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Population:
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6,199,008
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 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 26.7% (male 847,591; female 808,399)
15-64 years: 63.4% (male 1,976,539; female 1,954,782)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 262,781; female 348,916) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 29.2 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 30 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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1.29% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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18.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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 (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 7.96 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.17 years
male: 77.08 years
female: 81.37 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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2.47 children born/woman (2004 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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2,400 (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.)
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