Demographics of Israel

The demographics of Israel, monitored by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, encompass various attributes that define the nation's populace. Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has witnessed significant changes in its demographics. Formed as a homeland for the Jewish people, Israel has attracted Jewish immigrants from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics defines the population of Israel as including Jews living in all of the West Bank and Palestinians in East Jerusalem but excluding Palestinians anywhere in the rest of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and foreign workers anywhere in Israel. As of December 2023, this calculation stands at approximately 9,842,000 of whom:

• 73.2% (about 7,208,000 people) are Jews, including about 503,000 living outside the self-defined borders of the State of Israel in the West Bank
• 21.1% (around 2,080,000 people) are Israeli citizens classified as Arab, some identifying as Palestinian, and including Druze, Circassians, all other Muslims, Christian Arabs, Armenians (which Israel considers "Arab")<ref name="cbs-pop-groups">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• An additional 5.7% (roughly 554,000 people) are classified as "others". This diverse group comprises those with Jewish ancestry but not recognized as Jewish by religious law, non-Jewish family members of Jewish immigrants, Christians other than Arabs and Armenians, and residents without a distinct ethnic or religious categorization.<ref name="cbs-pop-groups"/><ref name="cbs-2023-12-28"/>

Israel's annual population growth rate stood at 2.0% in 2015, more than three times faster than the OECD average of around 0.6%.<ref name="OECD_Statistics">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> With an average of three children per woman, Israel also has the highest fertility rate in the OECD by a considerable margin and much higher than the OECD average of 1.7.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Definitions

The definition of what constitutes the population of Israel varies depending on which territories are counted and which population groups are counted in each territory.

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) definition of the Area of the State of Israel:<ref name=area-of-state-of-israel-definition>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• includes East Jerusalem since 1967, which Israel unilaterally annexed
• includes the Golan Heights since 1982, which Israel unilaterally annexed
• excludes the West Bank other than East Jerusalem

The CBS' definition of the Population of Israel, however:<ref name=population-of-israel-definition>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• includes non-Israeli Palestinians (as well as Israeli Arabs/Palestinians) in East Jerusalem who have permission to live there
• includes Israeli settlers and others with Israeli residency permits living in the Area C of West Bank
• excludes Palestinian/Arab/other residents of Area C and East Jerusalem who do not have Israeli citizenship or residence
• excludes persons who are not registered (from 2008 on) and/or entered illegally, and foreign workers.

Population

File:Population of Israel since 1949.svg

Israeli population growth since 1949

Total population

Template:Data Israel<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (most current update from the Israeli Central Bureau for Statistics, via live feed)

Note: includes over 200,000 Israelis and 250,000 Arabs in East Jerusalem, about 421,400 Jewish settlers on the West Bank, and about 42,000 in the Golan Heights (July 2007 estimate). Does not include Arab populations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Does not include 222,000 foreigners living in the country.<ref>הודעות לעיתונות Template:Webarchive. Cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 8 September 2011.</ref>

Demographics of Israel and its Occupied Territories

Region & Status	By nationality						Total Population	Year Source	By ethnoreligious group			Area (km2)
	Israeli citizen		Total Israelis	Year Source	Palestinian non-Israeli- citizens	Year			Jewish	Arab	Other
	Jews and Other	Arab citizens of Israel
Green Line De facto 1949–1967 borders<ref name="Otherfigures">Figure calculated from other sourced figures in table</ref>	6,976,761	1,689,018	8,665,779	2019/ -21/-3 <ref>Derived from total CBS Population of Israel 31-Dec-2023 minus estimates for East Jerusalem Israelis and non-Israeli Palestinians, minus Golan Heights, minus 1/1/24 estimate of settlers in Area C</ref>	0		8,660,209	2019/ -21/-3 <ref name="Otherfigures" />	6,422,761 74%	1,689,018 20%	554,000 6%	20,582 <ref name="Otherfigures" />
Golan Heights Per Israel: annexed Per UN: Occupied Syrian territory<ref name="bbc_golan_profile" /><ref name="un_scr_1981" /><ref name="UN Security Council Resolution 497" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27,000	26,000	53,000 Jews 27,000 Druze 24,000 Alawite 2,000	2021 <ref name="golan-2021">Template:Cite news</ref>	0	2021 <ref name="golan-2021" />	53,000	2021 <ref name="golan-2021" />	27,000	26,000	0	1,154
East Jerusalem Per Israel: Annexed Per UN: Occupied Palestinian territory <ref name="bbc_golan_profile">BBC News. Regions and territories: The Golan Heights.</ref><ref name="un_scr_1981">United Nations. Security Council Resolutions, 1981.</ref><ref name="UN Security Council Resolution 497">Council on Foreign Relations. UN Security Council Resolution 497.</ref>	240,832	~18,982	259,814	2021 <ref name="arab-east-jerusalem-2021" />	351,570	2021 <ref name="arab-east-jerusalem-2021">"Total" and "Jewish/Other" figures from {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}. From this number subtract 18,982 Arabs who have Israeli citizenship, viz. Template:Cite news East Jerusalem consists of Areas 2111–2911, all of Quarters 1, 4, and 16; in Quarter 5 Giv'at Shapira (French Hill), Ramat Eshkol, Giv'at Hamivtar and Ma'alot Dafna (but not Shmuel Hanavi), and in Quarter 13 East Talpiot.</ref>	611,384	2021 <ref name="arab-east-jerusalem-2021" />	240,832	370,552 of which Arab citizens of Israel ~18,982	0	336 <ref name="OCHA Barrier">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Area of the State of Israel as per CBS definition												22,072
West Bank Area C (Full Israeli control) Israelis	517,407	0	517,407	1/2024 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="settlers-area-c-latimes">Template:Cite news</ref>	not counted in population of Israel	2019 <ref name="oxfam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="un-area-c-2014-pal-est">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	517,407	2019/ 1/1/24 <ref>Sum of Israeli and Palestinian estimates</ref>	517,407	not counted in population of Israel	0	200 <ref name="OCHA Barrier" />
Population of Israel as per CBS definition	7,762,000	1,734,000	9,496,000		~351,570 East Jerusalem Palestinians		9,842,000	2023 <ref name="cbs-2023-12-28" />	7,208,000	2,080,000 PCI* 1,734,000 Non-PCI ~346,000	554,000	25,650
Area C Palestinians	counted in row above	0	counted in row above		300,000	2019 <ref name="oxfam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="un-area-c-2014-pal-est">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	300,000			300,000	0
West Bank Areas A & B (Under Palestinian civil administration)			0		2,464,566	2023 <ref name="pcbs-est">Gaza Strip and West Bank (except Jerusalem) estimate for mid-2023 as per {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Subtract a further est. 300,000 from the West Bank number which is the est. no. of Palestinians living in Area C under full Israeli control.</ref>	2,464,566	2023 <ref name="pcbs-est" />	0	2,464,566	0	2,808 <ref name="OCHA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Gaza Strip (Under partial Palestinian administration)			0		2,226,544	mid- 2023 <ref name="pcbs-est" />	2,226,544	mid- 2023 <ref name="pcbs-est" />	0	2,226,544	0	365
Israel and Israeli-occupied territories							14,833,110	Sum	7,208,000 48.6%	7,071,000 47.7% Arab citizens of Israel: 1,734,00011.7%, Palestinian non-citizen: 5,337,110 36.0%	554,000 3.7%	28,823

