Population 6,029,529 (July 2002 est.)
note: includes about 182,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, fewer than 7,000 in the Gaza Strip, and about 176,000 in East Jerusalem (August 2001 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 27.1% (male 837,491; female 798,695)
15-64 years: 63% (male 1,905,677; female 1,889,525)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 257,066; female 341,075) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 1.48% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 18.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 6.21 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 2.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
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 (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 7.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.86 years
female: 81.01 years (2002 est.)
male: 76.82 years

Total fertility rate 2.54 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.08% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 2,400 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths less than 100 (1999 est.)

Nationality
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli

Ethnic groups 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.)

Religions Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)

Languages Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most 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 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Israel People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Israel People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.