The population of Israel is estimated at 4,375,000 of whom 3,590,000 are Jews, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The total population was up by 1.4 percent since September 1986 and the Jewish population increased by 1.1 percent. There were nearly 100,000 births registered during the last Hebrew calendar year, three quarters of them Jewish. About 12,000 new immigrants arrived during the year, compared to 9,200 the previous year.
According to the Bureau, nearly two million Israelis — 45 percent — live in 11 cities of 100,000 population or more. Jerusalem is the largest with a population of about 477,000 persons, followed by Tel Aviv with 318,000 and Haifa with 223,000. The populations of both of the latter two cities have been declining.
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