Israel's population at New Year's 5764 is 6.716 million. 5.143 million are Jews, and another 282,000 are Jews whose ID cards state "other" in the nationality space. These are new immigrants and their families who are not registered as Jews by the Ministry of the Interior Population Registry.
A fifth of Israel's population - 1.291 million - are Arabs.
Israel's population grew by 124,100 in 5763 (September 2002-September 2003). Population growth was 1.8%, compared with 2.1% in 5762.
Only 27,000 new immigrants arrived in 5763, 7,000 fewer than a year earlier.
90% of the new immigrants came from the following countries: CIS states - over 50%; Argentina - 11%; Ethiopia - 10%; France - 7%; and the US - 6%.
137,000 babies were born in Israel in 5763, 3,200 more than a year earlier.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on September 25, 2003