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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-population-approaches-9-7-million-as-2022-comes-to-an-end/
Israel's Year-End Population Is 9,656,000
(Times of Israel) Israel has 9,656,000 residents, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. 7,106,000 (73.6%) are Jewish, 2,037,000 (21.1%) are Arab, and 513,000 (5.3%) include non-Arab Christians, members of other faiths, and those not belonging to any religion. 2022 saw the population grow by 2.2%, greater than the 1.8% in 2021 - 62% from natural growth and 38% from immigration. 178,000 babies were born in 2022, 74.8% to Jewish mothers and 23.8% to Arab mothers.