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Israel has a small coastline on the Red Sea in the south. Israel's area is approximately 20,770 km 2 (8,019 sq mi), which includes 445 km 2 (172 sq mi) of inland water. [1] [2] [3] Israel stretches 424 km (263 mi) from north to south, and its width ranges from 114 km (71 mi) at its widest point to 10 km (6.2 mi) at its narrowest point. [3]
Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in Western Asia.It is situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East; and shares borders with Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [21]
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.
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Time zone: Israel Standard Time , Israel Summer Time Population of Israel : (May 2008) Total: 7,282,000 people [ 6 ] - 96th most populous country Area of Israel : 22,072 km 2 (8,522 sq mi) (Including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem ) - 151st largest country
in km 2 (mi 2) 1 Russia: 29.3% ... Israel: 0.05%: 22,070 (8,520) [l] 42
Gaza Strip (State of Palestine): [v] 11 km (6.8 mi) Israel: 266 km (165 mi)
Israel's annual population growth rate stood at 2.0% in 2015, more than three times faster than the OECD average of around 0.6%. [3] With an average of three children per woman, Israel also has the highest fertility rate in the OECD by a considerable margin and much higher than the OECD average of 1.7. [4]