By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
CANADA• Area: 9,984,670 sq km • Natural resources: iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, rare earth elements, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower • Population: 33,759,742 • Median age: 40.7 • Population growth rate: 0.804% • Life expectancy at birth: 81.29 years • Religions: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% • GDP per capita: $38,100 GDP by sector: agriculture: 2.3%, industry: 26.4%, services: 71.3% • Export partners: US 75.02%, UK 3.37%, China 3.09% • Import partners: US 51.1%, China 10.88%, Mexico 4.56%ISRAEL• Area: 22,072 sq km• Natural resources: timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand• Population: 7,353,985• Median age: 29.3 years• Population growth rate: 1.628%• Life expectancy at birth: 80.86 years• Religions: Jewish 75.5%, Muslim 16.8%, Christian 2.1%, Druze 1.7%, other 3.9%
• GDP per capita: $28,600• GDP by sectors: agriculture: 2.6%, industry: 32%, services: 65.4%• Export partners: US 35.05%, Hong Kong 6.02%, Belgium 4.95%• Import partners: US 12.35%, China 7.43%, Germany 7.1%, Switzerland 6.94%, Belgium 5.42%, Italy 4.49%, UK 4.03%, Netherlands(Source CIA World Factbook)