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Population:
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6,116,533 (July 2002 est.)
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 (February 2003 est.) (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 26.9% (male 842,885; female 803,864)
15-64 years: 63.2% (male 1,941,440; female 1,922,512)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 260,315; female 345,517) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 28.9 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 29.8 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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1.39% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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18.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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 (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 7.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.02 years
male: 76.95 years
female: 81.19 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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2.5 children born/woman (2003 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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