Israel
Population in Israel
Population in Israel: 1.29 million people in 1950 and 9.26 million people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 9.26 million people
- Since 1950
- +7.97 million people
- Rank, 2023
- 97 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 8.09 billion people
- Projected, 2100
- 19.8 million people
- UN projection (medium variant)
people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 19.8 million people in 2100, between 3.09 million people and 85.8 million people (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from HYDE and Gapminder reach back to 1800: 210,000 people.
Every year
people · UN
| Year | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.26 million | 8.09 billion |
| 2022 | 9.1 million | 8.02 billion |
| 2021 | 8.94 million | 7.95 billion |
| 2020 | 8.8 million | 7.89 billion |
| 2019 | 8.66 million | 7.81 billion |
| 2018 | 8.51 million | 7.73 billion |
| 2017 | 8.36 million | 7.65 billion |
| 2016 | 8.21 million | 7.56 billion |
| 2015 | 8.05 million | 7.47 billion |
| 2014 | 7.9 million | 7.38 billion |
| 2013 | 7.75 million | 7.29 billion |
| 2012 | 7.61 million | 7.2 billion |
| 2011 | 7.47 million | 7.11 billion |
| 2010 | 7.34 million | 7.02 billion |
| 2009 | 7.21 million | 6.93 billion |
| 2008 | 7.08 million | 6.84 billion |
| 2007 | 6.96 million | 6.76 billion |
| 2006 | 6.84 million | 6.67 billion |
| 2005 | 6.73 million | 6.59 billion |
| 2004 | 6.62 million | 6.5 billion |
| 2003 | 6.5 million | 6.42 billion |
| 2002 | 6.39 million | 6.34 billion |
| 2001 | 6.26 million | 6.26 billion |
| 2000 | 6.11 million | 6.17 billion |
| 1999 | 5.95 million | 6.09 billion |
| 1998 | 5.79 million | 6.01 billion |
| 1997 | 5.65 million | 5.93 billion |
| 1996 | 5.5 million | 5.84 billion |
| 1995 | 5.36 million | 5.76 billion |
| 1994 | 5.22 million | 5.68 billion |
| 1993 | 5.09 million | 5.59 billion |
| 1992 | 4.96 million | 5.51 billion |
| 1991 | 4.78 million | 5.42 billion |
| 1990 | 4.55 million | 5.33 billion |
| 1989 | 4.38 million | 5.23 billion |
| 1988 | 4.31 million | 5.14 billion |
| 1987 | 4.24 million | 5.05 billion |
| 1986 | 4.17 million | 4.96 billion |
| 1985 | 4.11 million | 4.87 billion |
| 1984 | 4.03 million | 4.78 billion |
| 1983 | 3.96 million | 4.7 billion |
| 1982 | 3.88 million | 4.61 billion |
| 1981 | 3.8 million | 4.53 billion |
| 1980 | 3.72 million | 4.45 billion |
| 1979 | 3.64 million | 4.37 billion |
| 1978 | 3.56 million | 4.29 billion |
| 1977 | 3.48 million | 4.22 billion |
| 1976 | 3.4 million | 4.14 billion |
| 1975 | 3.32 million | 4.07 billion |
| 1974 | 3.24 million | 4 billion |
| 1973 | 3.16 million | 3.92 billion |
| 1972 | 3.08 million | 3.85 billion |
| 1971 | 2.98 million | 3.77 billion |
| 1970 | 2.87 million | 3.7 billion |
| 1969 | 2.75 million | 3.62 billion |
| 1968 | 2.65 million | 3.55 billion |
| 1967 | 2.54 million | 3.47 billion |
| 1966 | 2.43 million | 3.4 billion |
| 1965 | 2.33 million | 3.34 billion |
| 1964 | 2.23 million | 3.26 billion |
| 1963 | 2.14 million | 3.19 billion |
| 1962 | 2.04 million | 3.12 billion |
| 1961 | 1.96 million | 3.07 billion |
| 1960 | 1.89 million | 3.02 billion |
| 1959 | 1.84 million | 2.97 billion |
| 1958 | 1.78 million | 2.91 billion |
| 1957 | 1.72 million | 2.85 billion |
