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Demographic Trends in Israel
(Institute for Zionist Strategies) Yaakov Faitelson - According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS), the Jewish population of the State of Israel reached 5,802,000 in 2010. The Jewish population is growing faster than was estimated by the ICBS in 2007 and this figure surpasses the high estimate of the 2007 projection for the year 2010 by 147,200. The total fertility rate (TFR) of Israeli Jews increased between the years 2001 and 2009, from 2.53 to 2.90 children per woman. The TFR of Israeli Arabs fell from 4.37 in 2000 to 3.50 in 2009. Continuation of this trend could lead to equal TFR for Arabs and Jews in Israel by the end of the second decade of the 21st century. In 2009, the TFR of Jewish women in the Jerusalem district was 4.16, while the Arab TFR fell to 3.87 children per woman. According to the CBS of the Palestinian Authority, the Arab TFR in Judea and Samaria is 3.12, down from 4.25 children per woman in 2000. The TFR of the Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria is 5.06.