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Today, the population of Israel is approximately 7 million people, and growing. Demographically speaking, Israel is a very diverse country. Although the official religion of Israel is Judaism, Israel formally recognizes 15 religions, including Islam, the Baha'i and Druze faiths. As Israel is a free and democratic state, each religious community freely exercises its faith, observes its own holy days and administers its own internal affairs.

Furthermore, 80% of Israelis are Jews of different ethnicities and races from Arab countries, Ethiopia, India, Russia, the former Soviet Union republics, Latin America, the U.S. and Europe. Israel`s non-Jewish minority forms about 20 percent of the population, a significant proportion of the population. The chart below examines the approximate 2009 populations.


 * Religious Makeup of Israel**

||~ Population  ||~ % of total   ||
 * ~ Religion
 * ** Jewish ** || &**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","**.**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","** **5,435,900** || **76.0%** ||
 * **Muslim** || &**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","**.**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","** **1,142,000** || **15.9%** ||
 * **Christian** || &**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","**.**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","** **120,000** || **1.8%** ||
 * **Druze** || &**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","**.**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","** **115,200** || **1.7%** ||
 * **Unclassified by choice** || &**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","****Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","**.**Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","** **302,400** || **4.6%** ||

When considering the above information, it is clear that there is no typical definition of the "standard" Israeli. This further illustrated just how multi-cultural the country truly is.





Sources:

http://www.standwithus.com/HOT_TOPICS/?type=bytopic&TID=3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel

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