Israel har nu 10 miljoner invånare

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 Israel’s population tops 10 million for 1st time, on eve of 77th Independence Day (TOI)
In an annual report ahead of Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday that Israel’s population stood at almost 10.1 million people, marking a twelvefold increase since the country was founded in 1948.
The figure, which represents an increase of some 135,000, or 1.4 percent over the previous year, includes roughly 7.7 million people, or 77.6%, who are registered as Jewish or “other” — a category that was previously counted separately. This category includes non-Arab Christians and people with no ethnicity listed, most of whom are entitled to live in Israel because of a Jewish grandparent or Israeli spouse, the CBS said.
Some 2.1 million people living in Israel, or 20.9%, are Muslim, Christian or Druze Arabs, the CBS said. Another 250,000 people, or about 2.5%, belong to neither category, and include international students, foreign workers and undocumented immigrants, the agency reported.
Over the past year, according to the report, some 174,000 babies were born in Israel, 28,000 people immigrated to the country and 50,000 Israelis died. Israel has a relatively young population, 27% of which is under the age of 18 compared with 13% aged at least 65, the CBS said...
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