| Location: | Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon |
| Population: | 7,473,052 (July 2010 est.) note: approximately 296,700 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2009 est.); approximately 19,100 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2008 est.); approximately 192,800 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2008 est.) |
| Capital: | name: Jerusalem geographic coordinates: 31 46 N, 35 14 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Friday in April; ends the Sunday between the holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv |
| GDP per capita: | $29,800 (2010 est.) $29,000 (2009 est.) $29,300 (2008 est.) note: data are in 2010 US dollars |