Density

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Population density per square kilometer, by district, sub-district and geographical area

Geographic deployment, as of 2018:

• Central District: 24.5% (2,196,100)
• Tel Aviv District: 15.9% (1,427,200)
• Northern District: 16.2% (1,448,100)
• Southern District: 14.5% (1,302,000)
• Haifa District: 11.5% (1,032,800)
• Jerusalem District: 12.6% (1,133,700)
• Judea and Samaria Area (West Bank) (Israelis only): 4.8% (427,800)

Population growth rate

• 2.0% (2016)

During the 1990s, the Jewish population growth rate was about 3% per year, as a result of massive immigration to Israel, primarily from the republics of the former Soviet Union. There is also a very high population growth rate among certain Jewish groups, especially adherents of Orthodox Judaism. The growth rate of the Arab population in Israel is 2.2%, while the growth rate of the Jewish population in Israel is 1.8%. The growth rate of the Arab population has slowed from 3.8% in 1999 to 2.2% in 2013, and for the Jewish population, the growth rate declined from 2.7% to its lowest rate of 1.4% in 2005. Due to a rise in fertility of the Jewish population since 1995 and immigration, the growth rate has since risen to 1.8%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fertility

The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that an average woman would have, in her lifetime.

• 3.01 children born/woman (2019)

Jewish total fertility rate increased by 10.2% during 1998–2009, and was recorded at 2.90 during 2009. During the same time period, Arab TFR decreased by 20.5%. Muslim TFR was measured at 3.73 for 2009, and 2.9 for 2022.<ref name=taub/>

In 2000, the Jewish and Arab TFRs in Jerusalem were 3.79 and 4.43 respectively. By 2009, the Jewish TFR in Jerusalem was measured higher than the Arab TFR (2010: 4.26 vs 3.85, 2009: 4.16 vs 3.87). As of 2021, the Jewish and Arab TFRs in Jerusalem were 4.4 and 3.1 respectively.<ref>ירושלים של מיליון: רק שני שלישים מתושבי הבירה לוקחים חלק בכוח העבודה</ref> TFR for Arab residents in the West Bank was measured at 2.91 in 2013,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while that for the Jewish residents was reported at 5.10 children per woman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The ethnic group with highest recorded TFR is the Bedouin of Negev. Their TFR was reported at 10.06 in 1998, and 5.73 in 2009. TFR is also very high among Haredi Jews. For Ashkenazi Haredim, the TFR rose from 6.91 in 1980 to 8.51 in 1996. The figure for 2008 is estimated to be even higher. TFR for Sephardi/Mizrahi Haredim rose from 4.57 in 1980 to 6.57 in 1996.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2020 the overall Jewish TFR in Israel (3.00) was for the first time measured higher than Arab Muslim TFR (2.99).

As of 2022, the fertility rates in Israeli cities dominated by specific demographic groups were: Haredi 6.1, Bedouin 4.4, Jewish non-Haredi 2.4, Arab 2.2, Druze 1.8.<ref name=taub>הדמוגרפיה של ישראל 2023: ירידות בפריון, בהגירה ובתמותה</ref>

Year	Jews	Muslims	Christians	Druze	Others	Total
2000	2.66	4.74	2.55	3.07		2.95
2001	2.59	4.71	2.46	3.02		2.89
2002	2.64	4.58	2.29	2.77		2.89
2003	2.73	4.50	2.31	2.85		2.95
2004	2.71	4.36	2.13	2.66	1.47	2.90
2005	2.69	4.03	2.15	2.59	1.49	2.84
2006	2.75	3.97	2.14	2.64	1.55	2.88
2007	2.80	3.90	2.13	2.49	1.49	2.90
2008	2.88	3.84	2.11	2.49	1.57	2.96
2009	2.90	3.73	2.15	2.49	1.56	2.96
2010	2.97	3.75	2.14	2.48	1.64	3.03
2011	2.98	3.51	2.19	2.33	1.75	3.00
2012	3.04	3.54	2.17	2.26	1.68	3.05
2013	3.05	3.35	2.13	2.21	1.68	3.03
2014	3.11	3.35	2.27	2.20	1.72	3.08
2015	3.13	3.32	2.12	2.19	1.72	3.09
2016	3.16	3.29	2.05	2.21	1.64	3.11
2017	3.16	3.37	1.93	2.10	1.58	3.11
2018	3.17	3.20	2.06	2.16	1.54	3.09
2019	3.09	3.16	1.80	2.02	1.45	3.01
2020	3.00	2.99	1.85	1.94	1.35	2.90
2021	3.13	3.01	1.77	2.00	1.39	3.00
2022	3.03	2.91	1.68	1.85	1.26	2.89
2023	3.01	2.85	1.65	1.80	1.20	2.85
2024	3.00	2.80	1.63	1.75	1.15	2.83
Year	Jews	Muslims	Christians	Druze	Others	Total

Birth rate

File:TFR rate of Israel to 2016.svg

TFR of Israel to 2016

2021 :

• Total: 19.7 births/1,000 population
• Jews and others: 19.1 births/1,000 population
• Muslims: 23.4 births/1,000 population
• Christians: 13.3 births/1,000 population
• Druze: 15.8 births/1,000 population

Births, in absolute numbers, by mother's religion<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Births by mother's religion in JanuaryTemplate:EndashFebruary

	Jewish		Muslim		Christian		Druze		others		total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2024	22,587	Template:Percentage bar	6,073	Template:Percentage bar	347	Template:Percentage bar	286	Template:Percentage bar	596	Template:Percentage bar	29,889
2025	22,164	Template:Percentage bar	5,756	Template:Percentage bar	307	Template:Percentage bar	321	Template:Percentage bar	540	Template:Percentage bar	29,088

Between the mid-1980s and 2000, the fertility rate in the Muslim sector was stable at 4.6–4.7 children per woman; after 2001, a gradual decline became evident, reaching 3.51 children per woman in 2011. By point of comparison, in 2011, there was a rising fertility rate of 2.98 children among the Jewish population.

