Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu |
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Area: total: 20,770 sq km land: 20,330 sq km water: 440 sq km |
Land Boundaries: total: 1,068 km border countries (6): Egypt 208 km, Gaza Strip 59 km, Jordan 307 km, Lebanon 81 km, Syria 83 km, West Bank 330 km |
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Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: to depth of exploitation |
Elevation Extremes: mean elevation: 508 m elevation extremes: lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m |
Land Use: agricultural land: 23.8% arable land 13.7%; permanent crops 3.8%; permanent pasture 6.3% forest: 7.1% other: 69.1% |
Irrigated Land: 2,250 sq km |
Total renewable water resources: 1.78 cu km |
Population & its structure: Population: 8,174,527 (includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2016 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.73% (male 1,159,980/female 1,106,946) 15-24 years: 15.52% (male 648,199/female 620,218) 25-54 years: 37.15% (male 1,552,754/female 1,484,059) 55-64 years: 8.51% (male 340,601/female 355,382) 65 years and over: 11.09% (male 405,511/female 500,877) (2016 est.) |