Population

The Israel Public Health Association’s bet on what comes next

Chief executive, Yasmin Nahum, is trying to meet a surge in wartime trauma, youth substance use, and prescription-opioid dependence with programs the state has not yet absorbed.

Nahum with Adv. Michal Herzog, First Lady of the State of Israel.
Feeding baby from a bottle

What's in a name? Population Authority shares most popular baby names ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Cafe Chico in Sderot, July 20, 2026

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

"Forest" Project.

An ultra-luxury Jerusalem icon


Israeli population to soar to 15.2 million by 100th anniversary

Today, 9.021 million citizens call Israel their home compared to 806,000 in May 1948.

A man waves flags of Israel as Israeli Air Force planes fly in formation over the Mediterranean Sea during an aerial show as part of the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day marking the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state, in Tel Aviv, Israel April 19, 2018.

Lego Builds Future In Middle East Amid Youth Population Boom

The Danish toy giant opens headquarters in Dubai in hopes of boosting sales.

Danish Crown Prince Frederik looks at a model of the Forbidden City made of Lego bricks at the Danish Cultural Center at the 798 art district in Beijing, China, September 23, 2017.

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