Life expectancy

File:Life expectancy development in Israel.svg

Life expectancy in Israel since 1950

File:Life expectancy by WBG -Israel -diff.png

Life expectancy in Israel since 1961 by gender

As of 2019:

• Total population: 82.8 years
• Male: 81 years
• Female: 84.7 years<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Average life expectancy at age 0 of the total population.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1950–1955	68.9	1985–1990	75.9
1955–1960	70.0	1990–1995	77.2
1960–1965	71.0	1995–2000	78.3
1965–1970	71.8	2000–2005	79.6
1970–1975	72.6	2005–2010	80.9
1975–1980	73.5	2010–2015	81.9
1980–1985	74.6

Infant mortality rate

• Total: 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 4.20 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Age structure

The table shows population estimates by sex and age group, as of July 1, 2019. It includes data for East Jerusalem and Israeli residents in certain other territories under occupation by Israeli military forces since June 1967. Data refer to Israeli citizens and permanent residents who are listed in the Population Register.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	4,494,051	4,559,975	9,054,026	Template:Percentage bar
0–4	469 807	444 266	914 073	Template:Percentage bar
5–9	441 977	419 861	861 838	Template:Percentage bar
10–14	396 165	376 914	773 079	Template:Percentage bar
15–19	365 754	349 118	714 872	Template:Percentage bar
20–24	331 474	319 040	650 514	Template:Percentage bar
25–29	312 165	304 844	617 009	Template:Percentage bar
30–34	299 747	298 768	598 515	Template:Percentage bar
35–39	289 123	292 026	581 149	Template:Percentage bar
40–44	277 424	282 277	559 701	Template:Percentage bar
45–49	251 526	257 539	509 065	Template:Percentage bar
50–54	210 803	217 399	428 202	Template:Percentage bar
55–59	191 364	204 826	396 191	Template:Percentage bar
60–64	178 062	196 878	374 940	Template:Percentage bar
65–69	166 374	188 225	354 598	Template:Percentage bar
70–74	131 622	154 117	285 739	Template:Percentage bar
75–79	73 046	91 752	164 798	Template:Percentage bar
80–84	58 830	81 606	140 436	Template:Percentage bar
85–89	31 038	48 194	79 233	Template:Percentage bar
90–94	12 882	23 779	36 661	Template:Percentage bar
95–99	3 434	6 783	10 216	Template:Percentage bar
100+	1 432	1 765	3 197	Template:Percentage bar
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1,307,949	1,241,041	2,548,990	Template:Percentage bar
15–64	2,707,444	2,722,713	5,430,157	Template:Percentage bar
65+	478 658	596 221	1,074,879	Template:Percentage bar

Population by Age Group (2010 est.)

Group	0–14 years	15–64 years	65+ years
Total	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Jews	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Arabs	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar

Median age

Overall	Jewish	Arabs
29.7	31.6	21.1

The Jewish median age in Jerusalem district and the West Bank are 24.9 and 19.7, respectively, and both account for 16% of the Jewish population, but 24% of 0- to 4-year-olds. The lowest median age in Israel, and one of the lowest in the world, is found in two of the West Bank's biggest Jewish cities: Modi'in Illit (11), Beitar Illit (11)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> followed by Bedouin towns in the Negev (15.2).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cities

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Within Israel's system of local government, an urban municipality can be granted a city council by the Israeli Interior Ministry when its population exceeds 20,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The term "city" does not generally refer to local councils or urban agglomerations, even though a defined city often contains only a small portion of an urban area or metropolitan area's population. Template:Largest cities of Israel

Ethnic and religious groups

Statistics

File:Demographic map of Palestine - Israel - with Legend.png

Ethnic map of Israel and Palestine, with the Golan Heights

File:Population pyramid of Israel by ethnic group in 2021.svg

Population pyramid of Israel by ethnic group in 2021

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Green Line Israel				Golan Heights	East Jerusalem	Rest of West Bank	Gaza Strip
Jews	7,181,000	Template:Percentage bar	yes	yes	yes	yes	n/a
Arabs	2,065,000	Template:Percentage bar	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Other	549,000	Template:Percentage bar	yes	yes	yes	n/a	n/a
Total	9,795,000	Template:Percentage bar	all	all	all	Jews only	no

