ISRAEL Population R-Pihe POPULATION of the State of Israel at the End of June 1954 Was 1,687,886
ISRAEL Population r-piHE POPULATION of the State of Israel at the end of June 1954 was 1,687,886. J. Of these, 188,936 (about 11 per cent) were non-Jews. The table below shows the growth of the population of Israel since May 1948. TABLE 1 JEWISH POPULATION OF ISRAEL, MAY 1948-JULY 1954 Tear Jews Non-Jews Total 1948 758,000 1949 1,013,000 160,000 1,173,000 1950 1,203,000 167,000 1,370,000 1951 1,404,000 173,000 1,577,000 1952 1,450,000 179,000 1,629,000 1953 1,483,505 185,892 1,669,397 1954 (July) 1,498,950 188,936 1,687,886 The total yearly population increase fell from 17 per cent in 1950 to 15 per cent in 1951, 3.3 per cent in 1952, and 2.3 per cent in 1953, due to a decrease in the number of immigrants. Since the first half of 1952 the natural increase had exceeded the net migration. During the first half of 1953 the number of emigrants exceeded the number of immigrants, but during the latter half of the year, immigration was again somewhat greater than emi- gration. During 1953 there were 11,800 immigrants and 8,650 emigrants in all. During the first six months of 1954, 4,128 new immigrants came to Israel. TABLE 2 GROWTH OF JEWISH POPULATION IN ISRAEL (in thousands) 1954 Year 1949 1950 1951 1952 7953 (Jan.-March) Net migration 235 160 167 10 2 4 Natural increase 20 29 35 35 35 9.5 TOTAL INCREASE 255 189 202 45 37 10.5 466 ISRAEL 467 VITAL STATISTICS The net birth rate (the number of live births per 1,000 residents) was 30.8 during the first months of 1954, as compared with 32 in 1953 and 33 in 1952.
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