Births accounted for 72% of the population’s growth. The rest came from around 45,000 new immigrants, 7,000 of whom were from family reunification.
This was a decrease on the figures in the previous year, when 73,000 immigrants were added to the population. The CBS noted that 78.6% of the 2023 immigrants came from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
The CBS added that 73.3% of the babies were born to Jewish families, 21.4% were born to Arab families and the remaining 2.6% were born to other minorities.
Meanwhile, 49,500 Israelis died in 2023 while 2,500 had been living abroad for more than one year.
JNS contributed to this report.
