Israel People:
Population:
6,276,883 (July 2005 est.)
note: Includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.5% (male:851,415; female:812,095)
15-64 years: 63.7% (male:2,010,888; female:1,986,256)
65 years and over: 9.8% (male:264,708; female:351,521) (2005)
Median age:
total: 29.39 years
male: 28.58 years
female: 30.27 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.2% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
18.21 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.18 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.03 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 6.26 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 7.77 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 79.32 years (2005 est.)
male: 77.21 years
female: 81.55 years
Total fertility rate:
2.44 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
3,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
100 (2001 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli
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)
Religions:
Jewish 76.5%, Muslim 15.9%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2003)
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: 95.4%
male: 97.3%
female: 93.6% (2003)
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