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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.
In Israel, the Jewish population has experienced significant growth, increasing from approximately 630,000 in 1948 to nearly 6.9 million in 2021. Conversely, the Jewish population in the diaspora, which began at around 10.5 million in 1945, remained relatively stable until the early 1970s, when it began to decline, reaching an estimated 8.2 to ...
Enlarged Jewish population includes the Jewish connected population and those who say they have Jewish background but not a Jewish parent, and all non-Jews living in households with Jews. Eligible Jewish population includes all those eligible for immigration to Israel under its Law of Return.
Total population; 15.8 million Enlarged population (includes anyone with a Jewish parent): 20 million [a] [2] (2022, est.): Regions with significant populations; Israel (including occupied territories)
Two countries account for 81% of those recognized as Jews or of sufficient Jewish ancestry to be eligible for citizenship in Israel under its Law of Return: the United States with 51% and Israel with 30% and population centers in West Bank, Jordan (Judaeo-Samaria) with 2%. An additional 16% is split between France (3%), Canada (3%), Russia (3% ...
In January 2006, Della Pergola stated that Israel now had more Jews than the United States, and Tel Aviv had replaced New York as the metropolitan area with the largest Jewish population in the world, [36] while a major demographic study found that Israel's Jewish population surpassed that of the United States in 2008. [37]
In 1967, Jews were 73.4% of city population, while in 2010 the Jewish population shrank to 64%. In the same period the Arab population increased from 26,5% in 1967 to 36% in 2010. [64] [65] In 1999, the Jewish total fertility rate was 3.8 children per woman, while the Palestinian rate was 4.4. This led to concerns that Arabs would eventually ...
From 1948 to 1951 immigration doubled the Jewish population of Israel and left an indelible imprint on Israeli society. [19] [20] Overall, 700,000 Jews settled in Israel during this period. [21] Some 300,000 arrived from Asian and North African nations as part of the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries. [22]