TEL AVIV [Israel], Ahead of Israel's Independence Day on Tuesday, the Center Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's population rose to 9.9 million on Thursday, including 7.4 million Jews (73.2 percent of the population), 2.08 million Arabs (21.1 million ) Are included. percent), and 564,000 others, such as Druze, Circassians, Armenians and others (5.7 percent Since last year's Independence Day, the population grew by 189,000, an increase of 1.9 percent. According to CBS, this included about 196,000 births, about 37,000 immigrants. At the time of Israel's establishment, the population was 806,000, an increase of more than 12. Since Israel's establishment, more than 3.4 million immigrants have come to Israel. 1.6 million (47.1 percent) arrived after 1990.