Israel vs United Kingdom

United Kingdom is 11 times larger than Israel — 243,610 against 21,937 km². United Kingdom is 6.9 times more populous than Israel — 69,487,000 against 10,122,800 people.

Side by side

Population density

Israel is 1.6 times more densely populated than United Kingdom — 461 against 285 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

Practical differences

• They drive on opposite sides — Israel on the right, United Kingdom on the left.
• Different currencies: the Israeli new shekel and the British pound.
• Different continents — Asia and Europe.

Israel

The Dead Sea shore is the lowest exposed land on Earth, about 430 m below sea level, and the water is around ten times saltier than the ocean. Israel recycles a higher share of its wastewater than any other country — roughly 85 percent — and most drinking water now comes from Mediterranean desalination.

United Kingdom

Made up of Great Britain, the north-east of Ireland and around 6,000 smaller islands. No point in the UK is more than about 113 km from the sea. Ben Nevis, the highest point, is 1,345 m, which is modest — but the country has around 31,000 km of coastline once every inlet is counted.

Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.