Western Asia
Israel
State of Israel
Core facts
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Population
- 10,134,800
- Area
- 21,937 km^2
- Country code
- ISR
- Flag emoji
- 🇮🇱
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 462.0 per km^2
- Calling code
- +972
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic, Hebrew
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- إسرائيل, ישראל
- Demonyms (EN)
- Israeli / Israeli
- Start of week
- sunday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Alternative spellings
- IL, State of Israel, Medīnat Yisrā'el
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 31.47, 35.13
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- EGY, JOR, LBN, PSE, SYR
- Border countries count
- 5
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Israeli new shekel (₪)
- Top-level domain
- .il
- FIFA code
- ISR
- Capital coordinates
- 31.77, 35.23
- Postal code format
- #####
- Gini index
- 39 (2016)
- Coat of arms
