About Israel

Geography

- Capital: Israel has declared Jerusalem its capital. Because of the conflict and the unresolved situation concerning the status of the city foreign embassies are located in the Tel Aviv area.

- Area: approx. 22,000 sq.km (Denmark 43,000 sq.km).
- Population: approx. 9.3 mio.
- Population growth per year: 1.49 %.
- Ethnic groups: Jews, Arabs, Druze, Bedouins.
- Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Russian.
- Religion: 75 % Jews, 18 % Muslim, 2 % Christian, 2 % Druze, 4 % unclassified.

Economy

- GDP per capita: 267.896 (40,270 US$) in 2017
- GDP real growth rate: 3.3 % in 2017
- Currency: 100 Shekel (NIS) equals around 188 DKK (Juli 2019)
- Unemployment: 3.6 % (May 2019)

Government

Head of State: President Isaac Herzog

Head of Government: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud).

Learn more about the government here: https://www.gov.il/en

Domestic Political Situation

Israel is a republic with a democratically elected parliament, the Knesset. Not having a formal constitution, the Declaration of Independence of 1948 and several "basic laws" serve as the main judicial foundation. The Knesset is a single chamber parliament with 120 members (MKs) with elections scheduled for every four years.

Read more about the current Knesset here.