Israel’s Christian network grew 2 in 2021 to 185,000 people, or 1. 9 of the state’s total population, the annual report from the Central Bureau of Community Statistics said Sunday.
Released on Christmas Day, the report noted that more than three-quarters of Israel’s Christian population were Arabs, only about 7% of the country’s total Arab population.
The majority of Christians in Israel (70%) live in the north of the country, basically in Nazareth and Haifa. Some 13,000 live in Jerusalem.
The report states that 52. 9% of Arab Christians and 31. 2% of non-Arab Christians pursue higher education after completing high school, which is a higher proportion than the Arab-Muslim population (31. 2%) and the Jewish population (48. 2%).
At university, Arab Christians were overrepresented in social sciences, law, mathematics, statistics, and computer science, but underrepresented in education, business and management, and related fitness sciences.
“The overall fertility rate of a Christian woman [in 2021] averaged 1. 77 young women matched, [compared to] 1. 8 in 2019. The number of young people compatible with Arab Christian women is even lower, 1. 68 young people compatible with women,” the report says. saying.
The average duration of a Christian family 3. 06, comparable to that of a Jewish family (3. 05), but lower than that of a Muslim family (4. 46).
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