<P> Coordinates: 31 ° N 35 ° E ﻿ / ﻿ 31 ° N 35 ° E ﻿ / 31; 35 </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> State of Israel <Ul> <Li> מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Hebrew) </Li> <Li> دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (Arabic) </Li> </Ul> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Flag Emblem </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anthem: "Hatikvah" (Hebrew for "The Hope") </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Capital and largest city </Th> <Td> Jerusalem (not recognized internationally) 31 ° 47 ′ N 35 ° 13 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.783 ° N 35.217 ° E ﻿ / 31.783; 35.217 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official languages </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hebrew </Li> <Li> Arabic </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ethnic groups (2017) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 74.7% Jewish </Li> <Li> 20.8% Arab </Li> <Li> 4.5% other </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Religion (2015) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 74.8% Jewish </Li> <Li> 17.6% Muslim </Li> <Li> 2.0% Christian </Li> <Li> 1.6% Druze </Li> <Li> 4.0% other </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Demonym </Th> <Td> Israeli </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> Unitary parliamentary republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> President </Th> <Td> Reuven Rivlin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Benjamin Netanyahu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Knesset Speaker </Th> <Td> Yuli - Yoel Edelstein </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chief Justice </Th> <Td> Esther Hayut </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Legislature </Th> <Td> Knesset </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Independence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Declared </Th> <Td> 14 May 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Admission to UNO </Th> <Td> 11 May 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Area </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> 20,770--22,072 km (8,019--8,522 sq mi) (150th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water </Th> <Td> 440 km (170 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water (%) </Th> <Td> 2.1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2017 estimate </Th> <Td> 8,787,780 (97th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2008 census </Th> <Td> 7,412,200 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Density </Th> <Td> 395 / km (1,023.0 / sq mi) (34th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP (PPP) </Th> <Td> 2017 estimate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> $315.582 billion (54th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Per capita </Th> <Td> $36,250 (35th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP (nominal) </Th> <Td> 2017 estimate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> $348.006 billion (34th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Per capita </Th> <Td> $39,974 (23rd) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gini (2013) </Th> <Td> 42.8 medium 47th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> HDI (2015) </Th> <Td> 0.899 very high 19th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Currency </Th> <Td> New shekel (₪ ‎) (ILS) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Time zone </Th> <Td> IST (UTC + 2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Summer (DST) </Th> <Td> IDT (UTC + 3) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date format </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> יי - חח - שששש ‎ (AM) </Li> <Li> dd - mm - yyyy (CE) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Drives on the </Th> <Td> right </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Calling code </Th> <Td> + 972 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 3166 code </Th> <Td> IL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Internet TLD </Th> <Td>. il </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website www.israel.org </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ol> <Li> ^ 20,770 is Israel within the Green Line . 22,072 includes the annexed Golan Heights and East Jerusalem . </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> State of Israel <Ul> <Li> מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Hebrew) </Li> <Li> دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (Arabic) </Li> </Ul> </Th> </Tr>

When was the modern state of israel established