| People | Israel |
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Population:
 | 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:
 | 368 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 92% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
 | Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.219 million; Haifa 1.027 million; JERUSALEM (capital) 768,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
 | 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:
 | total: 29.4 years male: 28.7 years female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 1.584% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 19.24 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 5.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | 2.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | 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:
 | 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | 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:
 | total population: 80.96 years male: 78.79 years female: 83.24 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 2.7 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
 | 9.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
 | 3.633 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
 | 5.83 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
 | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
 | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 7,500 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
 | void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
 | 22.9% (2001) |
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 75.6%, Muslim 16.9%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.7%, other 3.8% (2008 census) |
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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
 | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 5.9% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
 | void |
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