For New Year's: How much did Israel's population grow this year? Answers inside

The population of Israel is now slightly over 10 million people, according to an Israel Central Bureau of Statistics report for the end of 2024, published today (Tuesday) on New Year's Eve.

Of those ten million, 7.707 million are Jews and "others" (non-Arab Christians or lacking religion, mostly from the Former Soviet Union) or about 76.9% of the total. 2.104 million or 21% are Arabs, and 216,000 are foreigners present in Israel for one reason or another.

The Israeli population increased by 1.1% in 2024 compared to 1.6% in 2023, primarily due to a higher rate of outmigration, likely caused by the war and the struggle over the judicial reform.

181,000 babies were born in Israel, 76% of them to Jewish and "other" women and 24% of them to Arab women.

The death rate remained about the same as previous years, despite the war and subsequent battle deaths.