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Israel vs Pakistan
How Israel and Pakistan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Israel was higher: 82.4 years against 67.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Israel was higher: $42,600 against $1,669
- Population · In 2023, Pakistan was higher: 248 million people against 9.26 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Israel was higher: 7.81% of GDP against 2.91% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Israel was higher: 5.77 tonnes against 0.81 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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