| 1956 | 1.66 million | 2.8 billion |
| 1955 | 1.6 million | 2.74 billion |
| 1954 | 1.54 million | 2.69 billion |
| 1953 | 1.48 million | 2.63 billion |
| 1952 | 1.41 million | 2.58 billion |
| 1951 | 1.35 million | 2.54 billion |
| 1950 | 1.29 million | 2.49 billion |
| 1949 | 1.23 million | – |
| 1948 | 1.18 million | – |
| 1947 | 1.14 million | – |
| 1946 | 1.1 million | – |
| 1945 | 1.06 million | – |
| 1944 | 1.02 million | – |
| 1943 | 983,300 | – |
| 1942 | 947,800 | – |
| 1941 | 912,700 | – |
| 1940 | 878,300 | – |
| 1939 | 844,300 | – |
| 1938 | 810,900 | – |
| 1937 | 778,100 | – |
| 1936 | 746,700 | – |
| 1935 | 716,500 | – |
| 1934 | 687,500 | – |
| 1933 | 659,700 | – |
| 1932 | 633,000 | – |
| 1931 | 609,100 | – |
| 1930 | 588,000 | – |
| 1929 | 569,400 | – |
| 1928 | 553,100 | – |
| 1927 | 539,100 | – |
| 1926 | 525,500 | – |
| 1925 | 512,200 | – |
| 1924 | 499,300 | – |
| 1923 | 486,700 | – |
| 1922 | 474,400 | – |
| 1921 | 463,800 | – |
| 1920 | 455,000 | – |
| 1919 | 447,800 | – |
| 1918 | 442,200 | – |
| 1917 | 438,200 | – |
| 1916 | 434,200 | – |
| 1915 | 430,300 | – |
| 1914 | 426,500 | – |
| 1913 | 422,600 | – |
| 1912 | 418,800 | – |
| 1911 | 414,700 | – |
| 1910 | 410,200 | – |
| 1909 | 405,500 | – |
| 1908 | 400,300 | – |
| 1907 | 394,900 | – |
| 1906 | 389,600 | – |
| 1905 | 384,300 | – |
| 1904 | 379,100 | – |
| 1903 | 374,000 | – |
| 1902 | 369,000 | – |
| 1901 | 364,100 | – |
| 1900 | 359,300 | – |
| 1899 | 354,600 | – |
| 1898 | 350,100 | – |
| 1897 | 345,700 | – |
| 1896 | 341,400 | – |
| 1895 | 337,100 | – |
| 1894 | 332,900 | – |
| 1893 | 328,700 | – |
| 1892 | 324,600 | – |
| 1891 | 320,600 | – |
| 1890 | 316,600 | – |
| 1889 | 312,800 | – |
| 1888 | 309,000 | – |
| 1887 | 305,300 | – |
| 1886 | 301,700 | – |
| 1885 | 298,100 | – |
| 1884 | 294,500 | – |
| 1883 | 291,000 | – |
| 1882 | 287,500 | – |
| 1881 | 284,600 | – |
| 1880 | 282,100 | – |
| 1879 | 280,200 | – |
| 1878 | 278,800 | – |
| 1877 | 277,800 | – |
| 1876 | 276,900 | – |
| 1875 | 275,900 | – |
| 1874 | 275,000 | – |
| 1873 | 274,100 | – |
| 1872 | 273,100 | – |
| 1871 | 271,400 | – |
| 1870 | 269,000 | – |
| 1869 | 265,800 | – |
| 1868 | 262,000 | – |
| 1867 | 257,400 | – |
| 1866 | 252,900 | – |
| 1865 | 248,500 | – |
| 1864 | 244,100 | – |
| 1863 | 239,900 | – |
| 1862 | 235,700 | – |
| 1861 | 232,000 | – |
| 1860 | 228,800 | – |
| 1859 | 226,100 | – |
| 1858 | 223,900 | – |
| 1857 | 222,100 | – |
| 1856 | 220,300 | – |
| 1855 | 218,500 | – |
| 1854 | 216,800 | – |
| 1853 | 215,100 | – |
| 1852 | 213,400 | – |
| 1851 | 212,000 | – |
| 1850 | 211,000 | – |
| 1849 | 210,300 | – |
| 1848 | 210,000 | – |
| 1847 | 210,000 | – |
| 1846 | 210,000 | – |
| 1845 | 210,000 | – |
| 1844 | 210,000 | – |
| 1843 | 210,000 | – |
| 1842 | 210,000 | – |
| 1841 | 210,000 | – |
| 1840 | 210,000 | – |
| 1839 | 210,000 | – |
| 1838 | 210,000 | – |
| 1837 | 210,000 | – |
| 1836 | 210,000 | – |
| 1835 | 210,000 | – |
| 1834 | 210,000 | – |
| 1833 | 210,000 | – |
| 1832 | 210,000 | – |
| 1831 | 210,000 | – |
| 1830 | 210,000 | – |
| 1829 | 210,000 | – |
| 1828 | 210,000 | – |
| 1827 | 210,000 | – |
| 1826 | 210,000 | – |
| 1825 | 210,000 | – |
| 1824 | 210,000 | – |
| 1823 | 210,000 | – |
| 1822 | 210,000 | – |
| 1821 | 210,000 | – |
| 1820 | 210,000 | – |
| 1819 | 210,000 | – |
