Israeli population up by 1.8 percent in past 2 years
According to statistics research:
During 2011, Israel's population grew by 1.8 percent, increasing the population by some 141,500 people to a total of 7,836,600 by the end of the year, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) report released Monday.So the Jewish population's gone up, and Islamic population's gone down.
This figure comprises 5,907,500 Jews (75.4%), 1,610,900 Arabs (20.6%), and some 318,200 others (4%), the majority of whom are not identified as Jews.
Some 125,500 of those people were a result of natural growth, and 16,600 from immigration.
The growth rate in the Jewish population was 1.8%, while the Arab population's growth rate was 2.4%. The growth rate in the Muslim population continued to slide; in 2011 the rate was 2.5% in contrast with the rate of 3.8% in 2000.
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