People Of Israel

Population 6,199,008
note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2004 est.)
 
Age structure
0-14 years: 26.7% (male 847,591; female 808,399)
15-64 years: 63.4% (male 1,976,539; female 1,954,782)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 262,781; female 348,916) (2004 est.)
 
Median age
total: 29.2 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 30 years (2004 est.)
 
Population growth rate 1.29% (2004 est.)
 
Birth rate 18.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Death rate 6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Net migration rate 0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
 
Infant mortality rate
total: 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 7.96 deaths/1,000 live births
 
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.17 years
male: 77.08 years
female: 81.37 years (2004 est.)
 
Total fertility rate 2.47 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.1% (2001 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 2,400 (1999 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - deaths 100 (2001 est.)
 
Nationality
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli
 
Ethnic groups Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.)
 
Religions Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
 
Languages Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
 
Literacy
conventional long form: State of Israel
conventional short form: Israel
local short form: Yisra'el
local long form: Medinat Yisra'el
 

 

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