80.8% of the population is Jewish, while 19.2% of Israeli citizens are Arabs.
Israel’s population grew by 141,000 persons during the Jewish year 5756 and reached 5.716 million persons, a 2.5% rise over the year before.
Figures issued today by the Central Bureau of Statistics indicate an increase of 103,000 persons in the Jewish sector to 4.62 million. Jews make up 80.8% of Israel’s total population.
Half of growth was the result of natural population increase. New immigrants numbered 68,000 this past year, of which 83% came from the CIS.
835,000 or 14.6% of Israeli citizens are Muslim, 166,000 (2.9%) are Christian and 95,000 (1.7%) are Druse.