Courtesy of Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics
Israeli population hits 7.6 million as Jewish New Year approaches
As Israel approaches the festival of Rosh Ha’Shanah, marking the Jewish New Year of 5771,
the Central Bureau of Statistics has released numbers which show the population of the country continues
to grow at a steady rate. According to the report, the population currently stands at 7,645,000
after growing at the rate of 1.8% for the seventh consecutive year.
The breakdown is 75.5% Jewish, 20.3% Arab and 4.2% “other,” with most of the last category being immigrants
from the former Soviet Union who are not classified as Jews by the Interior Ministry.
The numbers also show that Israel has a large population of children, with 28% being under 14
and only 10% being over 65. Some 71.7% of Israelis were born here, including the 161,042 babies born in 2009.
Israel ends 2009 with population of 7.5 million, growing economy
Israel's population at the end of 2009 was 7.5 million,
including 5.7 million Jews (75.4%), 1.5 million Arabs (20.3%), and 319,000 Christians and others, the Central
Bureau of Statistics reported last Wednesday.
Israel's population has grown at a steady rate of 1.8% every year since 2003. Meantime, Israel's economy grew against
all expectations last year, and in contrast to other developed economies in the world.
The Central Bureau of Statistics reported last Thursday that in 2009, Israel's economy grew 0.5%,
in contrast to an OECD average of negative 3.5%.
As at the beginning of 2007, the population of Israel stands at 7,116,000
According to the annual statistical summary of 2007 published by the Central Bureau of Statistics,
75.8% of the population is Jewish and 19.9% Arab.
The population figure is comprised of: 5,393,400 Jews, and 1,413,300 Muslims.
The Jewish population grew by 1.5%, whereas the Arab population grew by 2.6% (Muslims 2.9%),
which is down from 3.8% in 2000.
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