Population
See also: Demographics of Israel, Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Sephardi Jews, and Jewish ethnic divisionsAccording to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, as of 2009, of Israel's 7 million people, 75.4% were Jews of any background Among them, 68% were Sabras (Israeli-born), mostly second- or third-generation Israelis, and the rest are olim (Jewish immigrants to Israel)—22% from Europe and the Americas, and 10% from Asia and Africa, including the Arab countries. Nearly half of all Israeli Jews are descended from Jews who made aliyah from Europe, while around the same number are descended from Jews who made aliyah from Arab countries, Iran, Turkey and Central Asia. Over two hundred thousand are, or are descended from, Ethiopian and Indian Jews.
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