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


Israel’s seventh census launched

Israel’s Census Bureau will survey roughly 700,000 people – 7% of Israel’s population – on demographic-related questions, such as age and education level.

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog reviews the seventh census.

Israel's population at nearly 9.5 million as it enters 2022

About 25,000 new immigrants (olim) arrived in Israel in 2021, 5,000 more than last year.

 Thousands of Israelis walk on the beach boardwalk in Tel Aviv on Israel's 73d Independence Day, April 15, 2021.

US population grew at record low rate in 2021, in part due to COVID-19

'The slow rate of growth can be attributed to decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, and increased mortality due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic,' the Census Bureau said.

A nearly deserted 7th Avenue in Times Square is seen near midday in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 7, 2020

Environmental awareness: The land is full... of people

How do we save the environment in Israel? According to Prof. Alon Tal: Have fewer children!

 Prof. Alon Tal: Keeping us cleaner

Jerusalem: Who is coming and who is leaving? - new data

The percentage of young people aged 18-24 who visit Jerusalem on the weekends is the highest, at 54%.

 Residents visiting Jerusalem on a weekday

World natural resources may run out by 2040 - study

A study predicted that if the world's economy and population continue to grow at their current pace, natural resources will run out within 20 years.

Car pollution

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.