| 1818 | 210,000 | – |
| 1817 | 210,000 | – |
| 1816 | 210,000 | – |
| 1815 | 210,000 | – |
| 1814 | 210,000 | – |
| 1813 | 210,000 | – |
| 1812 | 210,000 | – |
| 1811 | 210,000 | – |
| 1810 | 210,000 | – |
| 1809 | 210,000 | – |
| 1808 | 210,000 | – |
| 1807 | 210,000 | – |
| 1806 | 210,000 | – |
| 1805 | 210,000 | – |
| 1804 | 210,000 | – |
| 1803 | 210,000 | – |
| 1802 | 210,000 | – |
| 1801 | 210,000 | – |
| 1800 | 210,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.39 million9.34 million–9.44 million | 8.16 billion |
| 2025 | 9.52 million9.36 million–9.68 million | 8.23 billion |
| 2026 | 9.65 million9.35 million–9.94 million | 8.3 billion |
| 2027 | 9.78 million9.33 million–10.2 million | 8.37 billion |
| 2028 | 9.91 million9.31 million–10.5 million | 8.44 billion |
| 2029 | 10 million9.28 million–10.9 million | 8.5 billion |
| 2030 | 10.2 million9.22 million–11.2 million | 8.57 billion |
| 2031 | 10.3 million9.15 million–11.6 million | 8.63 billion |
| 2032 | 10.5 million9.05 million–12 million | 8.7 billion |
| 2033 | 10.6 million8.96 million–12.3 million | 8.76 billion |
| 2034 | 10.7 million8.89 million–12.7 million | 8.82 billion |
| 2035 | 10.9 million8.83 million–13.2 million | 8.89 billion |
| 2036 | 11 million8.73 million–13.5 million | 8.95 billion |
| 2037 | 11.1 million8.64 million–14 million | 9.01 billion |
| 2038 | 11.3 million8.58 million–14.5 million | 9.06 billion |
| 2039 | 11.4 million8.47 million–15 million | 9.12 billion |
| 2040 | 11.6 million8.38 million–15.5 million | 9.18 billion |
| 2041 | 11.7 million8.29 million–16.1 million | 9.23 billion |
| 2042 | 11.9 million8.17 million–16.6 million | 9.29 billion |
| 2043 | 12 million8.03 million–17.1 million | 9.34 billion |
| 2044 | 12.2 million7.88 million–17.7 million | 9.39 billion |
| 2045 | 12.3 million7.75 million–18.4 million | 9.44 billion |
| 2046 | 12.5 million7.65 million–19 million | 9.49 billion |
| 2047 | 12.6 million7.55 million–19.6 million | 9.54 billion |
| 2048 | 12.8 million7.49 million–20.1 million | 9.58 billion |
| 2049 | 12.9 million7.48 million–20.7 million | 9.62 billion |
| 2050 | 13.1 million7.39 million–21.4 million | 9.66 billion |
| 2051 | 13.2 million7.26 million–22 million | 9.7 billion |
| 2052 | 13.4 million7.13 million–22.8 million | 9.74 billion |
| 2053 | 13.6 million7.04 million–23.4 million | 9.78 billion |
| 2054 | 13.7 million6.94 million–24 million | 9.81 billion |
| 2055 | 13.9 million6.82 million–25 million | 9.85 billion |
| 2056 | 14 million6.78 million–26.1 million | 9.88 billion |
| 2057 | 14.2 million6.72 million–27.1 million | 9.91 billion |
| 2058 | 14.3 million6.62 million–27.9 million | 9.94 billion |
| 2059 | 14.5 million6.57 million–28.7 million | 9.96 billion |
| 2060 | 14.6 million6.52 million–29.6 million | 9.99 billion |
| 2061 | 14.7 million6.49 million–30.7 million | 10 billion |
| 2062 | 14.9 million6.43 million–31.7 million | 10 billion |
