Israel's population has risen from 717,000 when it was founded to more than 9 million in 2021 and by 2060 it is projected to reach more than 18 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Monday in a new report.
Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter
The report, which includes an atlas-like depiction of the population trends in Israel according to various criteria and breakdowns, also has many infographics that detail the many changes through visualizations in what the agency called "70 Years of Israeli Statistics in the CBS's Historical Statistical Atlas."
They show that the most densely populated area has remained the greater Tel Aviv region since early statehood years, but the numbers show how the major cluster became even denser over the years.
In 2018, the density was 8,300 per square kilometer (0.38 square miles) in Tel Aviv and its environs, and this will reach 10,800 in 2034.
Also, the atlas shows that upon statehood, some 77% of Israel's residents lived in urban communities (defined as having at least 2,000 dwellers). This figure rose to a whopping 92%, with some 260 communities defined as urban in 2020. In 1948, only Tel Aviv had more than 100,000 residents.
Kibbutzim, which used to comprise almost half of the residential communities in Israel in its early years, now comprise only 22% of communities. Their residents were 8% of the general population during the early years, but as of 2018, this share stood at only 2%.
The full atlas is available on the bureau's website here.
Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories!
