Short facts about people of Israel

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.)

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.)

Population growth rate:

1.58% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

19.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

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.)

Infant mortality rate:

7.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  78.71 years male:  76.69 years female:  80.84 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.08% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

2,400 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (1999 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 est.)

Religions:

Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)

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% male:  97% female:  93% (1992 est.)

Source: World Factbook