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== Ethnic and religious groups ==
{{Further|Israelis|Religion in Israel}}
{{see also|Doms in Israel}}

=== Statistics ===
[[File:Demographic map of Palestine - Israel - with Legend.png|right|250px|thumb|Ethnic map of Israel and Palestine, with the Golan Heights]]
[[File:Population pyramid of Israel by ethnic group in 2021.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Israel by ethnic group in 2021]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population demography (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ישראל במספרים ערב ראש השנה תשפ |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/Pages/2023/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%93-%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-2023.aspx |access-date=2023-09-24 |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics, State of Israel |language=he-IL}}</ref>
! style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan = 2 | Group
! style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan = 2 | Population
! style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan = 2 | Proportion of total
! style="vertical-align:top;" colspan = 5 | Areas included
|-
! style="vertical-align:top;" | Green<br/>Line<br/>Israel
! style="vertical-align:top;" | Golan<br/>Heights
! style="vertical-align:top;" | East<br/>Jerusalem
! style="vertical-align:top;" | Rest of<br/>West<br/>Bank
! style="vertical-align:top;" | Gaza<br/>Strip
|-
| [[Israeli Jews|Jews]] 
| 7,181,000
| {{percentage bar|width=100%|73}}
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | n/a
|-
| [[Israeli Arabs|Arabs]] 
| 2,065,000
| {{percentage bar|width=100%|21}}
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | no
| style="text-align:center;" | no
|-
| [[Israelis#Other citizens|Other]]
| 549,000
| {{percentage bar|width=100%|6}}
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | yes
| style="text-align:center;" | n/a
| style="text-align:center;" | n/a
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''9,795,000'''
| {{percentage bar|width=100%|100}}
| style="text-align:center;" | '''all'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''all'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''all'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Jews only'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''no'''
|}

