Nationality:
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective:
Israeli
Ethnic groups:
Jewish 75.1% (of which Israel-born 73.6%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 17.9%, Africa-born 5.2%, Asia-born 3.2%), non-Jewish 24.9% (mostly Arab) (2012 est.)
Languages:
Hebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language)
Religions:
Jewish 75.1%, Muslim 17.4%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.6%, other 3.9% (2012 est.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
7,821,850
country comparison to the world: 99
note:
approximately 341,400 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2012); approximately 18,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2012); approximately 196,400 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2011) (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
27.1% (male 1,084,748/female 1,035,525)
15-24 years:
15.7% (male 628,205/female 599,871)
25-54 years:
37.8% (male 1,508,860/female 1,443,898)
55-64 years:
8.8% (male 333,453/female 352,302)
65 years and over:
10.5% (male 368,318/female 466,670) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
63.1 %
youth dependency ratio:
45.5 %
elderly dependency ratio:
17.6 %
potential support ratio:
5.7 (2014 est.)
total:
29.9 years
male:
29.2 years
female:
30.6 years (2014 est.)
1.46% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
18.44 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
5.54 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
1.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
91.9% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
1.73% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million; Haifa 1.054 million; JERUSALEM (capital) 791,000 (2009)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
27.3 (2011 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
7 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 168
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
3.98 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 199
male:
4.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
81.28 years
country comparison to the world: 19
male:
79.05 years
female:
83.61 years (2014 est.)
2.62 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
7.7% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
3.11 physicians/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
3.4 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2012 est.)
0.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
7,500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 120
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
26.2% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 49
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
5.6% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97.1%
male:
98.5%
female:
95.9% (2004 est.)
total:
16 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2009)
total:
12.1%
country comparison to the world: 98
male:
11.6%
female:
12.7% (2012)