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The growth rate of the Arab population in Israel is 2.2%, while the growth rate of the Jewish population in Israel is 1.8%. The growth rate of the Arab population has slowed from 3.8% in 1999 to 2.2% in 2013, and for the Jewish population, the growth rate declined from 2.7% to its lowest rate of 1.4% in 2005.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
The religion's situation in Israel was specified in an agreement signed in 1987 by then Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres as a "recognized religious community in Israel", that the "holiest places of the Baháʼí Faith, … are located in Israel, and confirms that the Universal House of Justice is the Trustee of the Baháʼí ...
Israel has a population of 182,000 Christians. As of 2021, it was the only growing Christian community in the Middle East. [9] [10] In 2019, 77.5% of Christians in Israel were Arab Christians, representing 7.2% of the total Arab population in the country. [133] Israeli Christian population pyramid in 2021
As of 2022, Muslims are the largest religious minority in Israel, accounting for 18.1% of the country's total population. [1] Most of this figure is represented by the Arab citizens of Israel, [2] who are the country's largest ethnic minority, but there is a notable non-Arab Muslim populace, such as that of the Circassians.
Gaza’s population dropped by 6% – about 160,000 people – in 2024, according to a new report, as Israel’s war against Hamas took a heavy toll on the Palestinian enclave’s demographics.
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Nearly all of the Ethiopian Beta Israel community today lives in Israel, comprising more than 121,000 people. [73] Most of this population are the descendants and the immigrants who immigrated to Israel during two massive waves of immigration mounted by the Israeli government—"Operation Moses" (1984) and during "Operation Solomon" (1991 ...