Israel
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The Dead Sea's water is so salty and dense that people float on it with ease. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 12.7%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.3M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 15.7%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 25.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 19.4%
- women 26.5%, men 11%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 8.4%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2008 census
Languages
26 languages, 13 of them endangered
- Barzani Jewish Neo-AramaicCritically endangered
- DomariSeverely endangered
- Lishanid NoshanSeverely endangered
- Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- Arab El-Naim Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- Ein Mahal Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- HulauláDefinitely endangered
- Lishán DidánDefinitely endangered
- Lishana DeniDefinitely endangered
- AdygheVulnerable
- Judeo-TatVulnerable
- Judeo-Tripolitanian ArabicVulnerable
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- Judeo-Yemeni ArabicVulnerable
- Bedawi Arabic
- Bukhari
- Eastern Yiddish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Israeli Sign Language
- Judaeo-Spanish
- Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
- Judeo-Moroccan
- Kafr Qasem Sign Language
- Levantine Arabic
- Modern Hebrew
- Najdi Arabic
- Standard Arabic
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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