|
People
| |
1980 |
1990 |
2003 |
|
Population |
3,921,700 |
4,821,700 |
6,748,100 |
|
Civilian labor force |
1,318,100 |
1,649,900 |
2,546,700 |
|
Jews in Israel, as a percentage of world Jewry |
25 |
30 |
39 |
Life expectancy
Females
Males |
75.7
72.1 |
78.4
75.7 |
81.2
77.3 |
Infant mortality
(per 1000 live births) |
15.6 |
9.9 |
5.3 |
|
School population |
1,200,700 |
1,451,300 |
1,974,400 |
|
Percentage of the population (15+) with 13 years or more of
formal schooling |
19.2 |
25.3 |
38.5 |
Population by Religion
| Jews |
77.0% |
| Muslims |
15.5% |
| Christians |
2.1% |
| Druze |
1.6% |
| Not
classified by religion |
3.6% |
|
|
Population Distribution
| Urban
localities |
91.6% |
| Rural
localities |
8.4% |
Of
which:
Moshavim
Kibbutzim |
3.1%
1.7% |
|
Immigrants by Continent
1948-2002
| Europe |
1,766,600 |
| Africa |
482,650 |
| Asia |
419,900 |
| America &
Oceania |
226,900 |
| Unknown |
31,550 |
|
|
Immigrants by Year of Immigration
|
1948-1951 |
688,000 |
| 1952-1959 |
272,000 |
| 1960-1969 |
374,000 |
| 1970-1979 |
346,000 |
| 1980-1989 |
154,000 |
| 1990-2002 |
1,093,650 |
|
|
