Israel is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. Cyprus is an island country located in the eastern Mediterranean sea. Today in this article we will discuss the comparison between Cyprus and Israel regarding different aspects.
Size
Is Cyprus bigger than Israel?
The total area of Cyprus is 9,251 km2 and the total area of Israel is 22,145 km2. Cyprus is smaller than Israel by 12,894 km2. Cyprus is almost 2.4 times smaller than Israel.
Area of Israel: 8,630 sq mi ( 22,145 km2 )
Area of Cyprus: 3,572 sq mi ( 9,251 km2 )
Population
As per the Worldometer data, the current population of Israel estimated as of 7th December 2020 is 8,716,035.
According to the data from Worldometer, the current population of Cyprus estimated as of 7th December 2020 is 1,211,238.
Here is some more data comparison between Cyprus and Israel.
The capital city of Cyprus is Nicosia and the capital of Israel is Jerusalem.
Official Languages
Cyprus: Greek and Turkish
Israel: Hebrew
Human Development Index
HDI of Cyprus as of 2018: 0.873
HDI of Israel as of 2018: 0.906
Cyprus Timezone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Israel Timezone:
UTC + 2 (Israel Standard Time)
UTC + 3 (Israel Daylight Time) or Israel Summer Time
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Cyprus:
35° 0′ 0″ N, 33° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Israel:
31° 0′ 0″ N, 35° 0′ 0″ E
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