| 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.) |
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| 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.) |
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| Median age | total: 29.9 years
male: 29.1 years
female: 30.8 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 1.154% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 17.71 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 6.17 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.59 years
male: 77.44 years
female: 81.85 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 2.38 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 3,000 (1999 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 100 (2001 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli |
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| 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) |
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| Religions | Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004) |
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| Languages | Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language |
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| 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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