• Population: 6,199,008 (includes West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and East Jerusalem Israelis) 
  
• Population Growth: 1.29% (2004 est.)
  
• Birth Rate: 18.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
  
• Death Rate: 6.19/1,000 population (2004 est.)
  
• Military Manpower: males age 15-49: 1,581,883 females age 15-49 1,532,324 (2004 est.)
  
• Life expectancy: 79.17 years male; 80.16 years female (2004 est.)
  
• Unemployment rate: 10.7% (2004 est.)
  
• Inflation Rate consumer prices: .07% (2004 est.)

The citizens of Israel learn to deal with more than others on a regular basis. The staggering amount of starving children and old people who cannot support themselves is unbelievable. Out of every 5 children 3 go hungry each night. The physical, psychological, and emotional strain that terrorists cause makes these people look bleakly into the future. When husbands die in the war the family left behind- some with little knowledge of the language- just do not know where to turn. When children, youth, friends, spouses, and relatives get bombed or killed by the Islamic extremist, it leaves a void in many lives. Those who are wounded have to deal with new disabilities, medical bills, and emotional scars. But stress does not go unnoticed as statistics show that there is an increase of unemployment rates, and an 85% population in the integration shelters from 2 years ago, due to arrivals of many new immigrants, few jobs, competitive prices of housing, few places to go back to.