Population

Population booming three years after Oct. 7, Sderot looks to show visitors city's resiliency

The residents of Sderot spoke to the Post ahead of an August 11 event that is part of an initiative to bring more visitors to the city this summer.

Cafe Chico in Sderot, July 20, 2026
"Forest" Project.

An ultra-luxury Jerusalem icon

The Helvetia statue in front of a Swiss flag on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) ahead of a press conference on Swiss banks' capital requirements in Bern, Switzerland, April 22, 2026.

Poll shows Swiss evenly split on proposal to cap population at 10 million

As the CEO of jscreen.org, Dr. Matt Goldstein, MD, PhD, focuses on providing accessible genetic testing to empower individuals with critical, potentially life-saving health insights.

Understanding genetic testing and its importance to the Jewish community


Israel’s population boom: disaster or dream come true?

THERE IS much to debate and discuss about what the future will look like and how to approach it.

BY RECOGNIZING that individuals with disabilities do have abilities, Israel is becoming its best self

Study: Israel en route to becoming severely overcrowded

Today Israel is the fourth most crowded country in the OECD.

Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) walk through Bnei Brak during the funeral procession of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman.

A desperate call to lower the Egyptian birth rate… from an Egyptian

There have been several attempts in the past at lowering the birth rate in Egypt and they continue today with no great success.

A police officer patrols the Giza Pyramids on his camel on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt December

Liberals lose majority in Australia, Jerusalem embassy move unlikely

The loss of the Liberal Party in the wealthy, heavily Jewish Wentworth district, means that Morrison’s Liberal government has lost its one-seat majority.

Dave Sharma Australian Ambassador to Isarel 370

Maintaining migration balance

The more construction going on in a city, the more positive (or less negative) the migration balance is.

THE OLD CITY of Jerusalem – quartered and whole

Hey, don’t crowd me!

Jerusalem is getting pretty crowded.

Chart representing population density

When the future is not in our hands

The obvious question at this point must be: what are the implications of the changes expected in the next 50 years?

Haredim and soldiers at western wall

Inside Jerusalem

The Facts and Figures on the nation's capital.

A father and son in Mea She’arim

Population and Immigration Authority threatened over migrant deportation

Red paint was splattered across the doorway to the downtown Tel Aviv office with notes that read “It will not pass quietly, it’s only the beginning,” and “Their blood is on your hands."

Severed heads and red paint are found outside the entrance the Ministry of Economy office in Tel Aviv, January 2018

Russia 'has made a comeback but has a long way to go'

Newly labeled as one of the top two enemies of the US, Russia might be selling plenty of weapons, but it's lacking in nearly every other category.

A spectator watches Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters of the Sokoly Rossii (Falcons of Russia) aerobatic team perform during the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow