Tag: Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics
Israeli tourism remains in state of collapse amid war
The Gaza war continues to take its toll on Israel’s tourism industry, with the country seeing only 58,600 tourist visits in January, compared to the 257,400 tourists who visited during the same month last...
Israeli population poised to pass 10 million in 2024
Israel’s population grew by 1.9% in 2023 and is set to pass 10 million in 2024, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
As 2023 draws to a close, Israel’s...
Christian population in Israel up 1.3% last year
About 2% of Israelis are Christians, and the community is expected to continue to grow at an annual rate of over 1%, official statistics released Thursday ahead of Christmas show.
About 190,000 Christians live in...
Most Israelis unhappy with the state of democracy
More than half of Israelis are dissatisfied with how democracy works in their country.
The results from the Central Bureau of Statistics' 2022 Social Survey on the Perception of Democracy and Civic Engagement were published...
Half of Israeli Jews favor separation of religion and state
Forty-nine percent of Israeli Jews, or 2.3 million people, believe that there should be a divide between religion and state, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics' annual survey on the influence of religion.
The...
Nearly half of the world’s Jews live in Israel
At the start of 2022, there were a total of 15.3 million Jews in the world, 7 million of whom, roughly 46% of all Jews worldwide, resided in Israel, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics...
Losing the Galilee: Why are Jews a declining minority in this key area?
The Jewish presence in the Galilee is shrinking—in part, critics say, because of government policies that effectively discriminate against Jews in favor of Arabs, who constitute the vast majority of the area’s inhabitants. The...
Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows
With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
Of the 177,307 children born in...
Israeli population reaches 9,449,000 at start of 2022
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) estimates Israel’s population at 9,449,000 as of Dec. 31, 2021.
Of that number, 6,982,000 are Jewish (73.9 percent of the total population), 1,995,000 are Arab (21.1 percent) and 472,000 identify as...
Hezbollah’s notorious Unit 133 is back in business
Earlier this month, the Israel Defense Force and Israel Police announced that they had thwarted a significant weapons-smuggling attempt from Lebanon into Israel. A total of 43 firearms worth millions of shekels were confiscated...