Israel

Presentation

Capital: Jerusalem (Sit of the Government); Tel Aviv (Economic capital)

Population

Total Population (million): 7,038.60

Annual growth rate: 1.65%

Density: 325 inhab./km²

Urban population: 91.62%

Population of Main cities : Jerusalem (729100); Tel Aviv (382500); Haifa (267000); Rishon Leziyyon (221500); Ashdod (203300); Beer Sheva (185300)

Ethnic Origins: 75.6% Jews and 24.4% non Jews (Mostly Arabs 20% and others 4.4 %).

Official Language: In Israel the official languages are Hebrew and Arabic. The national language of Jews is modern Hebrew, but since only 60 % of the Jewish population was born in Israel, this language is not the mother tongue of nearly half of the population.

Other languages spoken: Jews speak other languages like English, French, Russian, or Yiddish. English is considered as the main foreign language in Israel (main language for international communication), followed by French. Russian is the third important foreign language of the country. Finally, Yiddish is spoken by around 500 000 speakers. Moreover, a large number of other languages are spoken by the Jews originally from Latin America or Central Europe: Spanish,Romanian, Hungarian, German, Polish, Persian, Amharic and Tigrinia

Business language: English

Religion: 75.6% Jews and 24.4% non Jews (mostly Arabs 20%, others 4.4%).

Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem

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Country overview

Area: 22,070 km²

Type of State: Israel (official name: State of Israel) is a state-nation based on a parliamentary democracy, apart from the military administration in the occupied Palestinian territories. This is the only Jewish state in the world.

Type of economy: High-income economy, Emerging Financial Market
The country has the world's greatest number of start-ups; considerable spending on research and development.

HID*: 0.932

HDI (world rank): 23/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Jerusalem

F° | C°

28°

Low: 13° | High: 21°

Humidity: 20% | Wind: 28 km/h
Sunrise: 5:58 am | Sunset: 4:47 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Israel, dial 00
To call in Israel, dial 972

Internet suffix: .il

Computers: 73.4 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 43.9 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 54.6 per 100 inhabitants