Population of Israel
7, 116, 200

Israel size
8,000 sq miles
263 miles long – North to South
Width: between 9 and 71 miles wide (East to West)

Land
Arable land useful for farming 15.45%
Rest is metropolitan areas, mountains and desert.

Population breakdown Jews: 5,393,600 - 76%
Arab (Muslim, Druze): 1,413,500 - 20%
Others: 309,100 4%

(Source: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ jsource/Society_&_Culture/newpop.html)

Declaration of Independence: 14 May 1948
Official Languages: Hebrew and Arabic
Rivers: One – the Jordan River

World Populations
6.7 billion people
12.9 million Jews (0.2% of the world population)
1.48 billion Muslims (25% of the world population)

(Source: www.factbook.net)

Education
Israeli workforce holding university degrees: 24%
- ranking Israel third in the industrialized world after the US and Netherlands.
Israeli workforce holding advanced degrees: 12%

Israel Unemployment rate
8.5% (2006 est.)

Israeli Population below poverty line
22.6% (2005) including 34% of children.

(Source: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/is.html#People)

Israeli Climate
Israel is on a climatic crossroad, which is a transitional area between a temperate and arid climate. The southern and eastern areas of Israel are characterized by an arid climate, while the other areas are characterized by a Mediterranean climate.
Due to this climatic formation, there is high variability in the amount of precipitation from year to year, and in the different areas of the country

Info from www.lookisrael.com