The population of Israel stands currently at 1,629,000, of whom 1,450,000 are Jews and 179,000 are non-Jews, according to J. Shai, director of the Israel Government Immigration Service.
Immigration brought 22,500 newcomers to the Jewish State in the first 11 months of 1952, Mr. Shai said, but 12,500 others left. The natural population increase through births amounted to 33,000 for the same period, or 77 percent of the total increase. This, Mr. Shai contrasted with the year of 1949 when the highwater mark of immigration was reached and the increase by births amounted to only eight percent of the total.
During the four years of Israel’s statehood some 39,000 emigrated from this country, a figure which amounted to six percent of the number who came here from other lands. Some 20,000 of Israel’s permanent residents have refused to surrender their present nationality in order to receive Israel nationality, including some nationals of the Soviet Union and other East European countries.
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