Data
Israel's population
Israel had 10,122,800 people in 2025, up from 2,114,020 in 1960. That is 4.8 times larger in 65 years, one of the fastest sustained expansions of any developed country.
Population 2025
10,122,800
World Bank, from the Central Bureau of Statistics
Growth a year
1.21%
120,600 more people since 2024
Since 1960
4.8×
2,114,020 people that year
Olim in 2025
22,423
about 19% of the annual increase
Projected from the last published figure (10,122,800 in 2025) at the most recent measured growth rate of 1.21% a year. That works out at roughly 334 more people a day. It is an estimate, not a headcount.
The series
The whole record, three ways
Every annual figure from 1960 to 2025, the years it took to add each million, and the year each million arrived.
Population 1960 to 2025
Hover for any single year.
Years to add each million
Shorter bars mean faster growth.
- 11M → 2M9 yr
- 22M → 3M13 yr
- 33M → 4M11 yr
- 44M → 5M10 yr
- 55M → 6M7 yr
- 66M → 7M7 yr
- 77M → 8M7 yr
- 88M → 9M6 yr
- 99M → 10M5 yr
When each million arrived
The year Israel first passed each mark.
- 1 million(CBS)1949
- 2 million(CBS)1958
- 3 million1971
- 4 million1982
- 5 million1992
- 6 million1999
- 7 million2006
- 8 million2013
- 9 million2019
- 10 million2024
What the data shows
What 66 years of counting show
Four things the annual series says that the headline figure does not. Computed from the 1960 to 2025 series at build time, with the arithmetic under each.
The headline
58 years
to double at today's rate
At the current rate Israel's population doubles every 58 years.
Growth of 1.21% a year, the 2025 figure, compounds to a doubling in 57.8 years, which would put the country past 20.2 million around 2083 if the rate held. It is a projection of one number, not a forecast.
How it is counted. Doubling time is ln 2 divided by ln (1 + annual growth rate), using the latest year-on-year rate in the World Bank series.
- 02
31 years
for the most recent doubling
The population has doubled twice since 1960: in 25 years, then 31 years.
2,114,020 in 1960 to 4,233,000 in 1985, 25 years; 4,233,000 in 1985 to 8,546,000 in 2016, 31 years. From 8,546,000 in 2016 the next doubling is 18% of the way there.
1960 to 198525 yr1985 to 201631 yrHow it is counted. Each doubling is the first year the series reaches twice the figure the previous doubling was measured from, starting at the 1960 figure.
- 03
3.47%
a year across the 1960s
The 1960s were the fastest decade of growth at 3.47% a year; the 1980s the slowest at 1.85%.
2,114,020 to 2,974,000 across the 1960s, against 3,878,000 to 4,660,000 across the 1980s.
19601960: 3.47%2010 How it is counted. Compound annual growth rate between the first year of each decade and the first year of the next.
- 04
6.2%
growth in 1991, the fastest year
1991 was the single fastest year on record, when the population grew 6.2%.
289,000 more people in one year. In absolute terms the largest addition was 291,500 in 2023, on a much larger base.
19611991: 6.2%2025 How it is counted. Year-on-year change in the annual series, as a share of the previous year's figure.
Milestones
10 million people, one million at a time
Israel passed 1 million in 1949 and 10 million in 2024, 75 years apart. The gap between millions has been closing for most of that time.
- 6M → 7M
- 7 years
- 7M → 8M
- 7 years
- 8M → 9M
- 6 years
- 9M → 10M
- 5 years
Immigration
How much of it is immigration?
Less than the headlines suggest. Israel grew by 120,600 people between 2024 and 2025. In 2025, 22,423 people arrived under the Law of Return, roughly 19% of that increase. The rest is births. Israel's total fertility rate was 2.87 in 2024, against 1.89 for Mexico, the next-highest OECD member: the highest in the organisation, and not narrowly (World Bank, indicator SP.DYN.TFRT.IN, 2024).
Immigration still shapes the country disproportionately because it arrives in waves and concentrates in specific towns. The aliyah explorer shows where each wave came from and where it landed.
Sources
Where these numbers come from
The series behind every chart here is World Bank (World Development Indicators), sourced from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics: 66 annual figures, 1960 to 2025, one per year with no gaps. Rebuilt 2026-08-05.
The 1949 and 1958 crossings predate that series, so they come from the Central Bureau of Statistics directly. Those are the rows marked (CBS) in the list above.
Aliyah figures are separate. They come from the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration's open data, published on its own schedule, so the latest aliyah year and the latest population year will not always match.
Frequently asked questions
What is the population of Israel?+
10,122,800 as of 2025, the most recent published figure. Israel passed 10 million in 2024. The live number at the top of this page projects that figure forward at the current growth rate; it is an estimate, not a count.
How fast is Israel's population growing?+
About 1.21% a year, or roughly 120,600 more people between 2024 and 2025. That is high for a developed country: most of Western Europe is close to flat or shrinking.
How much of the growth is immigration?+
Less than people assume. 22,423 people made aliyah in 2025, which is about 19% of the annual increase. The rest is natural growth: Israel's total fertility rate was 2.87 in 2024 against 1.89 for Mexico, the next-highest OECD member (World Bank, SP.DYN.TFRT.IN), so births rather than immigration drive most of the change.
How long did each million take?+
Israel took 9 years to go from 1 to 2 million, and the recent millions have come roughly every five to seven years. The chart on this page shows every step.
Where does this data come from?+
World Bank (World Development Indicators), sourced from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics. Rebuilt 2026-08-05. Aliyah figures come from the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration's open data.
Source: World Bank (World Development Indicators), sourced from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics. Original series. Rebuilt 2026-08-05.