Population

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Average height in Israel and how it compares to neighboring countries


Jewish population at lowest percentage since founding of Israel

Close to the establishment of the state, the Jewish percentage of the population stood at 82.1%, while today it stands at only 73.9%.

Israelis celebrate Independence Day on the beach, 2019.

Israel has a lot of children. Is this a problem and what should we do?

Israel’s current fertility rate of some 3.1 children per woman is the highest, by far, of any country in the 37-member OECD.

Israeli children wearing face masks make their way to school in Tzfat on their first day back to classes on November 1, 2020

In first, Jewish population in Israel drops below 74%

The number of Jewish immigrants hit a record low of 33.8% of the total number of new immigrants.

Aliyah has been continuing throughout the pandemic

‘Number of Jews and Palestinians will be equal at end of 2022’

Both will have an estimated population of 7.1 million each, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics president Ola Awad.

Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2019.

Israel’s population reaches 9.2 million citizens

By 2030, Israel’s population is expected to reach 11.1 million, 13.2 million by 2040 and 15.2 million by 2048, which will be Israel’s 100th anniversary.

People covered with Israeli national flags walk onto Rabin square to take part in the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day at its 65th anniversary of the creation of the state in Tel Aviv

Israel's population reaches 9.2 million citizens - report

Israel's population is expected to reach 10 million people by 2024, 15 million by 2048, and 20 million by 2065.

Preschool children from the southern city of Ashkelon, celebrating with the Israeli flag, on 18 April, 2010 the Independence Day.

A less crowded planet - an expected population decline

True, we will reach a peak in about forty years’ time of 9.7 billion, but by century’s end we will be sliding down the other side of the population mountain quite fast.

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World Jewish population 14,410,700 but 80% unconnected

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Israel starts gearing up for 2021 population census

The census, carried out every decade, will start in earnest in April 2021.

Lights are reflected in the Mediterranean Sea, as a view of Jaffa Port is seen at sunset, in Jaffa, Israel June 16, 2019. Picture taken June 16, 2019

Jerusalem's population in numbers

While the population growth rate in Jerusalem is the same as that of the Israeli population, the various populations within the city are growing at different rates.

Tourists look at the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, June 21, 2018.