IRELAND (Continued)
Major trade partners: 74.1% EC (42.7% UK); 8.0% US and Canada
Budget: (1980 actual) 3,702 million pounds expenditures, 3,155 million pounds revenues, 547 million pounds deficit, public sector borrowing requirement 1,316 million pounds; (1981 est.) 4,719 million pounds expenditures, 3,932 million pounds revenues, 787 million pounds deficit, public sector borrowing requirement 1,637 million pounds
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Irish pound=US$2.0580 (1980 average)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 2,190 km 1.600-meter gauge, government owned
Highways: 92,294 km total; 87,422 km surfaced, 4,872 km gravel or crushed stone
Inland waterways: approximately 1,000 km
Ports: 6 major, 38 minor
Civil air: 36 major transport aircraft, including 2 leased in and 4 out
Airfields: 38 total, 37 usable; 9 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: small, modern system using cable and radio-relay circuits; 586,000 telephones (17.2 per 100 popl.); 15 AM, 14 FM, and 59 TV stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables; planned satellite station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 807,000; 662,000 fit for military service; about 33,000 reach military age (17) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1981, $222 million; about 4.0% of the central government budget
ISRAEL
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NOTE: the Arab territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war are not included in the data below unless indicated; the occupied Gaza Strip (360 km2) was administered from 1948 to June 1967 by Egypt but not claimed as sovereign territory; Israel relinquished control of the Sinai to Egypt on 25 April 1982
LAND
20,720 km2 (excluding about 26,331 km2 of occupied territory in Jordan, Egypt, Syria, and Gaza as of January 1982); 20% cultivated, 40% pastureland and meadows, 4% forested, 4% desert, waste, or urban, 3% inland water, 29% unsurveyed (mostly desert)
Land boundaries: 1,036 km (before 1967 war); including occupied areas, approximately 1,050 km (as of January 1982)
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 nm
Coastline: 273 km (before 1967 war); including occupied areas, approximately 400 km (January 1982)
PEOPLE
Population: 3,916,000, excluding East Jerusalem (July 1982), average annual growth rate 1.9%
Nationality: noun—Israeli(s); adjective—Israeli
Ethnic divisions: 85% Jews, 15% non-Jews (mostly Arabs)
Religion: 85% Judaism, 11% Islam, 4% Christian and other
Language: Hebrew official; Arabic used officially for Arab minority; English most commonly used foreign language
Literacy: 88% Jews, 48% Arabs
Labor force: 1,318,000; 6.3% agriculture, forestry and fishing; 23.5% industry, mining, and manufacturing; 1.0% electricity and water; 6.3% construction and public works; 11.6% commerce; 6.9% transport, storage, and communications; 8.2% finance and business; 29.3% public services; 6.1% personal and other services (1980)
