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Israel - Middle East



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
6,426,679
total population: 79.59 years
male: 77.44 years
female: 81.85 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004)Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
LanguagesLiteracy
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign languagedefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 97.3%
female: 93.6% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
parliamentary democracy Jerusalem
IndependanceNational day
14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)Independence Day, 14 May (1948); note - Israel declared independence on 14 May 1948, but the Jewish calendar is lunar and the holiday may occur in April or May
ConstitutionLegal system
no formal constitution; some of the functions of a constitution are filled by the Declaration of Establishment (1948), the Basic Laws of the parliament (Knesset), and the Israeli citizenship law; note - since May 2003 the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee of the Knesset has been working on a draft constitutionmixture of English common law, British Mandate regulations, and, in personal matters, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legal systems; in December 1985, Israel informed the UN Secretariat that it would no longer accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$140.3 billion (2006 est.)4.5% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$26,200 (2006 est.)8.3% (30 September 2006)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
21.6% (2005)-0.1% (2006)
ExportsImports
$42.86 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$47.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$28.2 billion (2006 est.)new Israeli shekel (ILS);
Military expenditures
7.3% (2006)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon 20,770 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areastimber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
7.757 million (2005).il
Internet hostsInternet users
1.252 million (2006)3.7 million (2006)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
53 (2006)853 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
17,446 km gas 193 km; oil 442 km; refined products 261 km (2006)