Israel People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 4 208,000, excluding West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem July 1986), average annual growth rate 1.9%

Nationality: noun—Israeli(s); adjective— Israeli

Ethnic divisions: 83% Jewish, 17% non-Jewish (mostly Arab)

Religion- 83% Judaism, 13.1% Islam, 2.3% Christian, 1.6% Druze

Language: Hebrew official; Arabic used officially for Arab minority; English most commonly used foreign language

Infant mortality rate: 14.1/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: 72.1

Literacy: 88% Jews, 70% Arabs

Labor force: est. 1,400 000 (1984); 29.5% public services; 22.8% industry, mining, and manufacturing; 12.8% commerce; 9.5% finance and business; 6.8% transport, storage, and communications; 6.5% construction and public works; 5.5% agriculture, forestry, and fishing; 5.8% personal and other services; 1.0% electricity and water (1983); unemployment about 6.7% (1985)

Organized labor: 90% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Israel on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Israel 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Israel 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.