POPULATION: 7,427.000
Jews: 75.5%
Non-Jews: 24.5%

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Cities and Towns: 91.7%
Thereof: Jerusalem: 10.4%
Tel Aviv: 5.3%
Haifa: 3.6%
Villages and community settlements: 3.1%
Moshavim: 3.3%
Kibbutzim: 1.7%

LIFE EXPECTANCY
Women: 82.5
Men: 78.8

DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK FORCE
Public, Community & Personal Services: 40.1%
Manufacturing: 13.3%
Tourism, Commerce and Finance: 26%
Agriculture: 1.9%
Other: 18.6%

ECONOMY (NIS) (12/2008)
Gross Domestic Product: 674 billion
Gross Domestic Product per capita 93,808
Exports of goods and services: 291 billion
Imports of goods and services: 302 billion

Statistics: Central Bureau of Statistics and Bank of Israel