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🇮🇱 Israel

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ISR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2IL
UN M49 numeric376
IOC codeISR
Official nameState of Israel
Native name(s)ara: official: دولة إسرائيل; common: إسرائيل; heb: official: מדינת ישראל; common: ישראל
Alt spellingsIL, State of Israel, Medīnat Yisrā'el
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupWestern European and Others Group
CapitalJerusalem
Area (km²)20,770
Lat / Lng31.4700, 35.1300
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)EGY, JOR, LBN, PSE, SYR
Top-level domain.il
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 72

Demographics

Population (World Bank)10,122,800 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)83.198 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic; heb: Hebrew
Demonymseng: f: Israeli; m: Israeli; fra: f: Israélienne; m: Israélien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)610,777,842,873.595 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)60,336.848 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.489 (2025)
CurrenciesILS: name: Israeli new shekel; symbol: ₪

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,289,236
19511,351,803
19521,414,216
19531,476,325
19541,538,035
19551,599,497
19561,660,632
19571,720,531
19581,779,006
19591,836,340
19601,891,935
19611,956,884
19622,040,961
19632,135,041
19642,231,855
19652,331,451
19662,433,835
19672,538,657
19682,645,470
19692,754,157
19702,864,778
19712,977,300
19723,079,401
19733,163,044
19743,239,981
19753,318,089
19763,398,267
19773,479,618
19783,560,396
19793,640,874
19803,721,665
19813,802,238
19823,883,632
19833,959,630
19844,033,735
19854,105,359
19864,168,971
19874,236,869
19884,307,320
19894,381,510
19904,544,999
19914,779,890
19924,957,238
19935,086,045
19945,216,699
19955,354,739
19965,499,551
19975,646,473
19985,790,140
19995,946,081
20006,111,190
20016,259,982
20026,387,720
20036,502,820
20046,615,087
20056,728,206
20066,844,032
20076,962,455
20087,082,620
20097,206,096
20107,336,735
20117,471,023
20127,607,780
20137,749,379
20147,897,179
20158,052,908
20168,210,005
20178,361,797
20188,510,067
20198,657,474
20208,800,376
20218,942,924
20229,103,151
20239,256,314

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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