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CitationClass=web }}, About the Atlas, Atlas Data, Chapter 3: Israel in the 70th Year of Independence (2018), Figures 3.13 and 3.14</ref>	Natural region	Total population	Jews and Others		Arabs
#			%	#	%
Judean Mountains	991,503	629,659	Template:Percentage bar	361,844	Template:Percentage bar
Judean Foothills	142,152	141,704	Template:Percentage bar	448	Template:Percentage bar
Hula Valley	41,076	40,173	Template:Percentage bar	903	Template:Percentage bar
Eastern Upper Galilee	54,327	48,364	Template:Percentage bar	5,963	Template:Percentage bar
Hazor Region	24,097	17,362	Template:Percentage bar	6,735	Template:Percentage bar
Central Lower Galilee	1,716	1,715	Template:Percentage bar	1	Template:Percentage bar
Kinerot	61,247	58,783	Template:Percentage bar	2,464	Template:Percentage bar
Eastern Lower Galilee	51,660	19,600	Template:Percentage bar	32,060	Template:Percentage bar
Bet She'an Valley	31,641	31,467	Template:Percentage bar	174	Template:Percentage bar
Harod Valley	11,741	9,835	Template:Percentage bar	1,906	Template:Percentage bar
Kokhav Plateau	13,765	3,511	Template:Percentage bar	10,254	Template:Percentage bar
Yizre'el Valley	83,632	75,771	Template:Percentage bar	7,861	Template:Percentage bar
Yoqne'am Region	36,964	36,936	Template:Percentage bar	28	Template:Percentage bar
Menashe Plateau	5,998	5,994	Template:Percentage bar	4	Template:Percentage bar
Nazareth-Tir'an Mountains	336,405	75,033	Template:Percentage bar	261,372	Template:Percentage bar
Shefar'am Region	221,921	12,247	Template:Percentage bar	209,674	Template:Percentage bar
Karmi'el Region	119,002	50,840	Template:Percentage bar	68,162	Template:Percentage bar
Yehi'am Region	101,383	34,352	Template:Percentage bar	67,031	Template:Percentage bar
Elon Region	20,616	9,357	Template:Percentage bar	11,259	Template:Percentage bar
Nahariyya Region	104,177	74,904	Template:Percentage bar	29,273	Template:Percentage bar
Akko Region	76,186	39,736	Template:Percentage bar	36,450	Template:Percentage bar
Hermon Region	13,239	131	Template:Percentage bar	13,108	Template:Percentage bar
Northern Golan	16,520	3,735	Template:Percentage bar	12,785	Template:Percentage bar
Middle Golan	11,167	11,089	Template:Percentage bar	78	Template:Percentage bar
Southern Golan	9,636	9,627	Template:Percentage bar	9	Template:Percentage bar
Haifa Region	583,443	516,228	Template:Percentage bar	67,215	Template:Percentage bar
Karmel Coast	32,356	19,061	Template:Percentage bar	13,295	Template:Percentage bar
Zikhron Ya'aqov Region	28,488	28,071	Template:Percentage bar	417	Template:Percentage bar
Alexander Mountain	139,820	13,163	Template:Percentage bar	126,657	Template:Percentage bar
Hadera Region	248,666	191,627	Template:Percentage bar	57,039	Template:Percentage bar
Western Sharon	362,045	360,729	Template:Percentage bar	1,316	Template:Percentage bar
Eastern Sharon	115,401	16,552	Template:Percentage bar	98,849	Template:Percentage bar
Southern Sharon	283,513	273,306	Template:Percentage bar	10,207	Template:Percentage bar
Petah Tikva Region	470,779	443,527	Template:Percentage bar	27,252	Template:Percentage bar
Modi'in Region	102,151	102,124	Template:Percentage bar	27	Template:Percentage bar
Ramla Region	249,540	208,404	Template:Percentage bar	41,136	Template:Percentage bar
Rehovot Region	304,397	303,638	Template:Percentage bar	759	Template:Percentage bar
Rishon LeZiyyon Region	308,234	307,989	Template:Percentage bar	245	Template:Percentage bar
Tel Aviv Region	595,797	575,204	Template:Percentage bar	20,593	Template:Percentage bar
Ramat Gan Region	495,084	494,432	Template:Percentage bar	652	Template:Percentage bar
Holon Region	336,286	335,175	Template:Percentage bar	1,111	Template:Percentage bar
Mal'akhi Region	62,064	61,800	Template:Percentage bar	264	Template:Percentage bar
Lakhish Region	71,416	71,345	Template:Percentage bar	71	Template:Percentage bar
Ashdod Region	224,629	224,328	Template:Percentage bar	301	Template:Percentage bar
Ashqelon Region	193,136	192,594	Template:Percentage bar	542	Template:Percentage bar
Gerar Region	56,110	56,065	Template:Percentage bar	45	Template:Percentage bar
Besor Region	52,014	51,737	Template:Percentage bar	277	Template:Percentage bar
Be'er Sheva Region	518,798	258,777	Template:Percentage bar	260,021	Template:Percentage bar
Dead Sea Region	1,283	1,254	Template:Percentage bar	29	Template:Percentage bar
Arava Region	58,916	56,543	Template:Percentage bar	2,373	Template:Percentage bar
Northern Negev Mountain	62,673	55,710	Template:Percentage bar	6,963	Template:Percentage bar
Southern Negev Mountain	937	920	Template:Percentage bar	17	Template:Percentage bar
Judea and Samaria Area (non-Israeli Arabs not included)	427,847	426,925	Template:Percentage bar	922	Template:Percentage bar

The most prominent ethnic and religious groups that live in Israel at present and that are Israeli citizens or nationals are as follows:

Jews

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According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2008, of Israel's 7.3 million people, 75.6 percent were Jews of any background.<ref name="CBS_month_pop">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Among them, 70.3 percent were Sabras (born in Israel), mostly second- or third-generation Israelis, and the rest are olim (Jewish immigrants to Israel)—20.5 percent from Europe and the Americas, and 9.2 percent from Asia and Africa, including the Arab countries.<ref name="CBS_2008_jews_origin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, in April 2023, of Israel's 9.7 million people, 73.5 percent, or 7.145 million, were Jews of any background.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

There are no government statistics categorizing Israeli Jews as "Ashkenazi", "Mizrahi", etc, but studies and estimates have been conducted.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In a 2019 study, in a sample meant to be representative of the Israeli Jewish population, about 44.9% percent of Israel's Jewish population were categorized as Mizrahi (defined as having grandparents born in North Africa or Asia), 31.8% were categorized as Ashkenazi (defined as having grandparents born in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and South Africa), 12.4% as "Soviet" (defined as having progenitors who came from the ex-USSR in 1989 or later), about 3% as Beta Israel (Ethiopia) and 7.9% as a mix of these, or other Jewish groups.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Note that this methodology isn't exact: See, for example, Bulgarian or Greek Jews, who would be categorized as Ashkenazi according to this definition, although they are overwhelmingly Sephardic.

The paternal lineage of the Jewish population of Israel as of 2015 is as follows:

Recent paternal ancestral background of Israeli Jews

Countries of Origin	Population			Percentage
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Total	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	6,276,800	5,523,700	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
From Israel by paternal country of origin:	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	2,765,500	2,043,800	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
From Europe by own or paternal country of origin:	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	1,648,000	1,662,800	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Russia and former USSR	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	891,700	923,600	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Romania	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	199,400	213,100	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Poland	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	185,400	198,500	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
France	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	87,500	63,200	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Germany and Austria	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	70,800	49,700	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	59,800	64,900	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
United Kingdom	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	46,000	39,800	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Bulgaria and Greece	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	45,500	48,900	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Other European	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	61,900	61,100	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
From Africa by own or paternal country of origin:	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	897,300	859,100	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Morocco	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	484,500	486,600	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Algeria and Tunisia	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	133,500	120,600	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Ethiopia	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	133,200	106,900	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Libya	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	66,800	67,400	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Egypt	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	54,600	55,800	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Other African	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	24,700	17,200	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
From Asia by own or paternal country of origin:	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	674,500	681,400	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Iraq	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	225,800	233,500	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Iran (Persia)	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	140,100	134,700	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Yemen	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	134,100	138,300	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Turkey	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	74,600	76,900	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
India and Pakistan	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	47,600	45,600	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Syria and Lebanon	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	34,500	35,300	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Other Asian	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	18,000	17,200	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
From the Americas and Oceania by own or paternal country of origin:	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	291,500	249,800	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	181,000	149,200	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Argentina	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	62,600	59,400	Template:Decrease {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar
Other Latin American	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	47,900	41,200	Template:Increase {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Percentage bar

Arabs

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Arabs in Israel, by natural region, 2018

Arab citizens of Israel are those Arab residents of Mandatory Palestine that remained within Israel's borders following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the establishment of the State of Israel. It is including those born within the state borders subsequent to this time, as well as those who had left during the establishment of the state (or their descendants), who have since re-entered by means accepted as lawful residence by the Israeli state (primarily family reunifications).

