Israel
State of Israel · إسرائيل · ישראל
Israel (IL, ISR) is a country in Western Asia, with Jerusalem as its capital. The currency is the Israeli New Shekel (ILS, ₪). The international dialling code is +972 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 050-234-5678. The time zone is Asia/Jerusalem. Official languages: Hebrew and Arabic.
CurrencyILS₪
Dial code+972e.g. 050-234-5678
Time zoneJerusalemUTC+02:00
LanguageHebrew+1 more
CapitalJerusalem
Population9.4M20.8K km²
Overview
- Official name
- State of Israel
- Native name
- إسرائيل · ישראל
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- IL
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ISR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 376
- IOC code
- ISR
- Demonym
- Israeli
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Region
- Asia › Western Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .il
- Coordinates
- 31.47, 35.13
- Area
- 20,770 km²
- Population
- 9,402,620
- GDP
- $471B ($50.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 97.1%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Israeli New Shekel ILS
- Symbol
- ₪
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- 1,234.50 ₪
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew he | Official | 100% (9.4M) | |
| Arabic ar | Official | 20% (1.9M) | |
| English en | 85% (8M) | ||
| apc apc | 17% (1.6M) | ||
| Russian ru | 11% (1M) | ||
| Romanian ro | 3.7% (347.9K) | ||
| Yiddish yi | 3% (282.1K) | ||
| Polish pl | 1.5% (141K) | ||
| Ladino lad | 1.3% (122.2K) | ||
| Hungarian hu | 1% (94K) | ||
| Amharic am | 0.59% (55.5K) | ||
| Tigrinya ti | 0.11% (10.3K) | ||
| Malayalam ml | 0.085% (8K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Jerusalem | UTC+02:00 | UTC+03:00 | Israel Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +972
- Dial-out prefix
- 0(?:0|1(?:05|[2-9]))
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7–12 digits
- Emergency number
- 100 pattern 1(?:0[0-2]|12)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 02-123-4567 | +972 2 123 4567 | XX-XXX-XXXX | 8, 11, 12 |
| Mobile | 050-234-5678 | +972 50 234 5678 | XXX-XXX-XXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 1-800-123-456 | +972 1 800 123 456 | X-XXX-XXX-XXX | 7, 10 |
| Premium rate | 1-919-123-456 | +972 1 919 123 456 | X-XXX-XXX-XXX | 8, 10 |
| Shared cost | 1-700-123-456 | +972 1 700 123 456 | X-XXX-XXX-XXX | 10 |
| VoIP | 077-123-4567 | +972 77 123 4567 | XXX-XXX-XXXX | 9 |
| Universal access | 1599-123456 | +972 1599 123456 | XXXX-XXXXXX | 10 |
| Voicemail | 151-1 234-0000 | +972 151 1 234 0000 | XXX-X XXX-XXXX | 11, 12 |
Show the 8 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4})(\d{3}) | 125 | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | 121 | $1-$2-$3 | $1-$2-$3 |
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [2-489] | $1-$2-$3 | $1-$2-$3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [57] | $1-$2-$3 | $1-$2-$3 |
(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 12 | $1-$2-$3 | $1-$2-$3 |
(\d{4})(\d{6}) | 159 | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 1[7-9] | $1-$2-$3-$4 | $1-$2-$3-$4 |
(\d{3})(\d{1,2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 15 | $1-$2 $3-$4 | $1-$2 $3-$4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} {Postal code}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}(?:\d{2})?- Examples
- 9614303
- Post office lookup
- http://www.israelpost.co.il/zipcode.nsf/demozip?openform
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Hebrew (Israel) locale (he-IL), amounts in ILS.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (ILS)
- 1,234,567.89 ₪
- Accounting
- -1,234,567.89 ₪
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 שקלים חדשים
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 מיליון
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 קילומטר לשעה
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- יום שישי, 27 במרץ 2026
- Date, long
- 27 במרץ 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 במרץ 2026
- Date, short
- 27.3.2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 במרץ 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- מרץ 2026
- Weekday
- יום שישי
- Relative time
- אתמול · בעוד 3 ימים · לפני שעתיים (2)
- List: and
- A, B ו-C
- List: or
- A, B או C