State of Israel| מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל(Hebrew) | دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل(Arabic) | | Medīnat Yisrā'el | Dawlat Isrāʼīl |
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Anthem: Hatikvah (הַתִּקְוָה; The Hope)
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Capital
(and largest city) | Jerusalem[a]
31°47′N35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E / 31.783; 35.217 |
| Official language(s) | Hebrew, Arabic[1] |
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| Ethnic groups (2011) | 75.3% Jewish
20.5% Arab
4.2% other[2] |
| Demonym | Israeli |
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| Government | Unitaryparliamentaryconstitutional republic[1] |
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| - | President | Shimon Peres |
| - | Prime Minister | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| - | Knesset Speaker | Reuven Rivlin |
| - | Supreme Court President | Asher Grunis |
| Legislature | Knesset |
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| Independence | from Mandatory Palestine |
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| - | Declaration | 14 May 1948 |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 20,770/22,072 km2 [1](154th)
8,019/8,522 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 2 |
| Population |
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| - | 2012 estimate | 7,879,500[2][3] (97th) |
| - | 2008 census | 7,412,200[2][4] |
| - | Density | 371/km2 (32nd)
961/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $235.222 billion[5] (50th) |
| - | Per capita | $30,975[5] (26th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $242.897 billion[5] (40th) |
| - | Per capita | $31,985[5] (27th) |
| Gini (2008) | 39.2[1] (69th) |
| HDI (2011) |  0.888 (very high) (17th) |
| Currency | Israeli new shekel (₪) (ILS) |
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| Time zone | IST(UTC+2) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | IDT (UTC+3) |
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
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| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | IL |
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| Internet TLD | .il |
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| Calling code | 972 |
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| 1 | ^ Excluding / Including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem; see below. |
| 2 | ^ Includes all permanent residents in Israel, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Also includes Israeli citizens living in the West Bank. Excludes non-Israeli population in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. |
| 3 | ^ * Israeli new shekel is the official currency of the State of Israel since 1 January 1986,
* Old Israeli shekel was the official currency of the State of Israel between 24 February 1980 and 31 December 1985,
* Israeli lira was the official currency of the State of Israel between August 1948 and 23 February 1980,
* Palestine pound was the official currency of the British Mandate from 1927 to 14 May 1948 and of the State of Israel between 15 May 1948 and August 1948,
* before 1927 the official currency of this area was the Ottoman lira until 1923, and in between 1923 and 1927 the Ottoman lira circulated alongside the Egyptian pound. |
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