180,000 babies are born, 25,000 new immigrants: Israel is approaching 10 million inhabitants
According to CBS data, in 2021 more than 160,000 people were added to the population. 83% of the increase is due to natural increase and the rest from immigration to Israel. About 7 million of the residents are Jews, and about 2 million Arabs.
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30/12/2021
Thursday, 30 December 2021, 14:05 Updated: 14:14
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During 2021, Israel's population will increase by about 160,000, an increase of 1.7%, according to data published today (Thursday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
During the year, about 184,000 babies were added to the population.
This is in front of 51,000 deceased people who were deducted from the population and about 7.5 thousand Israelis who stayed abroad for more than a year. In addition, during the year about 25,000 immigrants and about 9,000 other immigrants were added to the population, compared to 20,000 immigrants last year. Of the Israeli population was mainly due to a natural increase in the population, ie a positive difference between births and deaths.
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During the year 2021, about 51,000 people died.
The number of deaths is relatively high compared to previous years, and even higher than in 2020, during which 47,788 people died.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, by mid-November, about 4,800 residents had died from the Corona virus.
The main countries from which the immigrants arrived this year were: Russia (30.0%), France (14.6%), the United States (13.9%) and Ukraine (12.4%). During the months of January to November of 2021, 22.7 thousand immigrants arrived in Israel. Of 28.8% compared to the same period last year.
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