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According to the data of the Central Bureau of Statistics, to the population of Israel just before the beginning of the year 2023, it was found that during the year 2022, approximately 204 thousand people were added to the population of Israel, a growth percentage of 2.2% in total. The population was counted according to an estimate on December 31, 2022, a total of 9.656 million inhabitants.
Most of the increase (62%) resulted from natural multiplication,3 and the rest (38%) – from the balance of international migration.4 During the year, about 178 thousand babies and about 73 thousand immigrants were added to the population (compared to about 25 thousand immigrants last year). About 52 thousand deceased and about 4 thousand Israelis who stayed abroad for more than a year were subtracted from the population.
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During the year 2022, about 178 thousand babies were born (74.8% to Jewish mothers, 23.8% to Arab mothers and 1.4% to others). During the year 2022, approximately 51.7 thousand residents died. The number of deceased is similar to the number in 2021 and higher than the number in 2020 (48.8 thousand), the year in which the corona epidemic broke out. In 2019, the number was 46.0 thousand (the numbers do not include deaths of Israelis abroad). The rate of deaths relative to the size of the population increased from 5.1 per 1,000 residents in 2019 to 5.4 per 1,000 residents in 2022. According to Ministry of Health data, In 2022 until the middle of December, about 3,670 residents died from the corona virus (in the outbreak of the plague, about 11,850 residents died from the virus in total).
During 2022, approximately 73 thousand immigrants arrived in Israel, a threefold increase compared to 2021. This increase can be attributed to the crisis between Russia and Ukraine starting at the end of February 2022 when the fighting between them began. The main countries from which the immigrants came this year were: Russia (58.1%), Ukraine (21.3%), the USA (4.1%) and France (3.2%).
What are the sources of population growth? In the Jewish sector, 73% of the increase was due to natural multiplication, while in the Arab population – 92%, and in the other population the main increase was the result of immigration – almost 100%.
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