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Last Updated on November 11, 2021
The total estimated population of the State of Israel. Latest figures – Yom HaAtzmaut 2020.
Hebrew: נתונים דמוגרפיים על האוכלוסייה בישראל
All figures have been supplied by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) & Tradingeconomics.com
The Latest Population Figures as of April 26, 2020
According to a Central Bureau of Statistics press release today , 3 days before Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s population is estimated at 9,190,000 reflecting a growth of 1.9% since last year.
- 6,806,000 individuals are Jews (74% of the total population), 1,930,000 – Arabs (21%) and the rest are categorized as ‘Others’ – 454,000 individuals
- Approximately 28 percent of Israel’s population is under the age of 14 years
- Births: 180,000
- Deaths: 44,000
- Approximately 32,000 new immigrants arrived in Israel in the last year.
Population forecast for 2030 – 11.1 million
Population forecast for 2040 – 13.2 million
Life expectancy at 2020
These figures do not include the impact of the Covid-19 Coronavirus which may affect the Israel statistics
General life expectancy is 82.7 years
- Males: 80.7 years
- Females: 84.6 years
Total new immigrants to Israel in the last 5 years
- 29,600 in 2018
- 28,400 in 2017
- 25,011 in 2016
- 36,000 in 2015
- 27,993 in 2014
Approximately 45% of the total world Jewish population now lives in the State of Israel.
Latest population figures for Israel’s largest cities & towns
| City/Town | Population | City/Town | Population | |
| Jerusalem | 919,438 | Ramat Gan | 159,159 | |
| Tel Aviv | 451,523 | Rehovot | 141,579 | |
| Haifa | 283,640 | Ashkelon | 140,968 | |
| Rishon LeZion | 251,719 | Bat Yam | 128,774 | |
| Petah Tikva | 244,275 | Beit Shemesh | 118,676 | |
| Ashdod | 224,628 | Kfar Saba | 100,763 | |
| Netanya | 217,244 | Herzliya | 95,142 | |
| Beersheba | 209,002 | Hadera | 95,683 | |
| Bnei Brak | 198,863 | Modi’in-Maccabim-Re’ut | 92,406 | |
| Holon | 194,273 | Nazareth | 77,064 |
