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


US Jews getting younger on average, religious survey shows

The median age for American Jews is 47 as to 52 in 2013.

IT IS fair to expect more caution and rule-obedience from religiously observant Jews.

Why do Israeli cities have several different population stats?

The discrepancy is due to a number of reasons, mainly residents registered in Israel but actually residing abroad for an extended period. Today we discuss meta-data.

Population registrar differences

Jerusalem: Israel's largest city, nearly 1 million residents

Jerusalem’s main population groups, Jews and Arabs, are both growing in number.

Hundreds gather to pray at the Western Wall in honour of Jerusalem Day

Jerusalem in 2021: By the numbers

“Jerusalem Facts and Trends for 2020 – A Glimpse” is the exhaustive and highly detailed picture of the city in numbers and figures.

YOUNG TOURISTS meditate on the Austrian Hospice rooftop, in the Old City.

China to report first population drop in five decades

A population drop will add pressure on Beijing to roll out measures to encourage couples to have more children and avert an irreversible decline.

Performers travel past Tiananmen Square next to a float showing late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong during the parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019

'Like Godzilla, but actually real': study shows T. rex totaled 2.5 billion

Their analysis put the total number of T. rex individuals that ever existed at about 2.5 billion, including approximately 20,000 adults alive at any one time.

An approximately 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, one of the largest, most complete ever discovered and named "STAN" after paleontologist Stan Sacrison who first found it, is seen on display ahead of its public auction at Christie's in New York City, New York, U.S., September 15, 2020

Taking a look at Israel's population by age groups

The ages are usually studied using a chart known as the “age pyramid.”

Children are returning to school in Israel amid the coronavirus pandemic. August 24, 2020.

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