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Size: 20,7702 : the 100th smallest country in the world, smaller than Wales
Population: 7,653,600 (75.5% Jewish, 20.3% Arab, 4.2% other)
Life expectancy: 81
GDP per capita: $26,796
Nobel prizewinners: 9
Electoral system: Proportional representations, elections held every 4 years (the only liberal democracy in the entire Middle East)
Health system: 28th best health care in the world
Official languages: Hebrew & Arabic
Its $100 billion economy is larger than the combined economy of all four of its neighbours
24% of the Israeli workforce holds university degrees (3rd largest in the developed world and the highest ratio to the population in the world)
Israel elected the third female prime minister in the world (Golda Meir)
In its 63 years of existence Israel can lay claim to the following 10 technological and industrial achievements:
- The development of voice mail technology
- The manufacturing of the Intel pentium microprocessor
- The development of Microsoft Window NT and XP
- The development of the cell phone
- The design, development and production of the Pentium MMX chip (Pentium 4 and Centrino processors)
- The technology for instant messaging
- The development of the first computerized non-radiation diagnosis for breast cancer.
- The development of the first ingestible video camera. (for gastro-intestinal exploration)
- One of the world leaders in the development of medical equipment.
- The development of smart cards which are used for vehicles, toll booth collection and biometric access control.
Israel produces 93% of its own food requirements
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952.