Tel Aviv, Jan. 1 -- Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported that, as of the start of 2026, Israel's population is estimated at 10.178 million residents.

Of these 7.771 million are Jews and others (76.3 per cent of the total population), 2.147 million are Arabs (21.1 per cent) and 0.26 million are foreign nationals (2.6 per cent).

During 2025, Israel's population grew by 1.1 per cent. The population growth rate was the same as in 2024 (the growth rate at the end of 2024 was 1.1 per cent). The decrease in the growth rate is mainly due to the high number of Israelis emigrating from Israel in 2024, said the CBS.

During the year, approximately 182,000 babies were born (approximately 76 per cent to Jewish and "other" mothers, an...