Population

Understanding genetic testing and its importance to the Jewish community

As the CEO of jscreen.org, Dr. Matt Goldstein, MD, PhD, focuses on providing accessible genetic testing to empower individuals with critical, potentially life-saving health insights.
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Average height in Israel and how it compares to neighboring countries

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

Israelis walk their dogs on haBima Square in Tel Aviv. September 17, 2025.

More Israelis emigrated than arrived over past year, CBS report reveals


India's population to overtake China, with 2.9 mln more people by mid-2023, UN estimates

Although both nations will account for more than a third of the estimated global population of 8.045 billion, population growth in both has been slowing, albeit much faster in China than India.

 Commuters walk on a platform after disembarking from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 21, 2023.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: How many survivors are living in Israel?

Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, take a look at how many Holocaust survivors currently live in Israel, how old they are and where they came from:

 AN IDF soldier holds the flame for a Holocaust survivor to light a torch at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day, in 2021.

Where in Israel are the cancer rates higher or lower?

Researchers examined differences in cancer morbidity and mortality in Israel from three different angles.

 Growing cancer cells (in purple) are surrounded by healthy cells (in pink), illustrating a primary tumor spreading to other parts of the body.

China’s population decline could shake the world - analysis

The demographic long-term crisis in China could lead the ruling party to take more risks.

 People walk and ride vehicles along a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China May 31, 2021

China’s population drops for first time since 1961, highlights demographic crisis

UN experts see China's population shrinking by 109 million by 2050, more than triple the decline of their previous forecast in 2019.

 People walk and ride vehicles along a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China May 31, 2021

Happy New Year and Mazal Tov! First Israeli babies of 2023 say hello

178,000 new babies were born last year, with Israel's population growing to 9.7 million people.

 Israel's first babies of 2023

Merry Christmas: Israel's Christian population thriving, new data shows

Where do Christians prefer to live? When do they marry? How many children do they have? A recent survey by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics provides answers.

 A Christian worshiper lights candles as she attends Easter Sunday Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 17, 2021.

Voices from the Arab press: Malthus's theory, 200 years later

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 Robert Malthus

Israel’s population at 9.6 million, worldwide Jewish population at 15.3 million

Here are the latest statistics on the global Jewish population and the number of new immigrants to Israel.

 Chairman of The Jewish Agency Major General (Res.) Doron Almog with olim who immigrated to Israel this year from around the world.

How many ants are crawling on Earth? Scientists say 20 quadrillion

Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to date of the global population of ants—insects that have colonized almost everywhere on the planet.

An ant collects honeydew from an aphid