Posted on 01/01/25
| News Source: JPost
Israel's population has reached 10 million people before the end of 2024, according to a report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Tuesday.
Of the 10 million citizens in Israel, approximately 76.9% of them (7.707 million people) are Jewish, and 21.0% (2.104 million people) of the population is Arab. Two percent of the population (210,000 people) identify as other.
CBS noted that the "other" category includes non-Arab Christians as well as those not classified by religion in the state's population registry.
Overall, the population in Israel grew by 1.1% (129,600 people) in 2024. The natural increase (number of births minus the number of deaths) was 112,000.
This growth rate is slightly lower than in 2023, when the population grew by 1.6%, according to the previous year's CBS report. The report attributed this to the high number of Israelis who emigrated abroad.