Era	Year	Jews (core population)	Non-Jews	Total Population	% Jewish
Ottoman Empire	1517	5,000	295,000	~300,000	1.7%
	1533-39	5,000	151,000	157,000	3.2%
	1882	24,000	276,000	300,000	8.0%
World War I	1914	94,000	595,000	689,000	13.6%
World War I	1918	60,000	600,000	660,000	9.1%
British Mandate	1922	83,794	673,388	757,182	11%
	1931	174,610	861,211	1,035,821	16.9%
	1936	384,078	982,614	1,366,692	28.1%
	1939	449,000
	1946	543,000	1,267,037	1,810,037	30.0%
	1947	630,000	1,324,000	1,970,000	32.0%
State of Israel	1948	716,700	156,000^	872,700	82.1%
	1950	1,203,000	167,100	1,370,100	87.8%
	1955	1,590,500	198,600	1,789,100	88.9%
	1960	1,911,300	239,100	2,150,400	88.9%
	1965	2,299,100	299,300	2,598,400	88.5%
	1970	2,582,000	440,100	3,022,100	85.5%
	1975	2,959,400	533,800	3,493,200	84.7%
	1980	3,282,700	639,000	3,921,700	83.7%
	1985	3,517,200	749,000	4,266,200	82.5%
	1990	3,946,700	875,000	4,821,700	81.9%
	1995	4,522,300	1,090,000	5,612,300	80.6%
	2000	4,955,400	1,413,900	6,369,300	77.8%
	2005	5,313,800	1,676,900	6,990,700	76.0%
	2010	5,802,900	1,892,200	7,695,100	75.4%
	2015	6,217,400	2,078,000	8,295,400	75%
	2020	6,870,000	2,421,000	9,291,000	73.9%
	2025*	7,760,000	2,388,000	10,148,000	76.5%

^The British mandate for Palestine, which began in 1922, ended prior to Israel’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948. The Arab states invaded, and following the war, Palestine ceased to exist. The figures for 1948 are for the State of Israel. The figures prior to 1970 do not include the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, or the Golan Heights, which were occupied by Jordan, Egypt, and Syria, respectively. From 1970, the figures only include citizens of Israel and not Palestinians living in the disputed territories.

*As of September 2025.

Sources: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
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Jewish & Non-Jewish Population of Israel/Palestine