As of 2024, the population of Israel reached about *** million permanent residents in total. About *** million were registered as Jews or other non-Arab populations. Furthermore, some *** million Arabs lived in the country.

Israel's population is aging steadily, with the median age projected to rise from ** years in 2020 to ** years by 2050. This demographic shift reflects global trends of increasing life expectancy and declining birth rates, though Israel maintained a relatively young population compared to many developed nations. The country's unique religious and cultural makeup contributed to regional variations in age distribution, presenting both opportunities and challenges for policymakers. Which region has the oldest population? As of 2023, over a ******* of Israelis were under the age of 14 years. The largest age group in the country being ************** and below. Interestingly, significant regional differences existed within the country when it came to age distribution and aging. While the median age in the Jerusalem district was below **, Tel Aviv was the oldest region with an average age of over ** years, highlighting significant demographic variations across different areas. How does religion influence demographics? Religious affiliation played a role in Israel's age structure and demographics. Muslims are the youngest religious group with a median age of ** years, while Christians of Arab ethnicity are the oldest, at ** years. Jews, the largest religious-ethnic group, had a median age of almost ** years, but within the Jewish demographic, age and fertility varied greatly between people based on religiosity. These differences play a significant role in the country's population and future growth patterns.

The total population in Israel was estimated at 10.0 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Israel Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

As of 2023, the youngest population group by religion in Israel were Muslims, with a median age of 24 years. On the other hand, the religious group was that of Christians of Arab ethnicity, at 35 years. The median age among Jews, the most populous group in the country, was 31.6.

In 2023, there were 179,400 Christians living in Israel. Christians of Arabic ethnic background accounted for the majority, with 141,800 individuals. Non-Arab Christians comprised 37,600 people in the country.

The number of households registered as Jewish in Israel reached roughly 2.36 million in 2023. In the same year, 469,300 households were registered as Arab, while 93,700 households were registered as belonging to population groups of other religions.

Israel IL: Population: Total data was reported at 8,712,400.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 8,546,000.000 Person for 2016. Israel IL: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 4,480,000.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,712,400.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 2,114,020.000 Person in 1960. Israel IL: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Israel IL: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 5.100 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.300 Ratio for 2015. Israel IL: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 6.300 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.200 Ratio in 1972 and a record low of 5.100 Ratio in 2016. Israel IL: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Israel IL: Population: Growth data was reported at 1.928 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.960 % for 2016. Israel IL: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.285 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.017 % in 1991 and a record low of 1.307 % in 1984. Israel IL: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Israel IL: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 21.200 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.300 Ratio for 2015. Israel IL: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 22.600 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.000 Ratio in 1971 and a record low of 20.800 Ratio in 2005. Israel IL: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Israel IL: Population: Ages 0-14: % of Total Population data was reported at 25.170 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.260 % for 2020. Israel IL: Population: Ages 0-14: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 25.345 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.950 % in 1990 and a record low of 25.010 % in 2006. Israel IL: Population: Ages 0-14: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: OECD Member: Annual.

Jews were the dominant religious group in the Israel-Palestine region at the beginning of the first millennia CE, and are the dominant religious group there today, however, there was a period of almost 2,000 years where most of the world's Jews were displaced from their spiritual homeland. Antiquity to the 20th century Jewish hegemony in the region began changing after a series of revolts against Roman rule led to mass expulsions and emigration. Roman control saw severe persecution of Jewish and Christian populations, but this changed when the Byzantine Empire adopted Christianity as its official religion in the 4th century. Christianity then dominated until the 7th century, when the Rashidun Caliphate (the first to succeed Muhammad) took control of the Levant. Control of region split between Christians and Muslims intermittently between the 11th and 13th centuries during the Crusades, although the population remained overwhelmingly Muslim. Zionism until today Through the Paris Peace Conference, the British took control of Palestine in 1920. The Jewish population began growing through the Zionist Movement after the 1880s, which sought to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. Rising anti-Semitism in Europe accelerated this in the interwar period, and in the aftermath of the Holocaust, many European Jews chose to leave the continent. The United Nations tried facilitating the foundation of separate Jewish and Arab states, yet neither side was willing to concede territory, leading to a civil war and a joint invasion from seven Arab states. Yet the Jews maintained control of their territory and took large parts of the proposed Arab territory, forming the Jewish-majority state of Israel in 1948, and acheiving a ceasefire the following year. Over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced as a result of this conflict, while most Jews from the Arab eventually fled to Israel. Since this time, Israel has become one of the richest and advanced countries in the world, however, Palestine has been under Israeli military occupation since the 1960s and there are large disparities in living standards between the two regions.

