Israel
(Reguidit frae State o Israel)
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Coordinates: 31°N 35°E / 31°N 35°E
State o Israel | |
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Caipital and largest city |
Jerusalem (internaitionally unrecognised) 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E |
Offeecial leids | |
Ethnic groups (2016) | |
Releegion | |
Demonym | Israeli |
Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar republic |
• Preses | Reuven Rivlin |
Benjamin Netanyahu | |
Legislatur | Knesset |
Unthirldom | |
• Declared | 14 May 1948 |
11 May 1949 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 20,770–22,072 km2 (8,019–8,522 sq mi)[a] (149t) |
• Water | 440 km2 (170 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 2.1 |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 8,982,820[4] (98th) |
• 2008 census | 7,412,200[5] |
• Density | 395/km2 (1,023.0/sq mi) (34t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017[6] estimate |
• Total | $316.120 billion (54t) |
• Per capita | $36,379 (34t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017[6] estimate |
• Tot | $339.990 billion (34t) |
• Per capita | $39,126 (24t) |
Gini (2013) |
42.8[7] medium · 48t |
HDI (2015) |
![]() verra heich · 19th |
Currency | New shekel (₪) (ILS) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (IST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (IDT) |
Date format | |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +972 |
ISO 3166 code | IL |
Internet TLD | .il |
Wabsteid www | |
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Israel ['i:zrɛl] (Ebreu: יִשְרָאֵל, Yisra'el; Arabic: إسرائيل, Isrā'īl) is a kintra in the sooth-eastren Middle East that mairches Lebanon, Sirie, Jordan an Egyp. The caipital an muckle maist ceety is Jerusalem. Its watter mairch is the Mediterranean Sea tae the wast, the Reid Sea tae the sooth. It haes a population o ower 7,200,000 fowk.
Israel is a pairlamentary democracy. It is a daveloped kintra an haes the 52nt biggest economy in the warld.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Latest Population Statistics for Israel". Jewish Virtual Library. American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. January 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ "Israel". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ↑ Skolnik 2007, pp. 132–232
- ↑ "Home page". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ Population Census 2008 (PDF) (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". International Monetary Fund. April 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ "Distribution of family income – Gini index". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ↑ Human Development Index and its components (Report). United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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