{{static row numbers}}
{| class="static-row-numbers sortable wikitable"
|+ Population of Arabs and Jews and Others, by natural region (2018)<br>including Jews only in the occupied West Bank<ref>{{Cite web |title=State of Israel – 70 Years of Statistics, Historical Statistical Atlas 1948–2018 |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/publications/Pages/2021/atlas-2018-e.aspx |access-date=2 November 2022 |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics, State of Israel |language=en-US}}, About the Atlas, Atlas Data, Chapter 3: Israel in the 70th Year of Independence (2018), Figures 3.13 and 3.14</ref>
! rowspan=2| Natural region
! data-sort-type=number rowspan=2 | Total population
! data-sort-type=number colspan=2 | Jews and Others
! data-sort-type=number colspan=2 | Arabs
|-
! # !! %
! # !! %
|-
| [[Judean Mountains (natural region)|Judean Mountains]]
| 991,503
| 629,659 || {{percentage bar|63.5}}
| 361,844 || {{percentage bar|36.5}}
|-
| [[Judean Foothills]]
| 142,152
| 141,704 || {{percentage bar|99.7}}
| 448 || {{percentage bar|0.3}}
|-
| [[Hula Valley (natural region)|Hula Valley]]
| 41,076
| 40,173 || {{percentage bar|97.8}}
| 903 || {{percentage bar|2.2}}
|-
| [[Eastern Upper Galilee]]
| 54,327
| 48,364 || {{percentage bar|89}}
| 5,963 || {{percentage bar|11}}
|-
| [[Hazor Region]]
| 24,097
| 17,362 || {{percentage bar|72.1}}
| 6,735 || {{percentage bar|27.9}}
|-
| [[Central Lower Galilee]]
| 1,716
| 1,715 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 1 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Kinerot]]
| 61,247
| 58,783 || {{percentage bar|96}}
| 2,464 || {{percentage bar|4}}
|-
| [[Eastern Lower Galilee]]
| 51,660
| 19,600 || {{percentage bar|37.9}}
| 32,060 || {{percentage bar|62.1}}
|-
| [[Bet She'an Valley (natural region)|Bet She'an Valley]]
| 31,641
| 31,467 || {{percentage bar|99.4}}
| 174 || {{percentage bar|0.5}}
|-
| [[Harod Valley (natural region)|Harod Valley]]
| 11,741
| 9,835 || {{percentage bar|83.8}}
| 1,906 || {{percentage bar|16.2}}
|-
| [[Kokhav Plateau]]
| 13,765
| 3,511 || {{percentage bar|25.5}}
| 10,254 || {{percentage bar|74.5}}
|-
| [[Yizre'el Valley]]
| 83,632
| 75,771 || {{percentage bar|90.6}}
| 7,861 || {{percentage bar|9.4}}
|-
| [[Yoqne'am Region]]
| 36,964
| 36,936 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 28 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Menashe Plateau]]
| 5,998
| 5,994 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 4 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Nazareth-Tir'an Mountains]]
| 336,405
| 75,033 || {{percentage bar|22.3}}
| 261,372 || {{percentage bar|77.7}}
|-
| [[Shefar'am Region]]
| 221,921
| 12,247 || {{percentage bar|5.5}}
| 209,674 || {{percentage bar|94.5}}
|-
| [[Karmi'el Region]]
| 119,002
| 50,840 || {{percentage bar|42.7}}
| 68,162 || {{percentage bar|57.3}}
|-
| [[Yehi'am Region]]
| 101,383
| 34,352 || {{percentage bar|33.9}}
| 67,031 || {{percentage bar|66.1}}
|-
| [[Elon Region]]
| 20,616
| 9,357 || {{percentage bar|45.4}}
| 11,259 || {{percentage bar|54.6}}
|-
| [[Nahariyya Region]]
| 104,177
| 74,904 || {{percentage bar|71.9}}
| 29,273 || {{percentage bar|28.1}}
|-
| [[Akko Region]]
| 76,186
| 39,736 || {{percentage bar|52.2}}
| 36,450 || {{percentage bar|47.8}}
|-
| [[Hermon Region]]
| 13,239
| 131 || {{percentage bar|1}}
| 13,108 || {{percentage bar|99}}
|-
| [[Northern Golan]]
| 16,520
| 3,735 || {{percentage bar|22.6}}
