With Independence Day 67 approaching, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released its annual population statistics.
There are currently 8.345 million people living in Israel, ten times the population when the state was created in 1948. There are 6.251 million Jews, representing 74.9% of the population; 1.730 million Arabs, representing 20.7% of the population; 364,000 ‘others’, represent 4.4% of the total population.
The population increased by 2% since Independence Day 66, which amounts to 162,000 people. In the past year 176,000 babies were born and 44,000 people died. 32,000 new immigrants arrived since last Independence Day.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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What was the arab percent of the population last year??
very nice numbers of growth B”H
Lets hope by next year. millions of yidden will have finally woken up & made aliya to Israel-before they have no choice but to be chased out of their countries & forced to move to Israel. (like we see in france & yemen etc… this year)
MOVE TO ISRAEL NOW DONT WAIT…
how come my post I sent earlier wasn’t posted?
#1, While I don’t know the answer to your question, I did see a report recently that said that the Jewish birthrate significantly exceeds the Arab birth rate. Add the aliyah numbers and future numbers will get better, IY”H.
@be joyful Do you live in Israel?