In 2019, the official number of Arab residents in Israel was 1,890,000 people, representing 21% of Israel's population.<ref name="population_stat2019">Template:Cite report</ref> This figure includes 209,000 Arabs (14% of the Israeli Arab population) in East Jerusalem, also counted in the Palestinian statistics, although 98 percent of East Jerusalem Palestinians have either Israeli residency or Israeli citizenship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Arab Muslims

Most Arab citizens of Israel are Muslim, particularly of the Sunni branch of Islam. A small minority are Ahmadiyya sect and there are also some Alawites (affiliated with Shia Islam) in the northernmost village of Ghajar with Israeli citizenship. As of 2019, Arab citizens of Israel composed 21 percent of the country's total population.<ref name="population_stat2019" /> About 82 percent of the Arab population in Israel are Sunni Muslims, a very small minority are Shia Muslims, another 9 percent are Druze, and around 9 percent are Christian (mostly Eastern Orthodox and Catholic denominations).

Bedouin{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The Arab Muslim citizens of Israel include also the Bedouins, who are divided into two main groups: the Bedouin in the north of Israel, who live in villages and towns for the most part, and the Bedouin in the Negev, who include half-nomadic and inhabitants of towns and Unrecognized villages. According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of 1999, 110,000 Bedouins live in the Negev, 50,000 in the Galilee and 10,000 in the central region of Israel.<ref name="Bedouin Demographics">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The vast majority of Arab Bedouins of Israel practice Sunni Islam.

Ahmadiyya

The Ahmadiyya community was first established in the region in the 1920s, in what was then Mandatory Palestine. There is a large community in Kababir, a neighborhood on Mount Carmel in Haifa.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is unknown how many Israeli Ahmadis there are, although it is estimated there are about 2,200 Ahmadis in Kababir alone.<ref name="israelandyou">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Arab Christians

As of December 2013, about 161,000 Israeli citizens practiced Christianity, together comprising about 2% of the total population.<ref name="MFA2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The largest group consists of Melkites (about 60% of Israel's Christians), followed by the Greek Orthodox (about 30%), with the remaining ca. 10% spread between the Roman Catholic (Latin), Maronite, Anglican, Lutheran, Armenian, Syriac, Ethiopian, Coptic and other denominations.<ref name="MFA2014" />

Druze{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The Arab citizens of Israel include also the Druze, who numbered at an estimated 143,000 in April 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> All of the Druze living in what was then British Mandate Palestine became Israeli citizens after the declaration of the State of Israel. Druze serve prominently in the Israel Defense Forces, and are represented in mainstream Israeli politics and business as well, unlike Muslim or Christian Arabs who are not required to and generally choose not to serve in the Israeli army. Though a few individuals identify themselves as "Palestinian Druze",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the vast majority of Druze do not consider themselves to be 'Palestinian', and consider their Israeli identity stronger than their Arab identity. A 2017 Pew Research Center poll reported that the majority of the Israeli Druze identified as ethnically Arab.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Syriac Christians

Arameans{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In 2014, Israel decided to recognize the Aramaic community within its borders as a national minority, allowing some of the Christians in Israel to be registered as "Aramean" instead of "Arab".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of October 2014, some 600 Israelis requested to be registered as Arameans, with several thousand eligible for the status – mostly members of the Maronite community with some Assyrians as well.

The Maronite Christian community in Israel of around 7,000 resides mostly in the Galilee, with a presence in Haifa, Nazareth and Jerusalem. It is largely composed of families that lived in Upper Galilee in villages such as Jish long before the establishment of Israel in 1948. In the year 2000, the community was joined by a group of Lebanese SLA militia members and their families, who fled Lebanon after 2000 withdrawal of IDF from South Lebanon.

Assyrians{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} There are around 1,000 Assyrians living in Israel, mostly in Jerusalem and Nazareth. Assyrians are an Aramaic speaking, Eastern Rite Christian minority who are descended from the ancient Mesopotamians. The old Syriac Orthodox monastery of Saint Mark lies in Jerusalem. Other than followers of the Syriac Orthodox Church, there are also followers of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church living in Israel.

Other citizens

Copts

Some 1,000 Israeli citizens belong to the Coptic community, originating in Egypt.

Samaritans{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The Samaritans are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant. Ancestrally, they claim descent from a group of Israelite inhabitants who have connections to ancient Samaria from the beginning of the Babylonian Exile up to the beginning of the Common Era. 2007 population estimates show that 712 Samaritans live half in Holon, Israel and half at Mount Gerizim in the West Bank. The Holon community holds Israeli citizenship, while the Gerizim community resides at an Israeli-controlled enclave, holding dual Israeli-Palestinian citizenship.

Armenians{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} About 4,000 Armenians reside in Israel mostly in Jerusalem (including in the Armenian Quarter), but also in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jaffa. Armenians have a Patriarchate in Jerusalem and churches in Jerusalem, Haifa and Jaffa. Although Armenians of Old Jerusalem have Israeli identity cards, they are officially holders of Jordanian passports.<ref>Joyce M. Davis. Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter. Catholic Near East Welfare Association.</ref>

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Circassians in Kfar Kama

In Israel, there are also a few thousand Circassians, living mostly in Kfar Kama (2,000) and Reyhaniye (1,000).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> These two villages were a part of a greater group of Circassian villages around the Golan Heights. The Circassians in Israel enjoy, like Druzes, a status aparte. Male Circassians (at their leader's request) are mandated for military service, while females are not.

People from post-Soviet states

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Russophone shop in Haifa

Ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians, immigrants from the former Soviet Union, who were eligible to emigrate due to having, or being married to somebody who has, at least one Jewish grandparent and thus qualified for Israeli citizenship under the revised Law of Return. A number of these immigrants also belong to various ethnic groups from the Former Soviet Union such as Armenians, Georgians, Azeris, Uzbeks, Moldovans, Tatars, among others. Some of them, having a Jewish father or grandfather, identify as Jews, but being non-Jewish by Orthodox Halakha (religious law), they are not recognized formally as Jews by the state. Most of them are in the mainstream of Israel culture and are called "expanded Jewish population". In addition, a certain number of former Soviet citizens, primarily women of Russian and Ukrainian ethnicity, emigrated to Israel, after marrying Muslim or Christian Arab citizens of Israel, who went to study in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. 1,557,698 people from the current Russia and Ukraine live in Israel.<ref>Israel Central Bureau of Statistics</ref>

Finns

Although most people of Finnish origin in Israel are Finnish Jews who immigrated to Israel, and their descendants, a small number of Finnish Christians moved to Israel in the 1940s before independence and gained citizenship following independence. For the most part, many of the original Finnish settlers intermarried with the other communities in the country, and therefore remain very small in number. A Moshav shitufi near Jerusalem named Yad HaShmona, meaning the "Memorial for the Eight", was established in 1971 by a group of Finnish Christian-Israelis, although today, most members are Israeli, and are predominantly Hebrew speakers, and the moshav has become a center of Messianic Jews.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Baháʼís

