Working days:
Sunday - Thursday
09:00AM - 18:00PM (GMT+2)

Population: 
7,233,701 
note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000  in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 
0-14 years: 27.9% (male 1,031,629/female 984,230) 
15-64 years: 62.3% (male 2,283,034/female 2,221,301) 
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 311,218/female 402,289) (2009 est.)

Median age: 
total: 29.1 years 
male: 28.4 years 
female: 29.8 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate: 
1.671% (2009 est.)

Birth rate: 
20.02 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate: 
5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
 
Net migration rate: 
2.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization: 
urban population: 92% of total population (2008) 
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-2010)

Sex ratio: 
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female 
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births 
male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births 
female: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 80.73 years 
male: 78.62 years 
female: 82.95 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 
2.75 children born/woman (2009 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 
0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 
5,100 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

Nationality: 
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli

Ethnic groups:
Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004)

Religions:
 Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)

Languages: 
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most  commonly used foreign language

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:
97.1% 
male: 98.5% 
female: 95.9% (2004 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): 
total: 15 years 
male: 15 years 
female: 16 years (2006)

Education expenditures: 
6.9% of GDP (2004)

*** Source: CIA - the world factbook