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Palestine: map and facts
Palestine is in Western Asia. It has about 5.41 million people (2025). It covers 6,025 km². That is about 899 people per km². The longest river on its map is the Jordan, 252 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 5,413,596 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 6,025 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital not shown: its status is disputed.
- Forest: 1.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Palestine, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Jordan: 252 km
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 34.3%, grassland 26.5%, open shrubland 18.7%, bare ground 12.6%, towns and cities 5.2%, water 2.5%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 55.9%, mountains 37.1%, plains 7%.
Forests covered 1.8% of its land in 2024, up from 1.5% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Palestine shares land borders with Egypt, Israel and Jordan on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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