Israel Population Clock

Israel has an estimated population of about 10.1 million, which makes it the 95th most populous of the 115 countries tracked here.

Its population is growing steadily, at 1.20% a year.

The counter below is a live estimate interpolated from the World Bank's latest annual figures — not a real-time measurement. It links to its source, base year and method via the next to it.

Israel population right now
Estimated, interpolated from the annual growth rate

Statistics

#95
World rank by population
1.20%
Annual growth rate
515
Births per day
147
Deaths per day

Population trend

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Population 2016–2025 (World Bank)

How Israel's population is changing

Israel records about 515 births and 147 deaths a day. That is a natural increase of roughly 368 people per day, or about 134,412 a year before migration is counted.

Net migration runs at about 11,466 over the reported period, with more people arriving than leaving. That is equivalent to about 9% of its natural change.

If the current rate held indefinitely, Israel would take roughly 58 years to double in size — a projection of today's rate, not a forecast.

Over the 9 years from 2016 to 2025, the population rose from 8.55 million to 10.1 million — a gain of 1.58 million, or 18.5%.

Where people live in Israel

With about 455 people per square kilometre, Israel is very densely populated, roughly 7.3× the world average of 62. That ranks 10th of the 115 countries here. Its closest comparisons on density are India and Haiti.

Israel covers about 21,640 km² of land, which is what turns a population of 10.1 million into that density figure.

About 91.6% of people live in urban areas, making Israel almost entirely urban, above the world average of 57.8%. That works out to roughly 9.27 million town and city dwellers and 852,511 living rurally.

Age, fertility and life expectancy in Israel

Israel has a broadly balanced age structure: about 27.2% are under 15 and 12.7% are 65 or older. Children outnumber over-65s by roughly 2.1 to one.

The total fertility rate is about 2.87 births per woman, above the ~2.1 replacement level, which is what sustains growth from births alone. The world figure is about 2.19.

Life expectancy at birth is about 83.2 years, roughly 9.7 years above the global average of 73.5.

Israel at a glance

Every figure is World Bank open data; the year column is that indicator's own most recent reporting year.
IndicatorValueYear
Population 10.1 million 2025
World rank by population #95 2025
Annual growth rate 1.20% 2025
Population density 455 /km² 2023
Land area 21,640 km² 2023
Urban population 91.6% 2025
Life expectancy at birth 83.2 years 2024
Fertility rate 2.87 births per woman 2024
Population under 15 27.2% 2025
Population 65 and over 12.7% 2025
Net migration 11,466 2025
Births per day 515 2025
Deaths per day 147 2025

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Israel?
Israel has an estimated population of about 10.1 million, based on the World Bank's 2025 figure carried forward at its 1.20% annual growth rate. That makes Israel the 95th most populous of the countries tracked here. Those people occupy about 21,640 km² of land, at roughly 455 people per square kilometre. The counter at the top of this page animates that estimate second by second; it is an interpolation from the published growth rate, not a live census.
Is Israel's population growing or shrinking?
Israel's population is growing steadily, at about 1.20% a year, which would double it in roughly 58 years if the rate held. In absolute terms that adds roughly 121,324 people a year to a base of 10.1 million. Across the 9 years from 2016 to 2025, the recorded count moved from 8.55 million to 10.1 million. Births outnumber deaths by about 134,412 a year before migration is counted.
How densely populated is Israel?
Israel has about 455 people per square kilometre, which makes it very densely populated against a world average near 62. That is a population of 10.1 million spread across roughly 21,640 km² of land. On density Israel ranks 10th of the 115 countries covered here. Density is simply population divided by land area. It says nothing about how those people are distributed — most countries concentrate far more heavily in cities than the national average implies.
Where do these Israel figures come from?
Every figure on this Israel page comes from World Bank open data (CC BY 4.0), using the indicators listed in the table above with each one's own reporting year. The headline population is the World Bank's 2025 estimate, and the live counter carries it forward at the published 1.20% annual growth rate. Nothing else is estimated by hand: density, urban share, fertility, life expectancy and age structure are reported exactly as published. Where an indicator is not available for Israel, its row and the sentence that would have used it are left out rather than filled with a guess.

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Methodology & sources

Data: World Bank (CC BY 4.0), base year 2025. The live counter animates the latest annual growth rate per second; it is an estimate, not a real-time measurement. No figures are invented — every number traces back to the World Bank indicators listed above.

Source: World Bank