| People | Israel |
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Population:
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7,233,701
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 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 92% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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356 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 27.9% (male 1,031,629/female 984,230)
15-64 years: 62.3% (male 2,283,034/female 2,221,301)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 311,218/female 402,289) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 29.1 years
male: 28.4 years
female: 29.8 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.671% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.73 years
male: 78.62 years
female: 82.95 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.75 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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5,100 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli |
Ethnic groups:
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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:
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Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004) |
Languages:
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Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 98.5%
female: 95.9% (2004 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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6.9% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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