Population

What's in a name? Population Authority shares most popular baby names ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Mohammed, Ariel, and Avigail topped Israel’s lists, with a total of 179,398 babies registered in Israel’s Population Registry as of Sunday morning, September 6.

|BySHIR PERETS
Feeding baby from a bottle
Cafe Chico in Sderot, July 20, 2026

Population booming three years after Oct. 7, Sderot looks to show visitors city's resiliency

The residents of Sderot spoke to the Post ahead of an August 11 event that is part of an initiative to bring more visitors to the city this summer.

|BySAM HALPERN
"Forest" Project.

An ultra-luxury Jerusalem icon

LEVEL ONE, part of the Leviev Group, is bringing a new standard to Jerusalem with its "Forest" project, offering a prime location, classic mixed-use development, and a residential experience.

|By IN COOPERATION WITH LEVEL ONE
The Helvetia statue in front of a Swiss flag on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) ahead of a press conference on Swiss banks' capital requirements in Bern, Switzerland, April 22, 2026.

Poll shows Swiss evenly split on proposal to cap population at 10 million

The proposal stipulates the permanent resident population must not exceed 10 million before 2050, and that Switzerland should end its freedom of movement accord with the EU.

|ByREUTERS

Israel starts gearing up for 2021 population census

The census, carried out every decade, will start in earnest in April 2021.

JUNE 24, 2020ByEYTAN HALON
Lights are reflected in the Mediterranean Sea, as a view of Jaffa Port is seen at sunset, in Jaffa, Israel June 16, 2019. Picture taken June 16, 2019

Jerusalem's population in numbers

While the population growth rate in Jerusalem is the same as that of the Israeli population, the various populations within the city are growing at different rates.

JUNE 4, 2020ByYAIR ASSAF-SHAPIRA
Tourists look at the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, June 21, 2018.

Jews and Palestinians are almost at parity in Israel, territories - study

The study was published in honor of what Palestinian hold is Nakba (Catastrophe) Day on May 15, the same day on which the Gregorian calendar marks the creation of the state of Israel.

MAY 19, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground and the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in the background June 24, 2019

Worldwide population of 14.7 million Jews falls short of pre-war numbers

World Jewry reached a population of 16.6 million right before the start of World War II in 1939.

APRIL 21, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
‘WHAT SET ‘Let Our People Know’ apart from my Birthright trip was the impossibility of looking away from the complex implications of Zionism that are our real birthright as diaspora Jews.’

Israel’s population at 9,136,000 on the eve of 2020

In the past decade, the population increased by 1,627,000.

JANUARY 1, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nurses take care of newborn babies at a nursery in Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem

Israel’s Christian population grows to 177,000 citizens

Over three-quarters (77.5%) of Christians living in Israel are Arabs, the CBS said, representing 7.2% of all Israeli-Arab citizens.

DECEMBER 23, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
A man plays with his kid in a street before the beginning of an annual "Christmas Run" in Mi'ilya, a Christian Arab village in northern Israel December 21, 2018

Work it out

According to a new study by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI), only 69% of 55-64 year olds are employed compared to 85% among 35-44 year olds.

DECEMBER 18, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

Settler growth rate stagnant for third year in a row

Much of the reason can be assigned to the fact that few new people are moving beyond the Green Line and into settlements

OCTOBER 3, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019

Amid Iran's environmental, economic crises, Khamenei urges having more babies

But Iran's Environment Department head says that, "Without guaranteed imports, it will not be wise to increase the country's population."

AUGUST 6, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei smiles at a baby

Israeli population to soar to 15.2 million by 100th anniversary

Today, 9.021 million citizens call Israel their home compared to 806,000 in May 1948.

MAY 7, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
A man waves flags of Israel as Israeli Air Force planes fly in formation over the Mediterranean Sea during an aerial show as part of the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day marking the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state, in Tel Aviv, Israel April 19, 2018.