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<text id=94CT0686><title>Israel—People</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Israel<nl>People</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 5,050,850 (July 1994 est.) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes 110,500 Jewish settlers in the West Bank, 14,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 4,500 in the Gaza Strip, and 144,100 in East Jerusalem (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.22% (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 20.55 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 6.43 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 8.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 77.96 years <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 75.86 years <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 80.16 years (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.83 children born/woman (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Israeli(s) <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Israeli </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Jewish 83%, non-Jewish 17% (mostly Arab) <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Judaism 82%, Islam 14% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2%, Druze and other 2% <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1983) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 92% <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 95% <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 89% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 1.9 million (1992) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> public services 29.3%, industry 22.1%, commerce 13.9%, finance and business 10.4%, personal and other services 7.4%, construction 6.5%, transport, storage, and communications 6.3%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3.5%, other 0.6% (1992) </list></list></body></article></text>