Demographics of israel

National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds

National-Religious men were found to have increased in service substantially from the start of the war until 2025, while the participation of secular men decreased the most of any group.

 THE ZIONIST identity didn’t overcome the Jewish identity, nor did the opposite occur: An IDF soldier puts on tefillin.
 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

How Israel's migration figures are liable to affect the next election results - opinion

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

 MUSLIMS, JEWS and Israeli security forces are present on the Temple Mount during Passover and Ramadan.

Muslim fertility rate in Israel continues 22-year fall as Eid al-Adha approaches


Family size and structure are rapidly changing in Israeli society, Taub study finds

Although the marriage rate here is similar to that in other high-income countries, Israel is more similar to neighboring developing countries in terms of birthrate than to high-income ones.

An Orthodox family in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park

Israel's population closing in on 10 million in 2024 demographic update

Israel holds nearly half the world's Jewish population, with 47% of all Jews living in Israel.

 An Israeli tank at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria, in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on January 9, 2024

Homicides in Israeli Arab societies rising at unprecedented rate - study

The study stated that within Israeli Arab society, there were 233 in the last year, which is more than double in 2022 - which was 109.

 Members of the Arab community march as they protest against the violence in their community, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. August 31, 2023

Israeli demography: Declining fertility, migration, and mortality

Although the increase in Israel’s population is on a downward trend, in 2022, it was still high relative to other high-income countries.

A young mother with a cigarette and a baby stroller

By 2065, Israel will be most crowded nation on earth - good news

I’m one of those optimists who see our national birthrate as an expression of positive values, willingness to take on responsibility and confidence.

ISRAEL’S POPULATION is growing 2% a year, four times the average of 0.5% in other developed countries

It’s time for a semitically bilingual leader in Israel

Not being able to communicate directly to the 21% of Arab-Israelis in their language is practically a political sin.

CANADA’S CONSERVATIVE PARTY leader Erin O’Toole speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, in October.

Integrating ultra-Orthodox into labor force is ‘economic necessity'

Bank of Israel governor Prof. Amir Yaron has warned that the ultra-Orthodox community must be brought more fully into Israel's labor force if the country is to prosper.

Amir Yaron attends a ceremony whereby he is sworn in as Bank of Israel governor by Israel's President Reuven Rivlin, in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, in Jerusalem December 24, 2018.

Mutual responsibility

Education Minister Rafi Peretz has designated the coming year as the year of “Mutual Responsibility,” with schoolchildren being taught about the different sectors that make up Israeli society.

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Is intermarriage really the demise of Jews in America?

What is not appreciated by those who view intermarriage as bringing about the demise of the Jewish people is that the US Jewish population has actually been steadily increasing.

Jewish wedding (Illustrative)

Haredi population projections to be less than previous estimates

“Forecasts based on natural growth rates, which do not take other factors into account, should be treated cautiously."

Haredi men gather in Jerusalem for the funeral of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach