Demographics of israel

IDI analysis shows National-Religious men driving shift in IDF reserve duty as overall numbers fall

Among other key findings, it was found that National-Religious men are increasingly over-represented in IDF reserve service in relation to their share of Israel's population.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
THE ZIONIST identity didn’t overcome the Jewish identity, nor did the opposite occur: An IDF soldier puts on tefillin.
A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

How Israel's migration figures are liable to affect the next election results - opinion

The figures show that the number of Israelis who left Israel for in excess of nine months in the years 2023-2025 is around 211,000.

|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Israelis enjoy Rosh Hashanah fair at a social complex in Jerusalem, September 19, 2025

Rosh Hashanah 2025: Israeli population crosses 10 million ahead of Jewish New Year

Jews and others account for roughly 7.76 million residents, or 78.5% of the total population, while Arabs number approximately 2.13 million, representing 21.5%.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
MUSLIMS, JEWS and Israeli security forces are present on the Temple Mount during Passover and Ramadan.

Muslim fertility rate in Israel continues 22-year fall as Eid al-Adha approaches

Jerusalem has the highest population of Muslims in the country - with around 380 thousand people, which makes up more than a third of city's residents.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Confronting the demographic demon

A rational Palestinian policy needs demographic facts; but Israel hasn’t done the requisite research.

MAY 29, 2014ByEVELYN GORDON
A crisis of faith with demographic consequences 521

Is Israel a true democracy?

Maybe it is an oligarchy, or an aristocracy, or some sort of anarchistic monarchy? What I do know for sure is that no one actually cares.

MAY 15, 2014ByLIOR AKERMAN
The Knesset

In my own write: ‘I love my idea of you’

Disembodied relationships are on the rise.

FEBRUARY 25, 2014ByJUDY MONTAGU
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