Tel Aviv, April 29 -- On the eve of Israel's 77th Independence Day, the country's population stands at 10.094 million and strikingly young, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Tuesday.

The population includes 7.73 million Jews and others (77.6 per cent), 2.11 million Arabs (20.9 per cent), and 248,000 foreigners (2.5 per cent). Over the past year, the population grew by 135,000, an increase of 1.4 per cent, with 174,000 births, 28,000 new immigrants, 50,000 deaths, and a net outflow of 56,000 Israelis living abroad, the CBS reported.

The population is also 12 times larger than when the state was founded in 1948 with just 806,000 residents.

The data also shows society as young. According to the CBS...