Survey for Independence Day (Gal Halli NOW)
On the eve of the 75th Independence Day, 9.727 million people live in Israel, an increase of about 216 thousand people from last year - according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics today (Monday).
The population of Israel is about seven million Jews, who make up 73.5% of the total population, about two million Arabs, who make up 21% of the population, and 534,000 Christians, members of other religions and without religious classification, who make up 5.5% of the total population.
Since Independence Day, about 183,000 babies have been born in Israel, about 79,000 immigrants have arrived in Israel, and 51,000 people have died.
When the state was established, the population of Israel numbered 806 thousand souls, the proportion of Jews was then 82.1% and the proportion of Arabs 17.9%.
The population of Israel today is 12 times what it was when the state was founded.
Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics for Independence Day 2023 (Photo: Image Processing, Shutterstock)
Instead of the state, more than 3.3 million immigrants arrived in Israel, of which approximately 1.5 million (43.7%) arrived starting in 1990. The CBS estimates that in 2030 the population of Israel is expected to number 11.1 million, in 2040 - 13.2 million, and on the centenary of Independence Day of Israel in 2048 - the population is expected to number 15.2 million people. At the end of 2021, 46% of the total Jewish population in the world lived in Israel, and about 79% of the Jews in Israel are "Zebers" (born in the country). As of 2022, a family in Israel has an average of 3.7 people
, And the average number of children aged 0-17 per family is 2.4. Israel's population is a young population with approximately 28% children aged 0-14, according to the CBS data.
Another interesting statistic that came up is that the life expectancy in Israel is one of the highest in the world.
As of the end of 2021, the average life expectancy for women is 84.6 years and 80.5 years for men.
About 12% are 65 years old or older and more than 3.3 thousand are more than a hundred years old.
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The population of Israel is 12 times the amount at the time of the establishment of the state (Photo: Reuven Castro)
According to a social survey conducted in 2021 among people aged 20 and over, 89.3% are satisfied or very satisfied with life in Israel.
In the expenditure basket of households in 2023, the weight of the expenditure items on classes and appointments to fitness clubs, studio classes, fitness equipment, bicycles and professional sports clothing increased by 14.2% compared to the previous basket in 2021.
The average age of first marriage in 2020 was 25.2 for brides and 26.8 for grooms among Jews, 22.8 for brides and 26.6 for grooms among Muslims.
Among the Druze the average age is 25.6 for brides and 29.2 for grooms and among Christians 26.8 for brides and 30.6 for grooms.
Israel's population is young and about 28% are children aged 0-14 (Photo: Reuven Castro, Reuven Castro)
Another interesting fact is that the largest settlement in Israel in terms of area is the city of Dimona with an area of 220.46 square kilometers, while the smallest settlement is the local council of Kiryat Yaarim with an area of 0.5 square kilometers.
The settlement with the largest number of inhabitants is Jerusalem with 966,210 inhabitants.
In contrast, the locality with the smallest number of residents is Ma'ale Ephraim local council with 1,318 residents (as of the beginning of 2022).
According to 2019, the last city that crossed the threshold of 200 thousand inhabitants is the city of Bnei Brak.
The country's area is 22,072 square kilometers, of which 98% is land area. This area is similar to the area of Slovenia and El Salvador and half of the area of the Netherlands and Switzerland.
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