Jewish & Non-Jewish Population of Israel/Palestine
(1517 - Present)
|
Year |
Jews |
Non-Jews |
Total Population |
% Jewish |
|
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% |
| 1914 | 94,000 | 595,000 | 689,000 | 13.6% |
|
1918 |
60,000 |
600,000 |
660,000 |
8.1% |
| 1922 | 83,794 | 673,388 | 757,182 | 17% |
|
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% |
|
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% |
|
2017 |
6,484,000 |
2,196,000 |
8,680,000 |
74.7% |
| 2018 |
6,668,000
|
2,304,000
|
8,972,000
|
74.3%
|
| 2019 |
6,772,000
|
2,364,000
|
9,136,000
|
74.1%
|
| 2020* | 6,841,000 | 2,405,000 | 9,246,000 | 74% |
Sources: 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);
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Elis, Niv. On the eve of 2015, Israel's population hits 8.3 million,
Jerusalem Post, (December 31, 2014);
Aderet, Ofer. Israel's Population Hits 8.7 Million on Eve of 69th Independence Day,
Haaretz, (May 1, 2017);
“Israel’s population 8.972m on eve of 2019,” Globus, (December 31, 2018);
Zeev Klein, “Israel reaches another milestone as population crosses 9 million,” Israel Hayom, (May 2, 2019);
“Israel’s population tops 9 million, including 45% of world Jewry,” Times of Israel, (May 6, 2019).
Eytan Halon,” Israeli Population To Soar To 15.2 Million By 100th Anniversary,” Jerusalem Post, (May 7, 2019);
Gad Lior, “Independence Day 2019 – a party for more than 9 million Israelis,” Ynet, (May 8, 2019);
“Jewish Population in the World and in Israel,” Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics Table 2.11;
“Israel’s population tops 9 million as Jewish new year approaches,” Times of Israel, (September 26, 2019);
“Israel’s population at 9,136,000 on the eve of 2020,” Jerusalem Post, (January 1, 2020);
“Ahead of 72nd Independence Day, Israeli population stands at 9.2 million,” Times of Israel, (April 26, 2020);
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