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Monday, April 16, 2018
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Monday, April 16, 2018
Israel’s population tops 8.8 million on eve of 70th Independence Day
Israel’s population stands at 8.84 million on the eve of the Jewish state’s 70th Independence Day, the Central Bureau for Statistics announces.
Jews make up approximately three quarters of the total population with 6.589 million residents, while the Arab minority has reached roughly 1.849 million, or 20.9 percent. The remainder of the population registry includes 404,000 people.
Israel’s population has increased by 1.9% — 163,000 people — in the past year, the CBS says. One hundred and seventy-seven thousand babies were born; roughly 41,000 people died.
Illustrative: Israelis wave Israeli flags as they parade around Jerusalem’s Old City on May 24, 2017 to commemorate Jerusalem Day, marking the reunification of the city following the Six-Day War of 1967. (AFP PHOTO / Menahem KAHANA)
