(IsraelNN.com) The numbers show that of the 2,253,800 Israelis under age 17, over a quarter (27%) are Arabs, while just under two-thirds are Jewish. This does not tell the full story, however. Nearly half the Arab population is under 17, while in the Jewish population, it's only 30.4%. Minor relief can be found in the fact that the proportion of children in other Western countries is said to be 18-26%.

The Israeli city with the largest number of children is Jerusalem, which has 280,000 youngsters, or 40% of the population. Beitar Illit has the highest percentage of children among Jewish towns – 61.9%. Bnei Brak's 65,000 children comprise 47% of its population.

173,000 children are being raised in one-parent families, and of these, a fifth have no siblings. Single-parent families are three times more common within new immigrant families than in the rest of the population.

The most popular names given to Jewish girls this past year were Noa, Shira and Maya, and Daniel, Uri, Itai, Ido and Noam for boys. The most common pairs of names given to twins were Noam [pleasantness] and Amit [companion]; Ohr [light] and Shir [song]; Hod [glory] and Hadar [splendor]; and Shira [song] and Hodaya [thanks].

Among Arabs, the most common name is Muhammed, given to 13.8% of the boys. The most common Arab twins' names were Muhammed and Ahmed, Muhammed and Mahmoud, and Mahmoud and Ahmed.