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Demographics of Israel: Population of Jerusalem

(1844 - Present)

Demographics of Israel: Table of Contents|Population of Israel|Israelis, by Origin

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	16,500	371,400	581,200	981,700	59%

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

Sources: John Oesterreicher and Anne Sinai, eds., Jerusalem, (NY: John Day, 1974), p. 1;
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
Omer Yaniv, Yair Assaf-Shapira, Jonathan Pardo, “Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook 2024,” Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research [Hebrew].