Jews make up 75.5% of residents, Arabs 20.2%; 5 cities more than 200,000.
By JPOST.COM STAFF
There are 7,411,000 Israelis on the eve of our 61st Independence Day, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday afternoon.
A year ago, the population was 7,282,000, and when Israel was established, it was just 806,000.
About 75.5 percent, or 5,593,000, of Israelis are Jews, 1,498,000 are Arabs (20.2%), while "Others" - immigrants and their offspring who are not registered as Jews by the Interior Ministry - number 320,000 (4.3%).
Since last Independence Day, some 154,000 babies were born, and more than 12,000 immigrants have arrived.
The population grew during this period by approximately 125,000 - an increase of 1.8%.
Some 70% of the Jews are native Israelis, or 'sabras,' and at least half of them are second-generation Israelis - compared with a native-born population of 35% in 1948.
In 1948, there was only one city in Israel with more than 100,000 inhabitants - Tel Aviv-Jaffa (248,000). Today, 14 cities number more than 100,000 people, of which five have more than 200,000: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Haifa, Rishon Lezion and Ashdod.
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