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Population: |
5,938,093 (July 2001 est.)
note:
includes about 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,900 in the Gaza Strip, and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem (August 2000 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years:
27.36% (male 831,523; female 792,982)
15-64 years:
62.73% (male 1,869,114; female 1,855,707)
65 years and over:
9.91% (male 253,105; female 335,662) (2001 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
1.58% (2001 est.)
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Birth rate: |
19.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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Death rate: |
6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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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 (2001 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
7.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
78.71 years
male:
76.69 years
female:
80.84 years (2001 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
2.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.08% (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
2,400 (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (1999 est.)
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Nationality: |
noun:
Israeli(s)
adjective:
Israeli
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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.)
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Religions: |
Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
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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:
95%
male:
97%
female:
93% (1992 est.)
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