Israel People - 2023
SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
9,043,387 (2023 est.) (includes populations of the Golan Heights or Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967)
note: approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2019); following the March 2019 US recognition of the Golan Heights as being part of Israel, The World Factbook no longer includes Israeli settler population of the Golan Heights (estimated at 23,400 in 2019) in its overall Israeli settler total
Nationality
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli
Ethnic groups
Jewish 74% (of which Israel-born 78.7%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 14.8%, Africa-born 4.2%, Asia-born 2.3%), Arab 21.1%, other 4.9% (2020 est.)
Languages
Hebrew (official), Arabic (special status under Israeli law), English (most commonly used foreign language)
major-language sample(s):
ספר עובדות העולם, המקור החיוני למידע בסיסי (Hebrew)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Jewish 74%, Muslim 18%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.5% (2020 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 25.96% (male 1,200,721/female 1,146,556)
15-64 years: 61.66% (male 2,839,124/female 2,737,054)
65 years and over: 12.38% (2023 est.) (male 506,536/female 613,396)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 66.9
youth dependency ratio: 47
elderly dependency ratio: 19.9
potential support ratio: 5 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 30.4 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 31 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
1.43% (2023 est.)
Birth rate
17.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
5.05 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Net migration rate
1.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
population concentrated in and around Tel-Aviv, as well as around the Sea of Galilee; the south remains sparsely populated with the exception of the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba
Urbanization
urban population: 92.9% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.51% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
4.421 million Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1.174 million Haifa, 970,000 JERUSALEM (capital) (2023)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
27.7 years (2019 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 83.54 years
male: 81.65 years
female: 85.53 years (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.54 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
1.24 (2023 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
8.3% of GDP (2020)
Physicians density
3.63 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
3 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 99.3% of population
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0.7% of population
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
Major infectious diseases
note: on 22 March 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Asia; Israel is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
26.1% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 3.07 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.78 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 21.2% (2020 est.)
male: 28.9% (2020 est.)
female: 13.5% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
51.7% (2023 est.)
Education expenditures
7.1% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: 98.7%
female: 96.8% (2011)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 8.8%
male: 8.4%
female: 9.2% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Israel on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Israel 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Israel 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
This page was last modified 06 Dec 23, Copyright © 2023 ITA all rights reserved.