Jews make up fewer than 47% of the population west of the Jordan River, according to an Israeli demographer, and the majority of Israelis are oblivious of the demographic risk the country is facing.
In what he dubbed the Land of Israel, which includes Israel as well as the West Bank and Gaza Strip, there are 7. 45 million Jews living there, together with 7. 53 million Israelis and Palestinian Arabs, according to Arnon Soffer, a geography professor at the University of Haifa.
Although the birth rate among the Jewish population has been higher in recent years, the death rate is also rising, which means that the Arab population, which is much smaller on average than the Jewish population, is growing faster. He asserted that when the number of non-Israeli citizens is taken into account, it leaves the Jewish percentage between 46% and 47% of the total.
He continued by referencing a Central Bureau of Statistics prediction that the country’s population will reach 35 million by 2065 as evidence that Israel is the most populated country in the western hemisphere.
At the end of 2021, there were 9. 449 million people living in Israel (including Israelis in West Bank settlements), of whom 6. 982 million (74%) were Jews, 1. 99 million (21%) are Arabs, and 472,000 (5%) are neither Jews nor Arabs, according to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
Demographer: Less than 47% of Israelis are Jews.
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