AMBASSADOR (RET.) YORAM ETTINGER: Here’s how demography is fueling Israel’s future!
The number of annual Jewish births in Israel surged by 74% from 1995 (80,400) to 2025 (139,676), compared to a 21% increase of annual Arab births in Israel during the same period (from 36,500 to 44,029), as reported by the February 2026Monthly Bulletin of Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS).
- The 2025 Jewish births (139,676) were 76% of total births (183,705), compared to 69% in 1995.
- In 2024 (the latest data), the Jewish fertility rate (3.09 births per woman) is higher than the Muslim fertility rate (2.51). It is higher than the fertility rates in all Muslim countries other than Iraq, Yemen and the sub-Sahara Muslim countries.