Population

Average height in Israel and how it compares to neighboring countries

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Israelis enjoy Rosh Hashanah fair at a social complex in Jerusalem, September 19, 2025

Rosh Hashanah 2025: Israeli population crosses 10 million ahead of Jewish New Year

Israelis walk their dogs on haBima Square in Tel Aviv. September 17, 2025.

More Israelis emigrated than arrived over past year, CBS report reveals

Hummingbirds increasingly sought shade, reducing time for nectar foraging.

Extreme heat - not deforestation - is the main driver of tropical bird collapse


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

Poll: Muslims to overtake Jews as 2nd largest religion in U.S. by 2040

The Muslim community currently makes up 1% of the US population and is expected to double in size by 2050.

British muslims pray during Friday prayer at the East London mosque.

Neighborhoods & young people

When studying the concentrations of people aged 20 to 34, it emerges that the areas they prefer are the various parts of Nahlaot and the center of the city.

'Street art' on Yoel Moshe Salomon Street in the center of Jerusalem

Ireland’s Jewish population rose by nearly 29 percent in five years

The population of Jews in Ireland had been steadily falling since the 1940s.

Pasture near Ballyieragh, County Cork, Ireland

Census intensifies concern in Cairo over soaring population

Egypt's population continues to boom - and it means an uncertain future for the country.

People stand on a bridge overlooking the river Nile as many Egyptians walk on the streets with Egyptian flags in Cairo