At the end of the Jewish year 5775, the population of Israel stands at 8.4 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.
This is an increase of about 158,000 over last year, including 28,000 new olim.
The Jewish population now stands at 6.3 million, representing 74.9 percent of the total. The Arab population is 1.746 million, 20.7 percent of the total. The remaining 366,000 mostly describe themselves either as non-Arab Christians or lacking religion.