| 12,785 || {{percentage bar|77.4}}
|-
| [[Middle Golan]]
| 11,167
| 11,089 || {{percentage bar|99.3}}
| 78 || {{percentage bar|0.7}}
|-
| [[Southern Golan]]
| 9,636
| 9,627 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 9 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Haifa Region]]
| 583,443
| 516,228 || {{percentage bar|88.5}}
| 67,215 || {{percentage bar|11.5}}
|-
| [[Karmel Coast]]
| 32,356
| 19,061 || {{percentage bar|58.9}}
| 13,295 || {{percentage bar|41.1}}
|-
| [[Zikhron Ya'aqov Region]]
| 28,488
| 28,071 || {{percentage bar|98.5}}
| 417 || {{percentage bar|1.5}}
|-
| Alexander Mountain
| 139,820
| 13,163 || {{percentage bar|9.4}}
| 126,657 || {{percentage bar|90.6}}
|-
| [[Hadera Region]]
| 248,666
| 191,627 || {{percentage bar|77.1}}
| 57,039 || {{percentage bar|22.9}}
|-
| [[Western Sharon]]
| 362,045
| 360,729 || {{percentage bar|99.6}}
| 1,316 || {{percentage bar|0.4}}
|-
| [[Eastern Sharon]]
| 115,401
| 16,552 || {{percentage bar|14.3}}
| 98,849 || {{percentage bar|85.7}}
|-
| [[Southern Sharon]]
| 283,513
| 273,306 || {{percentage bar|96.4}}
| 10,207 || {{percentage bar|3.6}}
|-
| [[Petah Tikva Region]]
| 470,779
| 443,527 || {{percentage bar|94.2}}
| 27,252 || {{percentage bar|5.8}}
|-
| [[Modi'in Region]]
| 102,151
| 102,124 || {{percentage bar|100}}
| 27 || {{percentage bar|0}}
|-
| [[Ramla Region]]
| 249,540
| 208,404 || {{percentage bar|83.5}}
| 41,136 || {{percentage bar|16.5}}
|-
| [[Rehovot Region]]
| 304,397
| 303,638 || {{percentage bar|99.8}}
| 759 || {{percentage bar|0.2}}
|-
| [[Rishon LeZiyyon Region]]
| 308,234
| 307,989 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 245 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Tel Aviv Region]]
| 595,797
| 575,204 || {{percentage bar|96.5}}
| 20,593 || {{percentage bar|3.5}}
|-
| [[Ramat Gan Region]]
| 495,084
| 494,432 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 652 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Holon Region]]
| 336,286
| 335,175 || {{percentage bar|99.7}}
| 1,111 || {{percentage bar|0.3}}
|-
| [[Mal'akhi Region]]
| 62,064
| 61,800 || {{percentage bar|99.6}}
| 264 || {{percentage bar|0.4}}
|-
| [[Lakhish Region]]
| 71,416
| 71,345 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 71 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Ashdod Region]]
| 224,629
| 224,328 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 301 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Ashqelon Region]]
| 193,136
| 192,594 || {{percentage bar|99.7}}
| 542 || {{percentage bar|0.3}}
|-
| [[Gerar Region]]
| 56,110
| 56,065 || {{percentage bar|99.9}}
| 45 || {{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
| [[Besor Region]]
| 52,014
| 51,737 || {{percentage bar|99.5}}
| 277 || {{percentage bar|0.5}}
|-
| [[Be'er Sheva Region]]
| 518,798
| 258,777 || {{percentage bar|49.9}}
| 260,021 || {{percentage bar|50.1}}
|-
| [[Dead Sea Region]]
| 1,283
| 1,254 || {{percentage bar|97.7}}
| 29 || {{percentage bar|2.3}}
|-
| [[Arava Region]]
| 58,916
| 56,543 || {{percentage bar|96}}
| 2,373 || {{percentage bar|4}}
|-
| [[Northern Negev Mountain]]
| 62,673
| 55,710 || {{percentage bar|88.9}}
| 6,963 || {{percentage bar|11.1}}
|-
| [[Southern Negev Mountain]]
| 937
| 920 || {{percentage bar|98.1}}
| 17 || {{percentage bar|1.8}}
|-
| [[Judea and Samaria Area]] (non-Israeli Arabs not included)
| 427,847
| 426,925 || {{percentage bar|99.8}}
| 922 || {{percentage bar|0.2}}
|}

