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Total Immigration to Israel by Year

(1948 - Present)

2023 45,000*
2022 74,714
2021 25,497
2020 19,713
2019 34,000
2018 30,300
2017 28,598
2016 25,977
2015 27,908
2014 24,120
2013 16,929
2012 16,560
2011 16,893
2010 16,635
2009 14,575
2008 13,701
2007 18,131
2006 19,269
2005 21,183
2004 20,899
2003 23,273
2002 33,570
2001 43,473
2000 60,201
1999 76,766
1998 56,730
1997 66,221
1996 70,919
1995 76,361
1994 79,844
1993 76,805
1992 77,057
1991 176,100
1990 199,516
1989 24,050
1988 13,034
1987 12,965
1986 9,505
1985 10,642
1984 19,981
1983 16,906
1982 13,723
1981 12,599
1980 20,428
1979 37,222
1978 26,394
1977 21,429
1976 19,754
1975 20,028
1974 31,979
1973 54,886
1972 55,888
1971 41,930
1970 36,750
1969 38,111
1968 20,703
1967 14,469
1966 15,957
1965 31,115
1964 55,036
1963 64,489
1962 61,533
1961 47,735
1960 24,692
1959 23,988
1958 27,290
1957 72,634
1956 56,330
1955 37,528
1954 18,491
1953 11,575
1952 24,610
1951 175,279
1950 170,563
1949 239,954
1948 101,828

*Estimate as of January 1, 2024.


SourcesCentral Bureau of Statistics.
Tamara Zieve, “Israel sees drop in aliya numbers,” Jerusalem Post, (December 29, 2016).
Cnaan Liphshiz, “Russia and Ukraine provided Israel with majority of immigrants in 2017,” Times of Israel, (February 26, 2018).
“More than half of new immigrants to Israel in 2018 not considered Jewish,” JTA, (January 4, 2019).
“Israel’s population at 9,136,000 on the eve of 2020,” Jerusalem Post, (January 1, 2020).
“4,000 US immigrants moved to Israel in 2021, the highest annual figure since 1973,” Times of Israel, (December 22, 2021).
“Israel’s population approaches 9.7 million as 2022 comes to an end,” Times of Israel, (December 29, 2022).