| People | Israel |
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Population:
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7,473,052 (July 2010 est.)
note: approximately 296,700 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2009 est.); approximately 19,100 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2008 est.); approximately 192,800 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2008 est.) |
Population density:
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368 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 92% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.219 million; Haifa 1.027 million; JERUSALEM (capital) 768,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 27.6% (male 1,057,113/female 1,008,978)
15-64 years: 62.2% (male 2,358,858/female 2,292,281)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 331,034/female 424,788) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 29.4 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.584% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.24 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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7 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.96 years
male: 78.79 years
female: 83.24 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.7 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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9.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.633 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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5.83 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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7,500 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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22.9% (2001) |
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 75.6%, Muslim 16.9%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.7%, other 3.8% (2008 census) |
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 (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.9% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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