The most prominent [[Ethnic group|ethnic]] and [[Religious denomination|religious groups]] that live in Israel at present and that are Israeli citizens or nationals are as follows:

=== Jews ===
{{Main|Israeli Jews|Gerim}}

According to [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics]], in 2008, of Israel's 7.3&nbsp;million people, 75.6 percent were Jews of any background.<ref name="CBS_month_pop">{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/publications13/yarhon0413/pdf/b1.pdf |title=Population, by Population Group |date=31 December 2013 |work=Monthly Bulletin of Statistics |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=17 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203172044/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/publications13/yarhon0413/pdf/b1.pdf |archive-date=3 February 2014 }}</ref> Among them, 70.3 percent were [[Sabra (person)|Sabras]] (born in Israel), mostly second- or third-generation Israelis, and the rest are [[Aliyah|olim]] (Jewish immigrants to Israel)—20.5 percent from Europe and the Americas, and 9.2 percent from Asia and Africa, including the [[Arab world|Arab countries]].<ref name="CBS_2008_jews_origin">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/DocLib/2009/2.Shnaton%20Population/st02_24x.pdf|title=Table 2.24 – Jews, by country of origin and age |access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref>

According to [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics]], in April 2023, of Israel's 9.7 million people, 73.5 percent, or 7.145 million, were Jews of any background.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel's Independence Day 2023 |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/mediarelease/Pages/2023/Israel-Independence-Day-2023.aspx |access-date=2023-07-19 |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics, State of Israel |language=en-US}}</ref>

There are no government statistics categorizing Israeli Jews as "Ashkenazi", "Mizrahi", etc, but studies and estimates have been conducted.<ref>{{Cite news |title=When It Comes to Education, Israel's Ashkenazi-Mizrahi Divide Is Still Growing |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-06-11/ty-article/.premium/when-it-comes-to-education-israels-ashkenazi-mizrahi-divide-is-still-growing/0000017f-f4cd-ddde-abff-fced39a60000 |access-date=2023-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maldonado |first=Pablo Jairo Tutillo |date=2018-03-27 |title=How Iraqi Jews are reclaiming their cultural legacy in Israel |url=https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/global-judaism/iraqi-jews-music-mizrahi-reclaiming-heritage-israel/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |publisher=UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies |language=en-US}}</ref> In a 2019 study, in a sample meant to be representative of the Israeli Jewish population, about 44.9% percent of Israel's Jewish population were categorized as [[Mizrahi Jews|Mizrahi]] (defined as having grandparents born in North Africa or Asia), 31.8% were categorized as [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] (defined as having grandparents born in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and South Africa), 12.4% as "[[1990s post-Soviet aliyah|Soviet]]" (defined as having progenitors who came from the ex-USSR in 1989 or later), about 3% as [[Beta Israel]] (Ethiopia) and 7.9% as a mix of these, or other Jewish groups.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lewin-Epstein|first1=Noah|last2=Cohen|first2=Yinon|date=18 August 2019|title=Ethnic origin and identity in the Jewish population of Israel|journal=Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies|volume=45|issue=11|pages=2118–2137|doi=10.1080/1369183X.2018.1492370|s2cid=149653977|issn=1369-183X}}</ref> Note that this methodology isn't exact: See, for example, [[Bulgarian Jews in Israel|Bulgarian]] or [[Greek Jews]], who would be categorized as Ashkenazi according to this definition, although they are overwhelmingly Sephardic.

