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Demographics of Israel: Population of Jerusalem

(1844 - Present)

Year
Christians
Muslims
Jews
Total
% Jewish
1844
3,390 5,000 7,120 15,510
46%
1876
5,470 7,560 12,000 25,030
48%
1896
8,748 8,560 28,112 45,420
62%
1922
4,699 13,411 33,971 52,081
65%
1931
19,335 19,894 51,222 90,451
57%
1948
25,000 40,000 100,000 165,000
61%
1967
12,646 54,963 195,700 263,309
74%
1987
14,000 121,000 340,000 475,000
72%
1988
14,400 125,200 353,800 493,500
72%
1990
14,400 131,800 378,200 524,500
72%
1995
13,500 165,800 420,900 602,700
70%
2000
14,200 196,900 439,600 657,500
67%
2002
14,400 209,900 447,900 680,400
66%
2003
14,500 216,700 453,700 693,200
65%
2004
14,700 224,800 458,400 706,400
65%
2005
14,900 232,300 464,300 719,900
64%
2006
15,000 239,800 469,900 733,300
64%
2007
15,200 247,800 476,100 747,600
64%
2008
15,400 256,700 484,000 763,600
63%
2009
14,500 264,300 484,700 773,000
63%
2010
14,600 272,200 491,800 788,100
62%
2011
14,700 281,100 499,400 804,400
62%
2012
14,800 288,200 502,800 815,300
62%
2013
15,000 295,500 509,600 829,900
61%
2014
15,600 303,400 520,700 849,800
61%
2015
15,600 311,100 528,700 865,700
61%
2016
15,700 319,800 536,600 882,700
61%
2018
13,984 335,616 555,800 919,400
60%
2021 16,371* 362,602 576,592 966,210** 60%
2022***     595,100 984,500** 60%

*Christian Arabs - 12,934, other Christians - 3,437.
**Includes 104 Druze and 10,540 not classified by religion.
***As of May 15, 2023.


Sources: John Oesterreicher and Anne Sinai, eds., Jerusalem, (NY: John Day, 1974), p. 1;
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.