Population: 7,473,052 (July 2010 est.)
Ethnic Groups: Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004)
Languages: Hebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language)
Growth Rate: 1.584% (2011 est.)
Infant Mortality:
total: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
Death Rate: 5.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
Life Expectancy:
total population: 80.96 years
male: 78.79 years
female: 83.24 years (2011 est.)
Literacy Rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 98.5%
female: 95.9% (2004 est.)
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 27.6% (male 1,057,113/female 1,008,978)
15-64 years: 62.2% (male 2,358,858/female 2,292,281)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 331,034/female 424,788) (2011 est.)
Religions: Jewish 75.5%, Muslim 16.8%, Christian 2.1%, Druze 1.7%, other 3.9% (2008)
