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Israel: People
- Population
- 6,199,008 (July 2002 est.)
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
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 97.3%
female: 93.6% (2003 est.)
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