| 2063 | 15 million6.36 million–32.8 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2064 | 15.2 million6.29 million–33.8 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2065 | 15.3 million6.2 million–34.7 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2066 | 15.4 million6.05 million–35.4 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2067 | 15.6 million5.95 million–36.3 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2068 | 15.7 million5.94 million–37.2 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2069 | 15.9 million5.87 million–38.2 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2070 | 16 million5.78 million–39.5 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2071 | 16.1 million5.66 million–41.1 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2072 | 16.3 million5.52 million–42.4 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2073 | 16.4 million5.4 million–43.4 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2074 | 16.5 million5.33 million–44.3 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2075 | 16.7 million5.3 million–45.2 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2076 | 16.8 million5.23 million–46.2 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2077 | 16.9 million5.11 million–47.6 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2078 | 17.1 million5.04 million–48.9 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2079 | 17.2 million5.04 million–49.9 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2080 | 17.4 million5.06 million–50.8 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2081 | 17.5 million4.97 million–52.2 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2082 | 17.7 million4.8 million–54.2 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2083 | 17.8 million4.72 million–56.6 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2084 | 17.9 million4.66 million–58.4 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2085 | 18.1 million4.57 million–59.2 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2086 | 18.2 million4.49 million–59.9 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2087 | 18.3 million4.41 million–61 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2088 | 18.4 million4.31 million–62.4 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2089 | 18.6 million4.19 million–64.4 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2090 | 18.7 million4.08 million–66.8 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2091 | 18.8 million3.92 million–69.1 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2092 | 18.9 million3.72 million–71.5 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2093 | 19 million3.63 million–73.6 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2094 | 19.1 million3.61 million–75.1 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2095 | 19.3 million3.53 million–76.4 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2096 | 19.4 million3.4 million–77.7 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2097 | 19.5 million3.38 million–79.2 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2098 | 19.6 million3.37 million–81.6 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2099 | 19.7 million3.26 million–83.8 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2100 | 19.8 million3.09 million–85.8 million | 10.2 billion |
Good to know
- Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per person$5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spending17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel178,000 people in 2020
- National power0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2.62 billion TIV in 2025