Jewish population in israel

Global Jewish population is 15.8 m., almost half live in Israel, CBS reveals

In 1939, on the eve of World War II, the global Jewish population was 16.6 million, of whom 449,000 (3%) lived in Israel.

Women pray at the Western Wall.
 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.

Health equity report exposes gaps in healthcare between central Israel and the periphery

Olim from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah flight" to the Ben Gurion airport

Jewish population increases by 100,000 this year, to 15.8 million worldwide

Settlement of Elon Moreh, near Nablus, West Bank, June 11, 2020

West Bank population increases by 15% in five years - report


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.

What are the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel?

From Avi to Yosef, biblical to modern and everything in between.

Babies (Illustrative)

Report: Only 26,200 Holocaust survivors will be living in Israel by 2035

The report found that at the end of 2016 there were some 186,500 Holocaust survivors living in Israel.

A Holocaust survivor shows the number that was tattooed on his arm in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust

Dishwasher soap opera

"The dishwasher was our Talmud."

the dishwasher. Twenty years ago

Haredi, Arab populations grow in Jerusalem as overall growth declines

Approximately 18,000 residents moved out of Jerusalem in 2015, while 8,200 ultra-Orthodox and 7,800 Arabs moved in.

A haredi in Jerusalem

On Israel's 69th birthday, population reaches 8.68 million

The country is rapidly approaching the tipping point where the majority of the world’s Jews will be living in Israel.

A baby sits in front of an Israeli flag

La guerre des chiffres aura-t-elle lieu?

Les juifs seront-ils minoritaires en Israël d’ici la fin 2016 ? La menace démographique est-elle réelle ou les chiffres ont-ils été falsifiés à des fins politiques ?

Un homme se rend à la mosquée Al-Aqsa pour la prière du vendredi