Israel IL: Women: % of Total Population data was reported at 50.140 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 50.170 % for 2020. Israel IL: Women: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 50.610 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 50.800 % in 1995 and a record low of 50.140 % in 2021. Israel IL: Women: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: OECD Member: Annual.

Israel IL: Population: Ages 15-64: % of Total Population data was reported at 64.170 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 64.190 % for 2020. Israel IL: Population: Ages 15-64: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 65.010 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 65.870 % in 2007 and a record low of 63.220 % in 1990. Israel IL: Population: Ages 15-64: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: OECD Member: Annual.

Israel IL: Population Density: Inhabitants per sq km data was reported at 440.320 Person in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 433.060 Person for 2021. Israel IL: Population Density: Inhabitants per sq km data is updated yearly, averaging 325.960 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 440.320 Person in 2022 and a record low of 215.350 Person in 1990. Israel IL: Population Density: Inhabitants per sq km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: OECD Member: Annual.

Israel IL: Population: Ages 65 and Above: % of Total Population data was reported at 10.660 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.560 % for 2020. Israel IL: Population: Ages 65 and Above: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 9.120 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.660 % in 2021 and a record low of 8.830 % in 1990. Israel IL: Population: Ages 65 and Above: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: OECD Member: Annual.

Abstract (en): This election study was carried out in one panel during July 8-12, 1984, days before the elections for the Knesset. The study investigates attitudes toward the upcoming election, the current state of Israeli affairs, the question of territorial concessions for Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip, and the presence of ethnic discrimination in Israel. Respondents were asked which political party they believed was best suited to address the challenges of the economy, defense, foreign affairs, and the democratic state. Their views were also sought on which political party--Alignment or Likud--was characterized by experienced leaders, represented minorities, represented the Jewish population, would stand firm in peace negotiations, knew how to withdraw from Lebanon while maintaining the Northern border, would reduce the ethnic gap, and would maintain a democratic regime. In addition, respondents were asked which political party they blamed for the problems of violence, emigration from Israel, high inflation, corruption, crime, and the ethnic gap. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, religion, voter participation history, ethnicity, political party membership, political orientation, social class, place of birth, father's place of birth, employment status, monthly expenditures, number of rooms in the home, and number of people living in the home. Adult Jewish population in Israel, not including residents of kibbutzim and settlers in the occupied territories. Representative sample of the population of Israel in 1984. The fieldwork was carried out by Dahaf.This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, documentation has been converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), data files have been converted to non-platform-specific formats, and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity.

Israel IL: Population: per 1 000 Inhabitants data was reported at 9,365.080 Person in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 9,215.110 Person for 2020. Israel IL: Population: per 1 000 Inhabitants data is updated yearly, averaging 6,991.920 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,365.080 Person in 2021 and a record low of 4,660.200 Person in 1990. Israel IL: Population: per 1 000 Inhabitants data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: OECD Member: Annual.

Supplementary tables for paper_new_3. Table S1: Causes of death by educational status and sex (numbers of deaths)Table S2: Causes of death by educational status and population group (percentage and numbers of deaths). Table S3: Hazard ratios from separate cox regression models predicting risk of death by cause for Jews and Others and Arabs aged 25-64 at baseline with 95% confidence interval (CI). Table S4: Hazard ratios from cox regression model predicting risk of death by cause with 95% confidence interval (CI) aged 25-54 at baseline.Table S5: Health influencing factors from the Social Surveys of 2017 and 2010 by educational status (percentage)

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of Jews and Arabs in Israel concerning the role of the police in counterterrorism. The study focuses on the public perception of the effect of the police’s involvement in counterterrorism on their ability to perform traditional police roles; how the police’s role in fighting terrorism affects the relationship between police and the community; and the willingness of Jews and Arabs in Israel to assist the police by reporting crimes and terrorism threats. These questions are asked against the backdrop of majority-minority relations, in which the ways both the majority Jewish population and the minority Arab population in Israel responds are examined. Data included in this study was gathered from a community survey. The computer software “Dvash” and the database “Bezek,” which includes all residents of Israel who have "land" phone lines were used to conduct the survey. The low response rate (58%) of the community survey limits the extent to which the results can be applied to the entire Israeli population. Variables affecting the data gathered include the respondent’s past experiences with the po lice, their religion or ethnicity, their trust in the capabilities of the police, and their views on the consequences of policing terrorism.