Also known as
  • ארץ הקודש,
  • ישראל,
  • The Holy Land
Israel (, ; , ) officially the State of Israel (Hebrew: , ; , ), is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. The West Bank and Gaza Strip are also adjacent. With a population of about 7.28 million, the majority of whom are Jew, Israel is the world's only Jewish state. It is... full article at wikipedia
Country
ISO 3166-2 Code
FIPS 10-4 Region Code
Official symbols
Date founded
  • May 14, 1948
Date dissolved
Population
number
date
  • 6,426,679
  • Jul 2007
GDP (nominal)
currency
amount
valid date
  • 154,300,000,000.0
  • 2007
GDP (nominal per capita)
currency
amount
valid date
  • 22,073.0
  • 2007
Religions
religion
percent of population
  • 75.5
CO2 emissions - total
CO2 emissions - residential
CO2 emissions - commercial
CO2 emissions - industrial
CO2 emissions - mobile
Automobiles per capita
Places exported to