Population

Average height in Israel and how it compares to neighboring countries

DECEMBER 8, 2025|ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

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

Jews and others account for roughly 7.76 million residents, or 78.5% of the total population, while Arabs number approximately 2.13 million, representing 21.5%.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2025|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

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

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

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population stands at approximately 10.148 million, after passing the 10 million mark in the last year.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025|ByAVIHAI CHIIM

Hummingbirds increasingly sought shade, reducing time for nectar foraging.

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

An analysis of 3,000 bird species during 70 years found tropical populations currently face around 30 extreme heat days per year versus three in the mid-20th century.

AUGUST 16, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘Number of Jews and Palestinians will be equal at end of 2022’

Both will have an estimated population of 7.1 million each, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics president Ola Awad.

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2019.

Israel’s population reaches 9.2 million citizens

By 2030, Israel’s population is expected to reach 11.1 million, 13.2 million by 2040 and 15.2 million by 2048, which will be Israel’s 100th anniversary.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByEYTAN HALON, JEREMY SHARON

People covered with Israeli national flags walk onto Rabin square to take part in the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day at its 65th anniversary of the creation of the state in Tel Aviv

Israel's population reaches 9.2 million citizens - report

Israel's population is expected to reach 10 million people by 2024, 15 million by 2048, and 20 million by 2065.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Preschool children from the southern city of Ashkelon, celebrating with the Israeli flag, on 18 April, 2010 the Independence Day.

A less crowded planet - an expected population decline

True, we will reach a peak in about forty years’ time of 9.7 billion, but by century’s end we will be sliding down the other side of the population mountain quite fast.

AUGUST 1, 2020ByGWYNNE DYER

World Jewish population 14,410,700 but 80% unconnected

NIS 20 million to be allocated to help small Jewish communities.

JULY 20, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN

American Jews marching in New York with Israeli flags. How can we bridge the divide between Israel and the Diaspora?

Israel starts gearing up for 2021 population census

The census, carried out every decade, will start in earnest in April 2021.

JUNE 24, 2020ByEYTAN HALON

Lights are reflected in the Mediterranean Sea, as a view of Jaffa Port is seen at sunset, in Jaffa, Israel June 16, 2019. Picture taken June 16, 2019

Jerusalem's population in numbers

While the population growth rate in Jerusalem is the same as that of the Israeli population, the various populations within the city are growing at different rates.

JUNE 4, 2020ByYAIR ASSAF-SHAPIRA

Tourists look at the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, June 21, 2018.

Jews and Palestinians are almost at parity in Israel, territories - study

The study was published in honor of what Palestinian hold is Nakba (Catastrophe) Day on May 15, the same day on which the Gregorian calendar marks the creation of the state of Israel.

MAY 19, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF