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BY THE NUMBERS: Israeli Population Boom

According to Israel National News, the number of people living in Israel is on the rise.

8 million+ people now reside in Israel, according to the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
10 million people are expected to be living in Israel by the year 2025.
75 percent+ of the country’s residents are Jews, or 6 million, equal to the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust.
20 percent of the population are Israeli Arabs,
4.2 percent are non-Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Source: JNS.org

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