The population of followers of the Baháʼí Faith in Israel is almost entirely made up of volunteers serving at the Baháʼí World Centre. Bahá'u'lláh (1817–1892), the Faith's founder, was banished to Akka and died nearby where his shrine is located. During his lifetime he instructed his followers not to teach or convert those living in the area, and the Baháʼís descending from those original immigrants were later asked to leave and teach elsewhere. For nearly a century there has been a policy by Baháʼí leaders to not accept converts living in Israel. The 650 or so foreign national Baháʼís living in Israel are almost all on temporary duty serving at the shrines and administrative offices.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Nechemia Meyers (1995). "Peace to all nations – Baha'is Establish Israel's Second Holy Mountain". The World & I. Retrieved 5 March 2015</ref><ref>Donald H. Harrison (3 April 1998). "The Fourth Faith". Jewish Sightseeing (Haifa, Israel). Retrieved 5 March 2015</ref>

Vietnamese

The number of Vietnamese people in Israel and their descendants is estimated at 150 to 200.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Most of them came to Israel in between 1976 and 1979, after prime minister Menachem Begin authorized their admission to Israel and granted them political asylum. The Vietnamese people living in Israel are Israeli citizens who also serve in the Israel Defense Forces. Today, the majority of the community lives in the Gush Dan area in the center of Tel Aviv, but also a few dozen Vietnamese-Israelis or Israelis of Vietnamese origin live in Haifa, Jerusalem, and Ofakim.

African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem is a religious sect<ref name="jpost.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of Black Americans, founded in 1960 by Ben Carter<ref name="religion.info">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> a metal worker in Chicago. The members of this sect believe they are descended from the tribes of Judah driven from the Holy Land by the Romans during the First Jewish War (70 AD), and who reportedly emigrated to West Africa before being taken as slaves to the United States.<ref name="religion.info" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With a population of over 5,000, most members live in their own community in Dimona, Israel, with additional families in Arad, Mitzpe Ramon, and the Tiberias area. The group believes that the ancient Israelites are the ancestors of Black Americans and that the actual Jews are "impostors".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some scholarship does consider them to be of subsaharan African origin, rather than Levantine.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Their ancestors were Black Americans who, after being expelled from Liberia, illegally immigrated to Israel in the late 1960s using tourist visas, requesting that Israel provide them legal citizenship status. Israel granted their requests.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The African Hebrew Israelites, like the Haredim and most Israeli Arabs, are not required to serve in the military; however, some do.

Naturalized foreign workers

Some naturalized foreign workers and their children born in Israel, predominantly from the Philippines, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Romania, China, Cyprus, Thailand, and South America (mainly Colombia).

Non-citizens

African migrantsTemplate:Further

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Meeting between Sudanese refugees and Israeli students, 2007.

The number and status of African migrants in Israel is disputed and controversial, but it is estimated that at least 70,000 refugees mainly from Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Ivory Coast reside and work in Israel. A count in late 2011 published in Ynet pointed out the number only in Tel Aviv is 40,000, which represents 10 percent of the city's population. The vast majority live in the southern parts of the city. There is a significant population in the southern Israeli cities of Eilat, Arad, and Beersheba.

Foreign workersTemplate:Further There are around 300,000 foreign workers, residing in Israel under temporary work visas, including Palestinians. Most of those foreign workers engage in agriculture and construction. The main groups of those foreign workers include the Chinese, Thai, Filipinos,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nigerians, Romanians, and Latin Americans.

Other refugees

Approximately 100–200 refugees from Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraqi Kurdistan, and North Korea were absorbed in Israel as refugees. Most of them were also given Israeli resident status, and currently reside in Israel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2006, some 200 ethnic Kurdish refugees from Turkey resided in Israel as illegal immigrants, fleeing the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Languages

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Religion

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According to a 2010 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics study<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> of Israeli Jews aged over 18:

While the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredim, represented only 5% of Israel's population in 1990,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> they are expected to represent more than one-fifth of Israel's Jewish population by 2028.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By 2022, Haredim were 13.3% of the population and enumerated 1,280,000.<ref name="corona">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Group	Population	%
Jews	6,697,000	Template:Percentage bar
Muslims	1,605,700	Template:Percentage bar
Christians	180,400	Template:Percentage bar
Druze	143,000	Template:Percentage bar
Other/unknown	394,900	Template:Percentage bar

Education

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Education between ages 5 and 15 is compulsory. It is not free, but it is subsidized by the government, individual organizations (such as the Beit Yaakov System), or a combination. Parents are expected to participate in courses as well. The school system is organized into kindergartens, 6-year primary schools, and either 6-year secondary schools or 3-year junior secondary schools + 3-year senior secondary schools (depending on region), after which a comprehensive examination is offered for university admissions.

Literacy

Age 15 and over can read and write (2011 estimate):<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Total population: 97.8%
• Male: 98.7%
• Female: 96.8%

Policy

Template:See also Israel is the thirtieth-most-densely-crowded country in the world. In an academic article, Jewish National Fund Board member Daniel Orenstein, argues that, as elsewhere, overpopulation is a stressor on the environment in Israel; he shows that environmentalists have conspicuously failed to consider the impact of population on the environment, and argues that overpopulation in Israel has not been appropriately addressed for ideological reasons.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Daniel Orenstein and Steven Hamburg."The JNF's Assault on the Negev" Template:Webarchive; The Jerusalem Report, 28 November 2005</ref>

Citizenship and Entry Law

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Update The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 5763 was first passed on 31 July 2003, and has since been extended until 31 July 2008. The law places age restrictions for the automatic granting of Israeli citizenship and residency permits to spouses of Israeli citizens, such that spouses who are inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are ineligible. On 8 May 2005, the Israeli ministerial committee for issues of legislation once again amended the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, to restrict citizenship and residence in Israel only to Palestinian men over the age of 35, and Palestinian women over the age of 25. Those in favor of the law say the law not only limits the possibility of the entrance of terrorists into Israel, but, as Ze'ev Boim asserts, allows Israel "to maintain the state's democratic nature, but also its Jewish nature" (i. e., its Jewish demographic majority).<ref name="scotsman1">Template:Cite news</ref> Critics, including the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> say the law disproportionately affects Arab citizens of Israel, since Arabs in Israel are far more likely to have spouses from the West Bank and Gaza Strip than other Israeli citizens.<ref name="sfgate1">Template:Cite news</ref>

