Israel Independence Day APR 30, 2025
Israel marks Independence Day with 10 million citizens and a strikingly young population
The population is also 12 times larger than when the state was founded in 1948 with just 806,000 residents
On the eve of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, the country’s population stands at 10.094 million and strikingly young, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Tuesday.
The population includes 7.73 million Jews and others (77.6%), 2.11 million Arabs (20.9%), and 248,000 foreigners (2.5%).
Over the past year, the population grew by 135,000, an increase of 1.4%, with 174,000 births, 28,000 new immigrants, 50,000 deaths, and a net outflow of 56,000 Israelis living abroad, the CBS reported.
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