The population includes 7.73 million Jews and others (77.6 per cent), 2.11 million Arabs (20.9 per cent), and 248,000 foreigners (2.5 per cent). Over the past year, the population grew by 135,000, an increase of 1.4 per cent, with 174,000 births, 28,000 new immigrants, 50,000 deaths, and a n
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reported that 3.2 million foreign visitors entered the country in 2023. This was more than the 2.9 million in 2022, but still a great deal less than the 4.6 million in 2019, the year prior to the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns.
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported that in July of 2023, 294,800 visitors entered the country. This number is up more than 15 per cent over July 2022 when 260,400 people entered the country.