The Central Bureau of Statistics announced yesterday that Israel’s population now stands at 3,062,000, of which 2,610,000 are listed as Jews and 452,000 as non-Jews. The latest figure represents a population increase of 67,000 Jews and 17,000 non-Jews since last year. According to the Bureau, 60 percent of the Jewish population growth represented natural increase and 40 percent immigration. The growth of the non-Jewish population was almost entirely by natural increase.
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