Israel’s population stands at 9.9 million as Independence Day approaches
Ahead of Israel’s Independence Day on Tuesday, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported that the country’s population grew to 9.9 million people on Thursday.
Evacuated residents of the village of Shlomit wave flags in celebration as they return to their agricultural community near the Gaza border on Feb. 29, 2024. Photo by Yedidya Harush/TPS
This includes 7.4 million Jews (73.2% of the population), 2.08 million Arabs (21.1%), and 564,000 others, such as Druze, Circassians, Armenians and others (5.7%)
Since last year’s Independence Day, the population grew by 189,000, an increase of 1.9%.
According to CBS, this included about 196,000 births, the arrival of about 37,000 immigrants, and the deaths of around 60,000 citizens.
At the time of Israel’s establishment in 1948, the population was 806,000, a growth of a factor higher than 12.
Since Israel’s founding, more than 3.4 million immigrants have arrived in Israel, of whom 1.6 million (47.1%) arrived after 1990.
