Israel's population now stands at 7.5 million people

Jerusalem - Israel's population grew by 1.8 per cent in 2009 and now stands at 7,509,000people, the country's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said Wednesday in an end-of-year summing up. Jews number 5,664,000 people, or 75.4 per cent of the population, the CBS said, and Arabs account for 20.3% per cent, or 1,526,000 people.

Some 319,000 people, or 4.3 per cent of the population are classified as "others," defined as non-Arab Christians, or followers of other religions.

Israel's population has grown at a steady 1.8 per cent each year since 2003, the CBS said.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/301515,israels-population-now-stands-at-75-million-people.html.