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2006 report: Israel's population 7.2 million, growing slowly

By Moti Bassok, Haaretz Correspondent

According to data gathered in 2006, Israel's population on the eve of Rosh Hashana 5767 stands at 7.2 million and exhibited a relatively low growth rate of 1.8 percent, a Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) report revealed Monday.

The population comprised at least 5.4 million Jews and at least 1.4 million Arabs.

The report showed that population growth rate had remained steady, but had remained low, possibly due to a continuing downward trend in Aliyah since the 1990s. Figures showed 1.5 percent population growth in the Jewish sector and 2.6 percent in the Arab sector.

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The report revealed that Israel's population is younger than that of Western countries, with 28 percent of Israelis aged under 14 compared to 17 percent, and 10 percent aged 65 and over compared to 15 percent in Western countries.

The proportion of people over 75 rose from 3.8 percent in the early 1990s to 5.6 percent in 2006, with most of the increase occurring in the Jewish sector.

The CBS report revealed that half of the Jewish population (27.5 percent of the total population) is concentrated in central Israel with 20.9 percent in the Tel Aviv area. However, the Arab population was concentrated in provincial areas with 45 percent in the north and 11 percent in the south.

Israel's population density was one of the highest in the world, with 310 residents per square kilometer compared to 220 residents per square kilometer in 1990, and 1974 residents per square kilometer around Tel Aviv have the highest population density. By contrast, the average population density in the south stands at 72 residents per square kilometer.

Slovenia, which is similar in size to Israel, has only 99 residents per square kilometer whereas Belgium and the Netherlands have 341 and 392 respectively.

According to the CBS, 74 percent of the settlers who were evacuated in the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza have registered a new address, mostly in the southern Ashkelon area.

There are on average 977 men for every 1000 women, with a majority of men until the age of 35. Over the age of 75, there are 673 men for every 1000 women.

Israelis also marry at a later age: in 2005, 75.4 percent of Jewish men and 58.6 percent of Jewish women in the 20-29 age group were single, as opposed to 69.2 percent and 48.9 percent respectively in 2000.

In 2006 saw a 3 percent increase of childbirth, with 148,170 births. Life expectancy in 2006 stood at 78.5 years among men and 82.2 among women.

66 percent of the Jewish population (3.7 million) were born in Israel. 2.2 million of Israeli-born citizens are of European-American descent, 869,000 are of African descent and 691,000 are of Asian descent.

The 2006 annual report includes, for the first time, figures on school achievements. In Year 5, the average mark of Jewish schoolchildren was 3-17 points higher than the average mark of Arab schoolchildren. The gap was even wider in Year 8.

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1.	Arab Birth Rate	21:45	\|	Ron	10/09/07

2.	Coming to Israel on a promise !	22:11	\|	army pics	10/09/07

3.	israels population	22:16	\|	ahmad	10/09/07

4.	go arabs go	22:28	\|	wh	10/09/07

5.	1 : Reality Rather than Racism	22:34	\|	Kevin	10/09/07

6.	And the settler population grows at 8% a year, which means that-	22:41	\|	Don Camillo	10/09/07

7.	Israel Has Lost Its Way- Aliyah	22:46	\|	Yoram	10/09/07

8.	# 1 ron	22:48	\|	Axel	10/09/07

9.	"Encourage the Arabs to leave"???	22:49	\|	Isaac	10/09/07

10.	don`t just tell us the news you want us to read	22:49	\|	army pics	10/09/07

11.	So why prevent Etheopian and B`nei Menashe	22:56	\|	B`galil	10/09/07

12.	Kevin in Las Cruces	23:00	\|	CHGODMK	10/09/07

13.	Are you REALLY gonna censor my comments?	23:13	\|	Isaac Bronstein	10/09/07

14.	Good News on the Demographic Front	23:17	\|	Meir	10/09/07

15.	wave of the future	23:22	\|	realism	10/09/07

16.	the best solution	23:40	\|	judah	10/09/07

17.	Encoraging Arabs to Leave...didn`t Germany first do that w/Jews?	23:41	\|	Not Right	10/09/07

18.	5.4m jew between 400m arabs & billion muslm	00:02	\|	Hakeem	11/09/07

19.	5.4m jew between 400m arabs & billion muslm	00:03	\|	Hakeem	11/09/07

20.	5.4m jew between 400m arabs & billion muslm	00:04	\|	Hakeem	11/09/07

21.	Caudillo Kevin from New Mexico gives orders	00:30	\|	Absolute Sweden	11/09/07

22.	Encouraging Arabs too Leave	01:09	\|	Ron	11/09/07

23.	#21 absolute doesn`t know difference between questions and orders	01:17	\|	newageblues	11/09/07

24.	A younger population means a stronger future.	01:26	\|	Yered Shmuel	11/09/07

25.	The Kaifeng jews also want to go to israel to make money	02:25	\|	Nina	11/09/07

26.	meir and the death threats.	07:19	\|	Millie	11/09/07

27.	Yered Samuel	07:23	\|	granny	11/09/07

28.	Yered Samuel	07:23	\|	granny	11/09/07

29.	21/ Whats the swedish word for `peyote`?	09:26	\|	Kevin	11/09/07

30.	17 - Good post	09:51	\|	Kevin	11/09/07

31.	# 22 ron	17:59	\|	Axel	11/09/07

32.	Two nationalist states in a multicultural world	19:41	\|	Stian	11/09/07

33.	Two nationalist states (continued)	19:51	\|	Stian	11/09/07

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