The Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel (CSB) published data on the population of the country as of June 30 of this year. It amounted to 8 704 400 people.
At the same time, from May 31 to June 30, the country's population increased by 13,100 people (by 0.15 percent).
Jews make up 6 497 600, or 74.6 percent of the total number of inhabitants of the country. Arabs - 1815300, or 20.9 percent of the total population of Israel.
The total number of citizens who do not belong to a particular confession, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was 391,500 people, or 4.5 percent.
Over the past year, the population of Israel increased by 164,200 people (by 1.92 percent). At the same time, the Jews became 111 100 more (1.74 percent), Arabs - 38 900 (2.19 percent), the rest - 14 200 (3.76 percent)