Demographics & population — Israel
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Israel: 8,675,475
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Population overview
- Population
8,675,475
- Population - note
(includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2016 est.) note: approximately 21,000 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2015); approximately 201,000 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem
- Population Growth Rate
1.5%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
- Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million
- Haifa 1.054 million
- JERUSALEM (capital) 791,000
Age & family
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
1.81
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab)
- Nationality Noun
Israeli(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
97.1%
- Literacy - male
97.3%
- Literacy - female
93.6%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
5.6%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
7
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
3.19
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
3.4
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
7.7%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
26.2%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved