Comparing Israel to Other Countries or Religions

Nadene Goldfoot                                                         

1. There are anywhere from 49 to 56 Islamic majority countries in the world.
2. There are....................... 49 Roman Catholic countries.
3. There are ......................20 Protestant countries.
4. There are.......................12 Eastern Orthodox countries.
5. There are.........................4 Hindu countries.
6. There is...........................1 Jewish country which is Israel.

Israel's size is about 1/8th of 1% of the size of the Arab world.
There are 6 million Jews in Israel. (6,000,000)
There are 300 million Middle Eastern Arabs and Muslims. (300,000,000)
Ratio of Arabs to Jews is 300: 6.

It takes 1,000 thousand to make a million        (1,000,000)
It takes 1,000 million to make a  billion.   (1,000,000,000)

Christianity...................2 billion people
Islam............................1.3 billion people
Hinduism........................  900 million people
Buddhism.........................360 million people
Judaism                              14 million people
There are                       16% of world population as non-religious.
There are                         2.01% of atheists in the world.

                 SIZE OF COUNTRY

1. Lebanon covers..........  4,014 square miles
2. Israel covers.............. 8,019 square miles.
3. El Salvador................  .8,123   "        "
4. New Jersey, USA ......  8,729   "        "
5. Taiwan......................  13,731  "        "
6. Jordan.......................  35,480  "        "
7. United Kingdom.......  .94,525  "        " Oregon is a little larger, add Lebanon and you have it.
8. California, USA.......  158,302  "        "
9. Iraq.........................  168,753  "       " about twice the size of Idaho
10.. Syria.......................185,180  "         "
11. France.................... 211,209 "         "
12.  Turkey....................300,000 "         "
13. Egypt.....................  386,874 "        "
14. Iran......................    636,374 "         "
 15.Libya....................   679,362 "        "
16. Saudi Arabia........    756,981 "         "

POPULATION

1. Egypt........       79,089,650
2. Iran..........        76,923,300
3. Turkey......       73,722,988
4. Iraq..........       31,234,000
5. Saudi Arabia...27,601,038
6. Syria...............22,505,000
7. Israel................8,700,000
8. Libya................6,173,579
9. Jordan..............5,568,565
10. Lebanon.........4,196,453
                                               

                                     Ofra Haza born in Yemen, Israeli singer

1948 and 2000 population of Jews in Middle East

1. Morocco   265,000.......5,800
2. Iraq           150,000.......   100
3. Algeria       140,000.........100
4. Tunisia        105,000.....1,500
5. Iran............100,000.. 12,000-40,000 (not allowed to leave)
6. Egypt...........75,000........200
7. Yemen.........55,000....... 200
8. Libya...........38,000............0
9. Syria............30,000..........10
10. Lebanon....20,000........100

1948:  160,000 Arabs who lived within Israel's borders stayed and did not leave their homes.  They became Israeli citizens.  They had not listened to Arab leaders to leave.
 2006:  There were  1,250,000.
 2014:  There are     1,700,000 or 1.7 million.
Israel's population is made up of 6 million Jews and 1.7 million Arabs.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim-majority-countries
Israel 101-geography-politics-zionism-history-people-culture, produced by StandWithUs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism