Population 5,534,672 (July 1997 est.)
note: includes 136,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, 15,000 in the Israeli-occupiedGolan Heights, 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and 156,000 in East Jerusalem (August1996 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 28% (male 803,792; female 766,224)
15-64 years : 62% (male 1,711,668; female 1,708,700)
65 years and over: 10% (male 234,902; female 309,386) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 2.01% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 20.16 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 6.22 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 6.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 8.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.21 years
male : 76.34 years
female: 80.18 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.74 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli

Ethnic groups Jewish 82% (Israel-born 50%, Europe/Americas/Oceania-born 20%, Africa-born7%, Asia-born 5%), non-Jewish 18% (mostly Arab) (1993 est.)

Religions Judaism 82%, Islam 14% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2%, Druze andother 2%

Languages Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, Englishmost commonly used foreign language

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: 97%
female : 93% (1992 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Israel on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Israel People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Israel People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.