Israel’s population tops 10.17 million in 2025

182,000 babies were born in Israel in 2025, with nearly 70,000 Israeli citizens emigrating, compared to just 44,000 who immigrated to the Jewish state.

By World Israel News Staff

The population of the State of Israel rose to 10,178,000 by the end of 2025, according to data released by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

Israel’s population grew by 112,000 people during 2025, for a growth rate of 1.1%, the same rate as a year earlier.

This official estimate differs from an assessment made by the Taub Center in a report published on Wednesday, which set the annual population growth rate at 0.9% – a record low for Israel.

According to the CBS data, just over three-quarters (76.3%) of Israel’s total population, or 7,771,000 people, is in the Jewish and Others category, which includes several hundred thousand residents who are not considered Jewish under Jewish law, including immigrants with Jewish ancestry or immediate family.

There are 2,147,000 Arabs in Israel, constituting 21.1% of the population, along with 260,000 non-citizen foreign residents, who make up the remaining 2.6% of the population.

According to the CBS report on Wednesday, and in contradiction to the Taub Center analysis, the number of deaths in Israel declined in 2025, from roughly 52,000 to about 50,000.

With 182,000 live births, Israel saw a natural increase of 132,000 this past year.

However, part of the natural increase was offset by an increase in negative net migration.

The figures show that 69,300 Israelis left the country over the past year, while only 19,000 returned. The migration balance for Israelis alone is particularly negative, standing at approximately negative 50,300.

Some 24,600 new immigrants moved to Israel in 2025, down from over 32,000 the year before.

There were also fewer people moving to Israel under family reunification laws, with just 2,500 cases in 2025, compared to 5,500 the year before.

While Israel’s growth rate is lower than in other recent years, the CBS emphasized that it remains in positive territory, and that the decline was driven primarily by emigration.

The Taub Center report, which noted that Israel has also experienced declining fertility rates, said that the absolute number of births has remained stable even as Israel’s population has risen dramatically over the past decade, leading to a lower rate of growth.

The decline in fertility was reported across all sectors of the non-Jewish population, including Druze, Muslim Arab, Christian Arab,and Christian non-Arab women.