| 5,835 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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