CBS: Israel's population 7.3 million on eve of Jewish New Year

Half of Israel's Jewish population lives in the center of the country. 67% of the population today are Israeli-born, compared to just 35% when Israel was founded
 
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said in figures published last Wednesday ahead of the Jewish New Year that Israel's population at  the Jewish New Year 5769 is 7,337,000, of whom 5.54 million are Jews, 1.48 million are Arabs (20.1%), and 318,000 (4.3%) are non-Arab others.
Some 67% of the population today are Israeli-born, compared to just 35% when Israel was founded in 1948, and the large majority were immigrants. Israel's population is relatively young compared to other developed countries.
 
Over 28% are children aged 14 or younger, compared to an average of 17% in Western countries. Those aged 65 or older make up less than 10% of the population, compared to some 15% on average in Western countries.
 
Half of Israel's Jewish population lives in the center of the country - 20.7% in the Tel Aviv district and 27.8% in the central district. Less than 10% of the Jewish population lives in the north. In contrast, the bulk of the Arab population lives in outlying areas - 45% in the northern district and 11% in the southern district.
 
151,679children were born in Israel in 2007, 2.4% more than in 2006. The average number of children per woman of childbearing age was 2.9 in 2007. Life expectancy at birth in 2007 was 78.8 for men and 82.5 for women.