VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — ASIA
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ISRAEL
State of Israel
IL · ISR
INDEPENDENT 1948
LOWEST LAND ELEVATION ON EARTH (DEAD SEA)
POPULATION
10.0M
AREA
20,770 km²
CAPITAL
Jerusalem
CURRENCY
ILS
GDP / CAPITA
$54,000
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Mount Meron, 1,208 m
LOWEST POINT
Dead Sea, −430 m
COASTLINE
273 km
LAND BORDERS
1,068 km, 4 countries
TERRAIN
Coastal plain, central hills, the Jordan Rift Valley, and the Negev desert in the south.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
31.77°N, 35.22°E
TIME ZONE
IST, UTC+2 — observes daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
Syria
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Parliamentary republic
RELIGION
Judaism, ~73%; Islam, ~18%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
83 years
HDI
0.919 — Very high (rank 22)
LANGUAGES
HebrewOFFICIAL
ArabicWIDELY SPOKEN
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
High-technology & software
Diamond cutting & polishing
Pharmaceuticals
Defense electronics
TOP EXPORTS
Diamonds
Electronic components
Pharmaceuticals
Machinery
TOP IMPORTS
Crude petroleum
Machinery
Rough diamonds
LAND USE
Agricultural, 24%
Forest, 7%
Other, 69%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
2.9M
1970
3.9M
1980
4.7M
1990
6.3M
2000
7.6M
2010
9.2M
2020
9.9M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY SET