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title: "Palestine — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Palestine: capital Ramallah, area 6,220 km², population 5,413,596 (2025), currency Israeli new shekel. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/palestine/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Palestine

**Palestine: Capital Ramallah**

6,220 km² · 5,413,596 people (2025) · Israeli new shekel

The territory is in two separate parts: the West Bank, about 5,860 km², and the Gaza Strip, about 360 km². The West Bank includes the northern shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest exposed land on Earth at roughly 430 m below sea level. Jericho, in the Jordan Valley, is among the oldest continuously inhabited settlements known, with remains going back around 11,000 years.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Ramallah
- **Area:** 6,220 km² — 2,402 sq mi
- **Population:** 5,413,596 (2025)
- **Density:** 870.4 people per km²
- **Currency:** Israeli new shekel (ILS, ₪)
- **Official language:** Arabic
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +970
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** PS · PSE
- **Continent:** Asia

> The political status of Palestine is disputed; this page does not address it and covers only the geographic and statistical facts.

## How it compares

- **By area:** 167 of 200
- **By population:** 124 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cyprus | 9,251 | 1,370,754 |
| Puerto Rico | 9,104 | 3,184,835 |
| Palestine ← | 6,220 | 5,413,596 |
| Brunei | 5,765 | 466,330 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 | 1,367,764 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Palestine?

Ramallah

### What currency does Palestine use?

The Israeli new shekel (ILS).

### How big is Palestine?

6,220 km², or 2,402 square miles — 167 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Palestine drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Cyprus](https://atoneplace.net/country/cyprus/)
- [Puerto Rico](https://atoneplace.net/country/puerto-rico/)
- [Brunei](https://atoneplace.net/country/brunei/)
- [Trinidad and Tobago](https://atoneplace.net/country/trinidad-and-tobago/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
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- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]