Israel

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Name	Israel
Long name	State of Israel
Population (people)	7,412,200 (2008)
Population (source)	census
Constitutional form	Republic
Drives on	Right
Head of state authority	Ceremonial
Main continent	Asia
Number of airports	47
Airports - with paved runways	29
Airports - with unpaved runways	18
Area (m²)	22,380
Birth rate (births/1,000 population)	19
Calling code
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%)
Current Account Balance (US$)	191,000,000
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population)	6
Debt - external (Billion US$)	102
Economic aid donor (Billion $)
Electricity consumption (billion kWh)	47
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person)	6,213
Electricity exports (million kWh)	3,666
Electricity imports (million kWh)
Electricity production (billion kWh)	53
Exports (Billion $)	63
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$)	31,400
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $)	238
GDP real growth rate (%)	5
Gross national income (US$)	39
Human Development Index	1
Health expenditures (% of GDP)	10
Heliports	3
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%)	0
HIV AIDS deaths	100
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS	7,500
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population)	6
Capital city	Jerusalem
Currency	Israeli new shekel
Imports (Billion $)	72
Industrial production growth rate (%)	2
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)	4
Inflation rate consumer prices (%)	4
Internet hosts	2,179,000
Internet tld	.il
Internet users	4,525,000
Investment (gross fixed) (%)	20
Iso 3166 code	IL
ISO CODE	ISR
Labor force	3,204,000
Life expectancy at birth (years)	81
Literacy (%)	97
Manpower available for military service	1,797,960
Manpower fit for military service	1,517,510
Manpower reaching militarily age annually	62,304
Is democracy	Yes
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$)	145,000,005,632
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births)	7
Merchant marine	18
Military expenditures percent of GDP	7
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters)	3,249,999,872
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person)	428
Natural gas exports (cubic meters)	0
Natural gas imports (cubic meters)	1,700,000,000
Natural gas production (cubic meters)	1,550,000,000
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters)	198,200,000,512
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population)	2
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%)	23
Oil consumption (bbl/day)	238,000
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people)	31
Oil exports (bbl/day)	86,010
Oil imports (bbl/day)	282,200
Oil production (bbl/day)	4,029
Oil proved reserves (bbl)	1,940,000
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population)	4
Population below poverty line (%)	24
Population census (people)	7,412,200 (2008)
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer)	365
Population estimate (people)	8,238,300 (2014)
Population growth rate (%)	2
Public debt (% of GDP)	73
Railways (km)	975
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$)	74,869,997,568
Roadways (km)	18,290
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$)	69,830,000,640
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$)	66,569,998,336
Telephones main lines in use	3,276,000
Telephones main lines in use per capita	45
Telephones mobile cellular	9,875,000
Telephones mobile cellular per capita	137
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	3
Unemployment rate (%)	6
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%)	15
Waterways (km)
Valley	Arabah, Ayalon Valley, Beit HaKerem Valley, Beit Netofa Valley, Beracah, Bet Sze’an , Bikat Turan, Dolina Chananja, Dolina Charod, Dolina Kinaret, Dolina Sachnin, Ein Avdat, Hula Valley, Jezreel Valley, Jordan Valley, Kidron Valley, Timna Valley, Tyropoeon Valley, Vallée de Zvouloun, Valley of Elah, Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna), Valley of Josaphat, Valley of the Cross
Helicopter
Canyon	Ein Avdat
Artillery
Crater	HaMakhtesh HaGadol
Religion
Continent	Asia
Border	Blue Line (Lebanon), Frontière entre Israël et la Jordanie, Frontière entre Israël et la Syrie, Frontière entre Israël et le Liban, Frontière entre l'Égypte et Israël
Plateau
Marsh
Demonym	israeli

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