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Population:
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6,276,883
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 (July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure:
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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 est.) |
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Median age:
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total: 29.39 years
male: 28.58 years
female: 30.27 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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1.2% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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18.21 births/1,000 population (2005
est.) |
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Death rate:
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6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2005
est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005
est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 7.03 deaths/1,000
live births
male: 7.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.32
years
male: 77.21 years
female: 81.55 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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2.44 children born/woman (2005
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence
rate:
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0.1% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living
with HIV/AIDS:
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3,000 (1999 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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100 (2001 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli |
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Ethnic groups:
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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:
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Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly
Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
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Languages:
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Hebrew (official), Arabic used
officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign
language |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over
can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 97.3%
female: 93.6% (2003 est.) |
