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


Israel's Christian population is growing, says Central Bureau of Statistics

Three-quarters (75.3%) of Israeli Christians are Arab Christians. They make up 6.9% of the total Arab population.

A Roman Catholic church cross is seen as the sun sets before Christians take part in a candlelight march and prayed for peace in Gaza, Jordan, and in the Arab region, in Al-Fuheis city, near Amman, August 11, 2014. Participants passed by three churches, the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Latin C

Blessings and continued growth for Israel in 5784 - editorial

Over the past Jewish year, Israel's population has grown by 2%. May the blessings and growth follow into 5784.

Children prepare for Rosh Hashanah with pomgranates

Israeli population nearing 10 million ahead of Jewish New Year

By the end of 2048, Israel's population is expected to reach 15 million people.

 FLAG-ADORNED spectators watch the air show in the skies of Jerusalem on Independence Day.

Sisi’s plea to citizens: Cut Egypt’s birth rate - comment

Since 2000, Egypt’s population has grown by 40 million and now stands at 105 million. Its birth rate is currently two million per annum.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Chinese county offers 'cash reward' for couples if bride is 25 or younger

China's legal age limit for marriage is 22 for males and 20 for females, but the number of couples getting married has been falling.

 A newly wed couple pose for pictures on Valentine's Day at a marriage registration office in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China February 14, 2023.

Iran faces battle to boost birth rate to stop demographic 'black hole' - analysis

Iran may not have a new generation of the kind of men that led it in the 1980s-2000s. The birthrate issue is only one part of the larger battle.

 An Iranian soldier stands guard near Iranian Navy helicopter carrier Kharg at Port Sudan at the Red Sea State, October 31, 2012.

Jerusalem Day: The statistics of Israel's capital

The capital’s total population reached a grand total of 966,200, doubling that of Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, metropolitan Jerusalem continued to grow, with more than 1.4 million residents.

 NEW ‘OLIM’ still choose Jerusalem.

Jerusalem remains Israel's biggest city with nearly 1m. residents

89% of those aged 20-years-old or older are satisfied with their lives in the city, similar to the national average.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks next to an Israeli female soldier on Jaffa Road, August 30, 2022 in Jerusalem

Israel Post prepares to deliver thousands of renewed passports

The amount of issued passports is expected to rise to 300,000 per month with the post office preparing to increase its passport delivery capacity accordingly.

 Israel Post postal worker delivers packages on his motorized scooter.

India's population to overtake China, with 2.9 mln more people by mid-2023, UN estimates

Although both nations will account for more than a third of the estimated global population of 8.045 billion, population growth in both has been slowing, albeit much faster in China than India.

 Commuters walk on a platform after disembarking from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 21, 2023.