• Population.......................................................................6,276,883* (July 2005 est.)
• Population growth rate: ...............................................................1.2% (2005 est.)
• Birth rate...................................................18.21 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Death rate...................................................6.18deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Net migration rate..................................0.0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• 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.)

* Note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem