Palestine
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Asia.
- Capital (in our quizzes)
- Ramallah or East Jerusalem
- Also known as
- State of Palestine
- Continent
- Asia
More Asia quizzes - Region
- the Middle East
- Land neighbours
- Egypt, Israel, Jordan
- Population
- 5,413,596 (2025)
- Total area
- 6,025 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 31.9° N, 35.2° E
Palestine at a glance
Palestine is in Asia, in the Middle East. Our capitals quizzes accept Ramallah and East Jerusalem. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Egypt, Israel and Jordan.
Flag of Palestine
Palestine’s flag is drawn in the proportions 1:2 (height to width), like 51 other flags in our quizzes.
Jordan and Palestine: black, white and green bands with a red triangle at the hoist; only Jordan’s triangle carries a white star.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include the flag most like it in layout and colour: Jordan.
Palestine in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Asia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 5,413,596 | 122ndof 195 | 37thof 48 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 6,025 km² | 163rdof 194 | 44thof 48 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $17.17B | 133rdof 182 | 38thof 42 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $3,171 | 132ndof 182 | 32ndof 42 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 69.2 years | 137thof 195 | 43rdof 48 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 3.25 | 48thof 195 | 5thof 48 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $346 | 105thof 191 | 22ndof 47 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 87.4% | 29thof 195 | 10thof 48 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 1.7% | 174thof 191 | 40thof 47 |
No figure is published for Palestine on internet users and CO₂ per person.
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Palestine compared with its neighbours
Quizzes featuring Palestine
Map quizzes
Flag, outline and capital quizzes
- Flags of the World
- Country Shapes
- World Capitals
- Guess the Flag
- Guess the Capital
- Flags of Asia
- Capitals of Asia
- Asia Country Shapes
- Capitals of the Middle East
New every day: Daily Country Shape and Daily Higher or Lower. All daily puzzles
Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Palestine · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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