The Gaza Strip and the West Bank make up the Palestinian territories.
The Gaza Strip, centre of the world's attention as Israel and Hamas fight, is a 12km-wide enclave between Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. For context, 12km is about the distance of a direct route from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the runways of the city's airport which extend into Botany Bay, or Flinders Street station in Melbourne to Altona Beach.
That's more than four times those living in the Australian capital, or about as many as Brisbane. This makes the Gaza Strip one of the most densely populated places on the planet, with 6,507 people in every square kilometre on average, around the same as Hong Kong. Australia's population density is 3.5 people per square kilometre. The median age is 18, according to the CIA's World Factbook, while Australia's is 37.5, and the life expectancy at birth is 75.
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