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The Western Wall (also known as the Wailing Wall or Buraq Wall) is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem that Herod the Great erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple in 19 B.C. The wall is now part of a larger wall around the Muslim Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqṣā Mosque. This photo depicts Jewish pilgrims in prayer.
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Geography

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Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for the West Bank. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Current account balance

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