"Hi everyone, my name is John! I live in Jerusalem, Israel. Since 74.8% of the population is Jewish, it is most likely that I am a Jewish man, which I am. The rest of the population is made up of people of the Muslim (17.6%) Christian (2%) and Druze (1.6%) faith, with the last 4% being other. So without further ado, let's dive into my beautiful country. The information that will be given will also help determine if Israel is a developing or developed country. A developed a country, is is a country that has a highly developed economy and technological

infrastructure meaning that they have their fair amount of money and modern equipment. A developing country, is one that is not as rich or developed as those that are, they don't have much money nor technology.

To start off, let's look at the population pyramid. A population pyramid, is a visual that shows how many people of certain ages there are in a specific region, a population pyramid is also separated into two halves. The blue half normally represents the male population, and the pink side is for the female population. According to this graph, it seems that the two sexes have about the same amount of people of each age, so they're pretty evened out, with only a couple of tenths of difference. The population pyramid can tell us a lot about the country, such as

life expectancy. Life expectancy, is the estimated amount of years a newborn is expected to live. According to this population pyramid, the life expectancy is about 82 to 84 years, which is a pretty good age.

Not only that, but this visual can also tell us that there is a steady dependency ratio. A dependency ratio This ratio compares the number of people too young or too old to work with the country’s working age population. A low dependency ratio means that workers have few dependents to support. A high dependency ratio means that there are a lot of young and old people for workers to support.

Not only that, but this visual can also tell us that there is a steady dependency ratio. A dependency ratio This ratio compares the number of people too young or too old to work with the country’s working age population. A low dependency ratio means that workers have few dependents to support. A high dependency ratio means that there are a lot of young and old people for workers to support. Israel's dependency ration is 64.2, meaning that there are 64.2 people either too old or young to work per 1000 people.

Next up, is the life and death rates. There are actually two indicators for death, one being C.D.R or Crude Death Rate. Crude Death Rate, is the term used to describe the amount of deaths in general. This includes children, adults and seniors per one thousand people. The next term is I.M.R or Infant Mortality Rate, this is the number of deaths of infants that die before the age of one again, per one thousand (births). Then there's C.B.R. or Crude Birth Rate, the term to describe the number of births per one thousand people. Israel's I.M.R is:  3.4

deaths/1,000 live births. Their C.D.R is: 5.2 deaths/1,000 population  and their C.B.R is: 18.1 births/1,000 population. While it seems that these are just numbers, the C.D.R and C.B.R serve for a very important purpose, and that is to indicate the natural increase.

Natural increase, is the increase in the number of individuals in a population and is determined by subtracting the C.D.R from the C.B.R. For Israel, we would subtract 5.2 from 18.1, which would give us a natural increase of 12.9/1000 population.  Zero population growth, is the opposite of natural increase and is discovered when the C.B.R is equal or less than the C.D.R. In this case, Israel is not one of the countries with a zero growth population.

Natural increase, is the growth rate of a population determined by subtracting the C.D.R from the C.B.R. If calculated, Israel's natural increase is 12.9/1000 population. The opposite of natural increase is called zero population growth and is identified when the C.B.R is equal to or less than the C.D.R. Another thing that is important to know is the population density, which is the number of people living on a square mile of land. Population density could tell us how crowded the people of a region are, it is calculated by investigating the population and

dividing it by the amount of square miles there are in a region. For Israel, the population is 8,323,248 and the amount of square miles is 12906, this makes the population density equal 645 people per square mile, which isn't bad compared to the U.S.A which has 1,205 people per square mile.

But it doesn't end there, now we investigate more about Israel by learning the literacy rate, consumption, GDP Per Capita (PPP), happiness, and poverty. To start off, the literacy rate of a country is referring to what percentage of the population can read and write. For Israel, the literacy rate is 97.8%, so nearly everyone can. Next up is consumption, which means using up of goods and services (add on to this). GDP, stands for Gross Domestic Product, which is the total value of goods and services that a country produces in a year, "per capita" only means "per

person". GDP Per Capita, is the goods and services each person produces in a year, and is calculated by dividing the country's total GDP by the population. In Israel's case, the GDP Per Capita is 35,200$ per person, per year. Then there's the poverty line, the poverty line is the percentage of people who cannot afford the most basic of needs. The latest update on the global poverty line states that it stands at $1.90, 22% of Israel's people live under that line.