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


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

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

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.

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.

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.

A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground and the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in the background June 24, 2019

Worldwide population of 14.7 million Jews falls short of pre-war numbers

World Jewry reached a population of 16.6 million right before the start of World War II in 1939.

‘WHAT SET ‘Let Our People Know’ apart from my Birthright trip was the impossibility of looking away from the complex implications of Zionism that are our real birthright as diaspora Jews.’

Israel’s population at 9,136,000 on the eve of 2020

In the past decade, the population increased by 1,627,000.

Nurses take care of newborn babies at a nursery in Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem

Israel’s Christian population grows to 177,000 citizens

Over three-quarters (77.5%) of Christians living in Israel are Arabs, the CBS said, representing 7.2% of all Israeli-Arab citizens.

A man plays with his kid in a street before the beginning of an annual "Christmas Run" in Mi'ilya, a Christian Arab village in northern Israel December 21, 2018

Work it out

According to a new study by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI), only 69% of 55-64 year olds are employed compared to 85% among 35-44 year olds.

Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

Settler growth rate stagnant for third year in a row

Much of the reason can be assigned to the fact that few new people are moving beyond the Green Line and into settlements

A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019

Amid Iran's environmental, economic crises, Khamenei urges having more babies

But Iran's Environment Department head says that, "Without guaranteed imports, it will not be wise to increase the country's population."

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei smiles at a baby