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Country
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Israel | 
Luxembourg |
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Leader
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Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
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Head of state: Grand Duke Henri Prime minister: Jean-Claude Juncker
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Population
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7,590,758
| 509,074
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Life Expectancy
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81.070 years
| 79.750 years
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Capital City
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Jerusalem
| Luxembourg
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Largest city
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| Jerusalem (population: 714,000) | Luxembourg (population: 76,684) |
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Human Development Index
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0.93
| 0.956
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| GDP per capita |
$31,400 US
| $81,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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97.1%
| 100%
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Corruption Perception Index
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6
| 8.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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14.2%
| 23.3%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Sammy Ofer & family ($4.0bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.600%
| 5.900%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
| 1839 (from the Netherlands)
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| Religions |
Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
| Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000)
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| Languages |
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
| Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)
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| Exports |
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
| machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass
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| External Debt |
$102,300,000,000 $
| $2,146,000,000,000 US
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| 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)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
7.300%
| 0.900%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
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| Location |
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
| Western Europe, between France and Germany
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| Area |
20,770 km sq
| 2,586 km sq
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| Coastline |
273 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
| modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
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