We here at FGGAM wish Israel a Happy 77th Independence Day! Glory to God in the Highest!
On the eve of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published data showing that the population of Israel now numbers approximately 10.1 million people.
The figure represents a significant increase from the approximately 806,000 people living there in May 1948. In fact, the Israeli population has increased by about 12 times since the establishment of the State.
During that time, almost 3.5 million immigrants have arrived in Israel, of whom about 1.66 million arrived in the period from 1990 to the present.
Almost half of the world’s estimated 15.8 million Jews now live in Israel, with the CBS stating that the Jewish population of Israel numbers around 7.732 million.
With Israel observing Holocaust Memorial Day last week, it is worth examining several significant data points.
In 1939, on the eve of World War II and the Holocaust, the worldwide Jewish population was estimated to have been around 16.6 million, of which only around 449,000 lived in the land of Israel.
At the time of Israel’s Declaration of Independence in May 1948, the world’s population of Jews was estimated to be around 11.5 million, with around 650,000 of them living in Israel. More Here
