Israel birth rate

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

Mohammed, Ariel, and Avigail topped Israel’s lists, with a total of 179,398 babies registered in Israel’s Population Registry as of Sunday morning, September 6.

Feeding baby from a bottle
Israel's burial grounds shortage is worse than that predicted by the state comptroller in 2024.

Israel might be on verge of burial crisis with cemeteries struggling for burial space

An armed Israeli pushes a pram along a street in Tel Aviv.

Birth rates: Why are Israel's rising while numbers drop in the West?

 A pregnant woman is seen alongside the Israeli flag in this illustrative image.

Oh, baby! Israel's high birth rate is a model for the West to emulate - opinion


Baby boom: Birth rates in Israel are on the rise, primarily in Jewish families

134,000 births Compared to 131,000 in 2023. Despite war and hardships, Israelis are choosing to expand their families, contrary to trends in the West.

(ILLUSTRATIVE) Medical staff and nurses roaming the halls of Ichilov Hospital.

Family size and structure are rapidly changing in Israeli society, Taub study finds

Although the marriage rate here is similar to that in other high-income countries, Israel is more similar to neighboring developing countries in terms of birthrate than to high-income ones.

An Orthodox family in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park

Israelis got married less, had more babies in 2022- report

The "2022 State of the Nation" report by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, released on Thursday morning, presents an in-depth analysis of Israel's society & economy over the year.

 Illustrative image of a baby.

Jerusalem Day: The facts and figures of Israel's capital

Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research report reveals surprising demographic trends

 DECLINING BIRTH rate: Arab kindergarten on a field trip in the Old City.

Knowledge is power: How to reduce anxiety levels before giving birth

An Israeli team of researchers found a method that reduced a mother's anxiety and helped her cope during and after a C-section.

 Pregnant woman (Illustrative)

Birth control in Jewish law: One rabbi says condoms might be OK

"We need to know that the use of condoms is possibly relevant even when there is no danger to the woman if she gets pregnant and only if birth control is permitted for her spouse."

Durex condoms are seen in a photo illustration in Manchester, Britain, July 31, 2018.

Breaking the silence: Birth control and its side effects

Today’s young women are self-aware and wise.

‘THE VAST majority of women are prescribed oral contraception with little to no instruction about how to take them, and with no mention about the emotional and physical stress it may cause.’

Single, Orthodox and a mother by choice

The road to parenthood is varied

THE CHOICE of becoming a single mother is a major life decision and the timing of when to share the news and with whom can be extra sensitive.

A star is born: A musical ride to the delivery room

An ambulance erupted in chorus on Tuesday as Ora Marsiano went into labor.

Marsiano family with MDA paramedics after playing guitar in the ambulance

Marketplace: Baby Boom

Why is Israel’s fertility rate at an all-time high?

The writer, Shlomo Maital, with his new grandson Carmel Sapir Maital