The Central Bureau of Statistics published new figures, including the fact that 28 percent of Israelis are currently under the age of 15, and 14, 572 immigrants to the country arrived in 2009. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5771, the population of Israel surpassed 7,645,500, of which 5,770,900 people are Jews, 1,559,100 are Arabs, and another 315,500 labeled “other,” according to numbers published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
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