Ahead of its 78th Independence Day, which begins on Tuesday night, Israel’s population — including foreign residents — stands at 10.244 million people, some 146,000 (1.4 percent) more than last year, according to a report by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
The report says 7.790 million, or 76% of the population, are Jews plus those categorized as “other,” while 2.157 million (21.1%) are Arabs and 296,000 (2.9%) are foreign nationals living in the country.
Four out of five citizens are Israeli-born (“sabras”).
Over the past year, about 177,000 babies have been born in the country.
Some 21,000 people immigrated to Israel in the past year.
The CBS says the population of Israel is more than 12.5 times the population at the time of the state’s establishment in 1948.
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