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The definition of what constitutes the population of Israel varies depending on which territories are counted and which population groups are counted in each territory. The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) definition of the Area of the State of Israel: [5] includes East Jerusalem since 1967, which Israel unilaterally annexed
The data in the list are also of variable quality and timeliness, as only irregularly updated estimates are available for many countries. Most of the entries in the list come from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook database or from national statistical offices.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Ethnic group Israelis ישראלים إسرائيليون Flag of Israel Map of the Israeli diaspora Regions with significant populations Israel c. 9.8 million (including occupied territories) United States 106,839 – 500,000 Russia 100,000 (80,000 in Moscow) [6] India 40–70,000 [7 ...
Ethnolinguistic distribution in Central and Southwest Asia of the Altaic, Caucasian, Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) and Indo-European families.. Ethnic groups in the Middle East are ethnolinguistic groupings in the "transcontinental" region that is commonly a geopolitical term designating the intercontinental region comprising West Asia (including Cyprus) without the South Caucasus, [1] and also ...
Arabs in Israel, by natural region, 2018. The census in Israel directly asked people about their ethnicity only in 1983. [6] However, Israel has used the religion question on its census to determine the ethnic composition of its population from 1948 to the present day.
Fearon [3] instead is trying to construct the 'right list' of ethnic groups which 'depends on what people in the country identify as the most socially relevant ethnic groupings'. This approach has the advantage of being closer to what the theory would want and the disadvantage of having to make judgement calls (or adopt others' judgement calls ...
Being part of the phenomenon of the aging of Europe, the Greek population shows a rapid increase of the percentage of the elderly people. Greece's population census of 1961 found that 10.9% of the total population was above the age of 65, while the percentage of this group age increased to 19.0% in 2011.
The Greek constitution defines the Eastern Orthodox Church as the "prevailing religion" in Greece, and over 95% of the population claim membership in it. Any other religion not explicitly defined by law (e.g. unlike Islam and Judaism, which are explicitly recognized) may acquire the status of a "known religion", a status which allows the religion's adherents to worship freely, and to have ...