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On the eve of Israel's 75th Independence Day, the population of Israel was 9.727 million:
7.145 million Jews (73.5%)
2.048 million Arabs (21.0%)
534,000 Others (5.5%)
·Since last year's Independence Day, Israel's population has grown by 216,000 (an increase of 2.3%). During this period, about 183,000 babies were born, about 79,000 immigrants arrived, and about 51,000 persons died.
At the time of the establishment of the State of Israel, the population of Israel was 806,000. It has increased by a factor of 12 since then.
Since the State's founding, over 3.3 million immigrants have arrived in Israel, about 1.5 million (43.7%) of them arrived since 1990. Since the establishment of Israel, about 149,000 immigrating citizens have also settled in the country.
