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Israel's Jewish Birth Rate Up, Arab Birth Rate Down


(Israel Hayom) Zeev Klein - 171,207 babies were born in Israel in 2013, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported. Jewish births increased 1.3% to 127,101 over 2012, while the number of births among Israeli Muslim Arabs declined by 5.5% to 34,766. 21 out of every 1,000 Jewish women gave birth in 2013, compared to 18.3 in the year 2000, while 24.8 Arab women gave birth in 2013, compared to 35 in 2000.
2014-03-10 00:00:00
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