Jewish and Non-Jewish Population of Palestine-Israel

(1517-2004)

 

Year
Grand Total
Jews
Non-Jews
Non-Jewish Percentage
1517
300,000 est.
5,000
295,000
98.3
1882
300,000
24,000
276,000
92.0
1918
660,000
60,000
600,000
90.9
1931
1,035,821
174,610
861,211
83.1
1936
1,366,692
384,078
982,614
71.9
1946
1,810,037
543,000
1,267,037
70.0
1948*
872,700
716,700
156,000
17.9
1949
1,173,900
1,013,900
160,000
13.6
1950
1,370,100
1,203,000
167,100
12.2
1951
1,577,800
1,404,400
173,400
11.0
1952
1,629,500
1,450,200
179,300
11.0
1953
1,669,400
1,483,600
185,800
11.1
1954
1,717,800
1,526,000
191,800
11.1
1955
1,789,100
1,590,500
198,600
11.1
1956
1,872,400
1,667,500
204,900
10.9
1957
1,976,000
1,762,800
213,200
10.7
1958
2,031,700
1,810,200
221,500
10.9
1959
2,088,700
1,858,800
229,900
11.0
1960
2,150,400
1,911,300
239,100
11.1
1961
2,234,200
1,981,700
252,500
11.3
1962
2,331,800
2,068,900
262,900
11.2
1963
2,430,100
2,155,600
274,500
11.3
1964
2,525,600
2,239,200
286,400
11.3
1965
2,598,400
2,299,100
299,300
11.5
1966
2,657,400
2,344,900
312,500
11.7
1967
2,776,300
2,383,600
392,700
14.1
1968
2,841,100
2,434,800
406,300
14.3
1969
2,929,500
2,506,800
422,700
14.4
1970
3,022,100
2,582,000
440,100
14.5
1971
3,120,700
2,662,000
458,700
14.7
1972
3,225,000
2,752,700
472,300
14.6
1973
3,338,200
2,845,000
493,200
14.8
1974
3,421,600
2,906,900
514,700
15.0
1975
3,493,200
2,959,400
533,800
15.3
1976
3,575,400
3,020,400
555,000
15.5
1977
3,653,200
3,077,300
575,900
15.7
1978
3,737,600
3,141,200
596,400
15.9
1979
3,836,200
3,218,400
617,800
16.1
1980
3,921,700
3,282,700
639,000
16.3
1981
3,977,700
3,320,300
657,400
16.5
1982
4,063,700
3,737,200
690,400
17.0
1983
4,118,600
3,412,500
706,100
17.1
1984
4,199,700
3,471,700
728,000
17.3
1985
4,266,200
3,517,200
749,000
17.5
1986
4,331,300
3,561,400
769,900
17.7
1987
4,406,500
3,612,900
793,600
18.0
1988
4,476,800
3,659,000
817,800
18.2
1989
4,559,600
3,717,700
842,500
18.4
1990
4,821,700
3,946,700
875,000
18.1
1991
5,058,800
4,144,600
914,200
18.0
1992
5,195,900
4,242,500
953,400
18.3
1993
5,327,600
4,335,200
992,400
18.6
1994
5,471,500
4,441,100
1,030,400
18.8
1995
5,612,300
4,522,300
1,090,000
19.4
1996
5,757,900
4,616,100
1,141,800
19.8
1997
5,900,000
4,701,600
1,198,400
20.3
1998
6,041,400
4,785,100
1,256,300
20.8
1999
6,209,100
4,872,800
1,336,300
21.5
2000
6,369,300
4,955,400
1,413,900
22.2
2001**
6,508,800
5,025,000
1,483,800
22.8
2002
6,631,100
5,094,200
1,536,900
23.2
2003
6,748,400
5,165,400
1,583,300
23.4
2004
6,869,500
5,237,600
1,631,900
23.7

 

* Majority Arab [non-Jewish] population displaced by Israel's establishment.

** The data do not include about 150,000 guest workers.

Source:Israel in the Middle East: Documents and Readings on Society, Politics, and Foreign Relations, Pre-1948 to the Present, Ed. by Itamar Rabinovich and Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis University Press, Waltham, Mass., 2008. (pp.571-572)