At 70, Israels population is 8.842 million, 43% of world Jewry

On the eve of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, its population stands at 8,842,000, of whom 74.5 percent are Jewish, according to figures released on Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The Jewish population stands at approximately 6.589 million, while Arabs number some 1.849 million, 20.9% of the population. There are approximately 404,000 citizens, 4.6%, who are non-Arab Christians or members of other ethnic groups.

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The overall fertility rate for Israelis was 3.11 children per woman, — by far the highest birthrate in the West. The OECD average is about 1.7 kids per woman, and the second-highest fertility rate for a member of the organization is Mexico with about 2.2.

Jewish women in 2016 had 3.06 kids on average, higher than in 1996 when the number was 2.59. In contrast, the average Arab woman had 3.11 children, significantly down from 4.35 in 1996 and almost 6 in 1980.

Whereas in 1949 the life expectancy for women in Israel was 67.6 years and for men was 64.9, by the end of 2016 it was 84.2 for women and 80.6 for men, slightly lower than the previous year.

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