Population

On the eve of Israel’s 78th Independence Day (19 April 2026), CBS reported that Israel’s population was 10.244 million, of whom 2.157 million were Arabs (21.1%). CBS defines Arabs, for this release, as Muslims, Arab Christians, and Druze.

The previous Independence Day release (30 April 2025) reported 10.094 million residents, including 2.114 million Arabs (20.9%).

Where people live

CBS Statistical Abstract table 2.16 (population by district, sub-district, and population group) reports the following Arab population at the end of 2023, in thousands: Northern District 821.2; Jerusalem District 405.4; Southern District 327.0; Haifa District 282.6; Central District 199.3; Tel Aviv District 30.6. Those figures are CBS preliminary estimates based on the 2022 Census.

Jerusalem District’s Arab population includes residents of a mixed city; it is not the same as an Arab-majority municipality.

Localities

CBS’s 2023 local-authority profile for Nazareth (municipal code 7300) reports a year-end population of 77,209. This page lists only localities with a cited CBS figure. Other large Arab localities exist; they are omitted here until a matching official table is attached.

Citizenship and representation

Arab citizens of Israel are citizens of the state. They vote in Knesset elections, and Arab citizens have been elected as Members of Knesset. Seat counts change by election; this page does not invent a current party or seat tally. The Knesset publishes the official composition of each Knesset.

Language

Basic Law: Israel — the Nation State of the Jewish People (2018), Article 4, establishes Hebrew as the state language and provides that Arabic has a special status in the state; this clause does not change the status given to the Arabic language before the law came into effect. Readers should consult the official Basic Law text rather than older descriptions that called Arabic a co-official language.

Education and employment

CBS publishes labour-force and education statistics by population group. This page does not reproduce rates that are not copied from a cited table above. Use the CBS labour and education releases linked in Sources for current official figures.

Sources

Every statistic on this page is copied from a cited official publication. Unknown fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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