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Israel:
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Other pages in this profile of Israel:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
6,426,679 note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 26.1% (male 858,246/female 818,690) 15-64 years: 64.2% (male 2,076,649/female 2,046,343) 65 years and over: 9.8% (male 269,483/female 357,268) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 29.9 years male: 29.1 years female: 30.8 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
1.154% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
17.71 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
6.17 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.048 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.015 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.754 male(s)/female total population: 0.994 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 79.59 years male: 77.44 years female: 81.85 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
2.38 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
3,000 (1999 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
100 (2001 est.) |
Nationality |
noun: Israeli(s) adjective: Israeli |
Ethnic groups |
Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004) |
Religions |
Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004) |
Languages |
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language |
Literacy |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.1% male: 98.5% female: 95.9% (2004 est.) |
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