The fertility rates of Jewish and Arab women reached parity for the first time ever in 2015, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday.
The announcement, which was made to mark International Child Day, stated that both Jewish and Arab women had given birth to an average of 3.13 children as of 2015.
The replacement rate required to keep a population stable is approximately 2.1 children per woman, though this can vary from country to country depending on mortality rates.
There has been a trend of rising Jewish fertility rates and declining Arab fertility rates in Israel in recent years. In 2000 the Arab fertility rate was 4.3 children per women while Jewish women had less than half as many children, with a fertility rate of 2.6.
Israel has the highest fertility rate of any of the developed member nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) according to the OECD website.
Kiwango cha uzazi wa wanawake wa Kiarabu na Wayahudi kilifikia kiwango cha usawa kwa mara ya kwanza katika historia ya nchi hiyo mwaka 2015, kulingana na ripoti ya Shirika la Takwimu la Marekani (Statistics). Taarifa hiyo, iliyotolewa kwa ajili ya kuadhimisha Siku ya Kimataifa ya Watoto, ilisema kuwa wanawake wa Kiyahudi na Waarabu walikuwa wamezaa wastani wa watoto 3.13 hadi mwaka 2015. Kiwango cha uingizwaji kinachohitajika ili kudumisha idadi ya watu ni karibu watoto 2.1 kwa mwanamke, ingawa hii inaweza kutofautiana kutoka nchi hadi nchi kulingana na viwango vya vifo. Kumekuwa na mwelekeo wa kuongezeka kwa viwango vya uzazi wa Kiyahudi na kupungua kwa viwango vya uzazi wa Waarabu nchini Israeli katika miaka ya hivi karibuni. Katika miaka ya 2000, kiwango cha uzazi wa Kiarabu kilikuwa watoto 4.3 kwa mwanamke mmoja, wakati wanawake wa Kiyahudi walikuwa na watoto wa chini ya nusu, na kiwango cha uzazi kilikuwa 2.6. Israel ina kiwango cha juu cha uzazi kati ya mataifa yote yaliyoendelea ya Shirika la Ushirikiano wa Kiuchumi na Maendeleo (OECD) kulingana na tovuti ya OECD.