As Israel prepares to celebrate its 72nd Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics has published the latest numbers on the nation's population.
Israel is home to 9,190,000 people, including 6.8 million Jews (74% of the population), 1.93 million Arabs (21%), and 454,000 citizens of other ethnicities, who comprise approximately 5% of the population.
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Since Independence Day of 2019, the country's population has increased by 171,000 or 1.9%. A total of 180,000 babies were born; 32,000 new immigrants arrived; and 44,000 Israelis died.
When the state was founded, its population stood at 806,000. Since 1948, 3.3 million immigrants have arrived, 44% of whom made aliyah in 1990 or the years that followed.
Population growth projections indicate that in 2030, Israel's population will stand at 11.1 million, and in 2040, 13.2 million. According to the projections, when Israel marks its 100th Independence Day in 2048, its population will be 15.2 million.
The CBS data shows that 45% of Jews in the world live in Israel, and that 78% of the Jews in Israel were born in the country.