In the constitutional challenges to the Citizenship and Entry to Israel Law, the state, represented by the Attorney General, insisted that security was the only objective behind the law. The state also added that even if the law was intended to achieve demographic objectives, it is still in conformity with Israel's Jewish and democratic definition, and thus constitutional. In a 2012 ruling by the Supreme Court on the issue, some of the judges on the panel discussed demography, and were inclined to accept that demography is a legitimate consideration in devising family reunification policies that violate the right to family life.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Vital statistics

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1950	1,370,000	43,431	8,700	34,731	34.1	6.8	27.3		4.52
1951	1,578,000	50,542	9,866	40,676	34.3	6.7	27.6	104.2	4.45
1952	1,630,000	52,556	11,666	40,890	32.8	7.3	25.5	6.4	4.32
1953	1,669,000	52,552	10,916	41,636	31.9	6.6	25.3	-1.9	4.21
1954	1,718,000	48,951	11,328	37,623	28.9	6.7	22.2	6.3	4.11
1955	1,789,000	50,686	10,532	40,154	28.9	6.0	22.9	16.8	4.03
1956	1,872,000	52,287	12,025	40,262	28.6	6.6	22.0	22.3	3.96
1957	1,976,000	53,940	12,487	41,453	28.0	6.5	21.5	31.1	3.92
1958	2,032,000	52,649	11,615	41,034	26.3	5.8	20.5	7.8	3.88
1959	2,089,000	54,604	12,056	42,548	26.5	5.9	20.6	6.7	3.86
1960	2,150,000	56,002	12,053	43,949	26.4	5.7	20.7	7.7	3.84
1961	2,234,000	54,869	12,663	42,206	25.0	5.8	19.2	18.4	3.84
1962	2,332,000	56,356	13,701	42,655	24.7	6.0	18.7	23.3	3.83
1963	2,430,000	59,491	14,425	45,066	25.0	6.1	18.9	21.3	3.82
1964	2,526,000	63,544	15,491	48,053	25.6	6.3	19.3	18.7	3.81
1965	2,598,000	66,146	16,261	49,885	25.8	6.3	19.5	8.2	3.99
1966	2,657,000	67,148	16,582	50,566	25.6	6.3	19.3	2.9	3.80
1967	2,776,000	64,980	17,463	47,517	23.9	6.4	17.5	25.4	3.80
1968	2,841,000	69,911	18,689	51,222	24.9	6.7	18.2	4.7	3.81
1969	2,930,000	73,666	19,767	53,899	25.5	6.9	18.6	11.8	3.81
1970	3,022,000	80,843	21,234	59,609	27.2	7.1	20.1	10.3	3.82
1971	3,121,000	85,899	21,415	64,484	28.0	7.0	21.0	10.7	3.81
1972	3,225,000	85,544	22,719	62,825	27.0	7.2	19.8	12.4	3.80
1973	3,338,000	88,545	23,054	65,491	27.0	7.0	20.0	13.9	3.77
1974	3,422,000	93,166	24,135	69,031	27.6	7.1	20.5	4.0	3.72
1975	3,493,000	95,628	24,600	71,028	27.7	7.1	20.6	-0.3	3.68
1976	3,575,000	98,763	24,012	74,751	27.9	6.8	21.1	1.8	3.59
1977	3,653,000	95,315	24,951	70,364	26.4	6.9	19.5	1.9	3.51
1978	3,738,000	92,602	25,153	67,449	25.1	6.8	18.3	4.4	3.28
1979	3,836,000	93,710	25,700	68,010	24.7	6.8	17.9	7.6	3.21
1980	3,922,000	94,321	26,364	67,957	24.3	6.8	17.5	4.4	3.14
1981	3,978,000	93,308	26,085	67,223	23.6	6.6	17.0	-2.9	3.06
1982	4,064,000	96,695	27,780	68,915	24.0	6.9	17.1	4.1	3.12
1983	4,119,000	98,724	27,731	70,993	24.0	6.7	17.3	-3.9	3.14
1984	4,200,000	98,478	27,805	70,673	23.3	6.6	16.7	2.6	3.13
1985	4,266,000	99,376	28,093	71,283	23.1	6.5	16.6	-1.1	3.12
1986	4,331,000	99,341	29,415	69,926	22.7	6.7	16.0	-1.0	3.09
1987	4,407,000	99,022	29,244	69,778	22.2	6.6	15.6	1.6	3.05
1988	4,477,000	100,454	29,176	71,278	22.2	6.4	15.8	-0.2	3.06
1989	4,560,000	100,757	28,580	72,177	22.1	6.3	15.8	2.4	3.03
1990	4,822,000	103,349	28,734	74,615	22.0	6.1	15.9	38.4	3.02
1991	5,059,000	105,725	31,266	74,459	21.4	6.3	15.1	31.7	2.91
1992	5,196,000	110,062	33,327	76,735	21.5	6.5	15.0	11.4	2.93
1993	5,328,000	112,330	33,000	79,330	21.3	6.3	15.0	9.8	2.92
1994	5,472,000	114,543	33,535	81,008	21.2	6.2	15.0	11.3	2.90
1995	5,612,000	116,886	35,348	81,538	21.1	6.4	14.7	10.2	2.88
1996	5,758,000	121,333	34,664	86,669	21.3	6.1	15.2	10.2	2.94
1997	5,900,000	124,478	36,124	88,354	21.4	6.2	15.2	8.9	2.93
1998	6,041,000	130,080	36,955	93,125	21.8	6.2	15.6	7.7	2.98
1999	6,209,000	131,936	37,291	94,645	21.6	6.1	15.5	11.6	2.94
2000	6,369,000	136,390	37,688	98,702	21.7	6.0	15.7	9.4	2.95
2001	6,509,000	136,636	37,186	99,450	21.2	5.8	15.4	6.1	2.89
2002	6,631,000	139,535	38,415	101,120	21.2	5.8	15.4	3.0	2.89
2003	6,748,000	144,936	38,499	106,437	21.7	5.8	15.9	1.4	2.95
2004	6,870,000	145,207	37,938	107,269	21.3	5.6	15.7	2.1	2.90
2005	6,991,000	143,913	39,038	104,875	20.8	5.6	15.2	2.1	2.84
2006	7,117,000	148,170	38,765	109,405	21.0	5.5	15.5	2.2	2.88
2007	7,244,000	151,679	40,081	111,598	21.1	5.5	15.6	1.9	2.90
2008	7,419,100	156,923	39,484	117,439	21.5	5.4	16.1	7.5	2.96
2009	7,552,000	161,042	38,812	122,230	21.5	5.2	16.3	1.3	2.96
2010	7,695,100	166,255	39,613	126,642	21.8	5.2	16.6	2.0	3.03
2011	7,836,600	166,296	40,889	125,407	21.4	5.3	16.1	2.0	3.00
2012	7,984,500	170,940	42,100	128,840	21.6	5.3	16.3	2.1	3.05
2013	8,134,500	171,444	41,683	129,761	21.3	5.2	16.1	2.3	3.03
2014	8,296,900	176,427	42,457	133,970	21.5	5.2	16.3	3.3	3.08
2015	8,463,400	178,723	44,507	134,216	21.3	5.3	16.0	3.6	3.09
2016	8,628,600	181,405	44,244	137,161	21.2	5.2	16.0	3.2	3.11
2017	8,797,900	183,648	44,923	138,725	21.1	5.2	15.9	3.3	3.11
2018	8,967,600	184,370	44,850	139,520	20.8	5.0	15.7	3.6	3.09
2019	9,140,500	182,016	46,328	135,688	20.1	5.1	15.0	4.3	3.01
2020	9,289,800	177,307	49,006	128,301	19.2	5.3	13.9	2.4	2.90
2021	9,453,000	185,040	50,984	134,056	19.7	5.4	14.3	5.4	3.00
2022	9,662,000	181,193	52,054	129,139	19.0	5.4	13.6	8.5	2.89
2023	9,915,000	178,724	49,910	128,814	18.6	5.2	13.4	13.0	2.85
2024	10,027,000	181,609	51,568	130,041	18.6	5.3	13.3	-1.8	2.83

Current vital statistics

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Period	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase
January-March 2024	44,655	14,983	+29,672
January-March 2025	43,549	14,541	+29,008
Difference	Template:Decrease -1,106 (-2.48%)	Template:Decreasepositive -442 (-2.95%)	Template:Decrease -664

Migration

Immigration

In 2013 Israel had an estimated net migration rate of 1.81 migrant(s) per 1,000 population.Template:Citation needed

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Country	2019	2020	2021
Template:Flag	15,821	6,644	7,500
Template:Flag	6,190	2,937	3,000
Template:Flag	2,227	2,407	3,500
Template:Flag	2,481	2,296	4,000
Template:Flag			1,636
Template:Flag	411	551	900
Template:Flag	589	512	550
Template:Flag	498	459	650
Template:Flag	343	269	550
Template:Flag	217	236	400
Template:Flag	127		290
Template:Flag	924	625
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Template:Flag		174
Template:Flag		147
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Others		1,921
Total	33,247	21,820	27,050

Immigration from the USSR

Template:Further During the 1970s about 163,000 people of Jewish descent immigrated to Israel from the USSR.

Later Ariel Sharon, in his capacity as Minister of Housing & Construction and member of the Ministerial Committee for Immigration & Absorption, launched an unprecedented large-scale construction effort to accommodate the new Russian population in Israel so as to facilitate their smooth integration and encourage further Jewish immigration as an ongoing means of increasing the Jewish population of Israel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Between 1989 and 2006, about 979,000 Jews emigrated from the former Soviet Union to Israel.

Emigration

For many years definitive data on Israeli emigration was unavailable.<ref>Henry Kamm. "Israeli emigration inspires anger and fear;" The New York Times 4 January 1981</ref> In The Israeli Diaspora sociologist Stephen J. Gold maintains that calculation of Jewish emigration has been a contentious issue, explaining, "Since Zionism, the philosophy that underlies the existence of the Jewish state, calls for return home of the world's Jews, the opposite movement—Israelis leaving the Jewish state to reside elsewhere—clearly presents an ideological and demographic problem."<ref>Stephen J. Gold. The Israeli Diaspora; Routledge 2002, p.8</ref>

In the past several decades, emigration (yerida) has seen a considerable increase. From 1990 to 2005, 230,000 Israelis left the country; a large proportion of these departures included people who initially immigrated to Israel and then reversed their course (48% of all post-1990 departures and even 60% of 2003 and 2004 departures were former immigrants to Israel). 8% of Jewish immigrants in the post-1990 period left Israel, while 15% of non-Jewish immigrants did. In 2005 alone, 21,500 Israelis left the country and had not yet returned at the end of 2006; among them 73% were Jews, 5% Arabs, and 22% "Others" (mostly non-Jewish immigrants, with Jewish ancestry, from USSR). At the same time, 10,500 Israelis came back to Israel after over one year abroad; 84% were Jews, 9% Others, and 7% Arabs.<ref>ICBS 2005 departures and returns Template:Webarchive. Cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 8 September 2011.</ref>

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, as of 2005, 650,000 Israelis had left the country for over one year and not returned. Of them, 530,000 are still alive today. This number does not include the children born overseas. It should also be noted that Israeli law grants citizenship only to the first generation of children born to Israeli emigrants.

Health

HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate

• 0.2% (2009 est.)

Obesity – adult prevalence rate

• 26% of women and 40% of men are overweight. In both genders, obesity rate is 15% (as of 2011).<ref name="menwomenstats">Statistilite 133 – Women & Men in Israel – 1990–2011 Template:Webarchive, on cbs.gov.il</ref>

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Future projections

In June 2013, the Central Bureau of Statistics released a demographic report, projecting that Israel's population would grow to 11.4 million by 2035, with the Jewish population numbering 8.3 million, or 73% of the population, and the Arab population at 2.6 million, or 23%. This includes some 2.3 million Muslims (20% of the population), 185,000 Druze, and 152,000 Christians. The report predicts that the Israeli population growth rate will decline to 1.4% annually, with growth in the Muslim population remaining higher than the Jewish population until 2035, at which point the Jewish population will begin growing the fastest.<ref>Peering into the crystal ball: How Israel will look, statistically, in 2035 – Haaretz</ref>

In 2017, the Central Bureau of Statistics projected that Israel's population would rise to about 18 million by 2059, including 14.4 million Jews and 3.6 million Arabs. Of the Jewish population, about 5.25 million would be Haredi. Overall, the forecast projected that 49% of the population would be either Haredi Jews (29%) or Arabs (20%).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It also projected a population of 20 million in 2065.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jews and other non-Arabs are expected to compose 81% of the population in 2065, and Arabs 19%. About 32% of the population is expected to be Haredi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other forecasts project that Israel could have a population as high as 23 million, or even 36 million, by 2050.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• Aliyah
• Crime in Israel
• Culture of Israel
• Demographic history of Palestine (region)
• Demographics of the Middle East
• Demographics of the State of Palestine
• Health care in Israel
• Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
• Jewish population by country
• Standard of living in Israel
• Women in Israel

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External links

• Official website of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
• Population of Israel by the Tourism Ministry
• Israel. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Issues in Israeli Society Template:Webarchive at the Jewish Agency for Israel