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Israel      Country: Israel Internet: .il Continent: Asia / Middle East Government URL: http://www.knesset.gov.il Area: 20770 sq km Population: 6,352,117 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 6846.841 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 3388.717 Population Women: 3458.124 Annual Growth Rate: 2.001 % Birth Rate: 17.97 % Death Rate: 6.18 % Life Expectancy: 79.46 years Infant Mortality Rate: 6.89 % Fertility Rate: 2.41 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.1 % HIV AIDS Living With: 3,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 100 Labor Force: 2,600,000 Unemployment Rate: 8.5 % GDP Per Capita: $26,200 GDP Purchasing Power: $166,300,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 4.8 Industrial Growth: 4.7 Inflation Rate CP: 1.9 % Investment Gross Fixed: 17.3 Public Debt: 91 Capital: Jerusalem Capital Population: 695500 Capital Coordinates: 32 05 N, 34 48 E UTC Offset: 2 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins last Friday in March; ends the Sunday between the holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur Merchant Marine: 18 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Roadways: 17446 km Railways: 853 km Airports: 53 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 3700000 Internet Hosts: 1251881 Telephones Mobile: 7,757,000 Telephones Main: 2936300 Debt External: $81,980,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $28,200,000,000 Imports: $47,800,000,000 Exports: $42,860,000,000 Current Account Balance: $1,463,000,000 Natural Gas Reserves: 38,940,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 0 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 780,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 780,000,000 Electricity Consumption: 41,380,000,000 Electricity Production: 46,070,000,000 Oil Consumption: 248,000 Oil Production: 3,209 Oil Reserves: 1,920,000  Map of Israel

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