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State of Israel
National name: Medinat Yisra'el
President: Ezer Weizman (1993)
Prime Minister: Ehud Barak (1999)
Area: 8,020 sq. mi. (20,770 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 5,749,7601 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.37%); birth rate: 19.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.8/1000; density per sq. mi.: 717
Capital and largest city (1993 est.): Jerusalem2, 550,500
Other large cities (1993 est.): Tel Aviv, 355,900; Haifa, 250,000
Monetary unit: Shekel
Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, English
Ethnicity/race: Jewish 82% (Israel-born 50%, Europe/Americas/Oceania-born 20%, Africa-born 7%, Asia-born 5%), non-Jewish 18% (mostly Arab) (1993 est.)
Religions: Judaism, 82%; Islam, 14%; Christian, 2%; others, 2%
Literacy rate: 92%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $101.9 billion; $18,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 1.9%. Inflation: 5.4%. Unemployment: 8.7%. Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products. Labor force: 2.3 million (1997); public services, 31.3%; manufacturing, 20.2%; finance and business, 13.1%; commerce, 12.8%; construction, 7.5%; personal and other services, 6.4%; transport, storage, and communications, 6.2%; agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 2.6% (1996). Industry: food processing, diamond cutting and polishing, textiles and apparel, chemicals, metal products, military equipment, transport equipment, electrical equipment, potash mining, high-technology electronics, tourism. Natural resources: copper, phosphates, bromide, potash, clay, sand, sulfur, asphalt, manganese, small amounts of natural gas and crude oil. Exports: $22.1 billion (f.o.b., 1998): machinery and equipment, cut diamonds, chemicals, textiles and apparel, agricultural products, metals. Imports: $26.1 billion (f.o.b., 1998): raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, oil, consumer goods. Major trading partners: U.S., U.K., Hong Kong, Benelux, Japan, the imagesherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland.
