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Israel People 1996

Population:

5,433,134 (July 1995 est.)

note:

includes 122,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank, 14,500 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 4,800 in the Gaza Strip, and 149,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1994 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

29%

15-64 years:

61%

65 years and over:

10%

Population growth rate:

1.4% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

20.39 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

6.38 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

8.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

78.14 years

male:

76 years

female:

80.39 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.81 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Israeli(s)

adjective:

Israeli

Ethnic divisions:

Jewish 82% (Israel born 50%, Europe/Americas/Oceania born 20%, Africa born 7%, Asia born 5%), non-Jewish 18% (mostly Arab) (1993 est.)

Religions:

Judaism 82%, Islam 14% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2%, Druze and other 2%

Languages:

Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1992)

total population:

95%

male:

97%

female:

93%

Labor force:

1.9 million (1992)

by occupation:

public services 29.3%, industry 22.1%, commerce 13.9%, finance and business 10.4%, personal and other services 7.4%, construction 6.5%, transport, storage, and communications 6.3%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3.5%, other 0.6% (1992)

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