Israel has 9,506,000 citizens, almost 12 times its population of 806,000 at the time of the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

The Jewish population stands at 7,021,000 million, 73.9% of the entire population. Israel’s Arab citizens constitute 21.1% of the total population, numbering approximately 2,210,000. Non-Arab Christians and other religious groups constitute 5% of the population.