The paternal lineage of the Jewish population of Israel as of 2015 is as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Recent ''paternal'' ancestral background of Israeli Jews
! rowspan=2 | Countries of Origin
! colspan=3 | Population
! colspan=3 | Percentage
|-
! Share
! 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/DocLib/2016/2.ShnatonPopulation/st02_08x.pdf|title=Table 2.8 – Jews, by country of origin and age|access-date=11 March 2019|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
! 2008<ref name="CBS_2008_jews_origin" />
! Share
! 2015
! 2008
|-style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#CEE0F2;"
|Total
| {{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|6,276,800
|align=right|5,523,700
|{{center|-}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|100}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|100}}
|-style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#E6F2FF;"
|From Israel by paternal country of origin:
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|2,765,500
|align=right|2,043,800
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|44.06}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|37}}
|-style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#E6F2FF;"
|From Europe by own or paternal country of origin:
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|1,648,000
|align=right|1,662,800
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|26.26}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|30.1}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Russia|Russia]] and [[History of the Jews in the Soviet Union|former USSR]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|891,700
|align=right|923,600
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|14.21}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|16.83}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Romania|Romania]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|199,400
|align=right|213,100
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|3.18}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|3.86}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Poland|Poland]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|185,400
|align=right|198,500
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.95}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|3.59}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in France|France]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|87,500
|align=right|63,200
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.39}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.14}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Germany|Germany]] and [[History of the Jews in Austria|Austria]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|70,800
|align=right|49,700
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.13}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.9}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungary]], [[History of the Jews in the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]], and [[History of the Jews in Slovakia|Slovakia]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|59,800
|align=right|64,900
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.95}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.17}}
|-
|[[British Jews|United Kingdom]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|46,000
|align=right|39,800
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.73}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.72}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] and [[History of the Jews in Greece|Greece]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|45,500
|align=right|48,900
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.72}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.89}}
|-
|Other [[History of the Jews in Europe|European]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|61,900
|align=right|61,100
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.99}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.11}}
|-style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#E6F2FF;"
| From Africa by own or paternal country of origin:
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|897,300
|align=right|859,100
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|14.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|15.53}}
|-
|[[Moroccan Jews|Morocco]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|484,500
|align=right|486,600
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|7.72}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|8.81}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Algeria|Algeria]] and [[History of the Jews in Tunisia|Tunisia]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|133,500
|align=right|120,600
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.13}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.18}}
|-
|[[Beta Israel|Ethiopia]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|133,200
|align=right|106,900
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.12}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.94}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Libya|Libya]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|66,800
|align=right|67,400
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.06}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.22}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Egypt|Egypt]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|54,600
|align=right|55,800
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.87}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.01}}
|-
|Other [[History of the Jews in Africa|African]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|24,700
|align=right|17,200
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.39}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.31}}
|-style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#E6F2FF;"
| From Asia by own or paternal country of origin:
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|674,500
|align=right|681,400
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|10.75}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|12.33}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Iraq|Iraq]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|225,800
|align=right|233,500
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|3.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|4.23}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Iran|Iran]] ([[Persian Jews|Persia]])
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|140,100
|align=right|134,700
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.23}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.44}}
|-
|[[Yemenite Jews|Yemen]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|134,100
|align=right|138,300
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.14}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.5}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in Turkey|Turkey]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|74,600 
|align=right|76,900
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.19}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|1.39}}
|-
|[[History of the Jews in India|India]] and [[History of the Jews in Pakistan|Pakistan]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|47,600
|align=right|45,600
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.76}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.83}}
|-
|[[Syrian Jews|Syria]] and [[History of the Jews in Lebanon|Lebanon]]
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|align=right|34,500
|align=right|35,300
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.55}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.64}}
|-
|Other Asian
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|18,000
|align=right|17,200
|{{center|{{decrease}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.29}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|0.31}}
|-style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#E6F2FF;"
|From the Americas and Oceania by own or paternal country of origin:
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|291,500
|align=right|249,800
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|4.64}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|4.52}}
|-
|[[American Jews|United States]], [[History of the Jews in Canada|Canada]], [[Australian Jews|Australia]], and [[History of the Jews in New Zealand|New Zealand]]
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|align=right|181,000
|align=right|149,200
|{{center|{{increase}}}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.88}}
|{{percentage bar|width=60|2.7}}
|-
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=== Arabs ===
{{Main|Arab citizens of Israel}}
[[File:Arabs Israel 2018.png|thumb|Arabs in Israel, by natural region, 2018]]
Arab citizens of Israel are those Arab residents of Mandatory Palestine that remained within Israel's borders following the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] and the [[establishment of the State of Israel]]. It is including those born within the state borders subsequent to this time, as well as those who had left during the establishment of the state (or their descendants), who have since re-entered by means accepted as lawful residence by the Israeli state (primarily family reunifications).

In 2019, the official number of Arab residents in Israel was 1,890,000 people, representing 21% of Israel's population.<ref name="population_stat2019">{{cite report |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2019/134/11_19_134b.pdf |title=Israel's Independence Day 2019 |date=6 May 2019 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> This figure includes 209,000 Arabs (14% of the Israeli Arab population) in East Jerusalem, also counted in the Palestinian statistics, although 98 percent of East Jerusalem Palestinians have either Israeli residency or Israeli citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/hodaot2007n/11_07_084b.doc |title=Selected Statistics on Jerusalem Day 2007 (Hebrew) |date=14 May 2007 |publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=8 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128143317/http://www.cbs.gov.il/hodaot2007n/11_07_084b.doc |archive-date=28 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''Arab Muslims'''

Most Arab citizens of Israel are Muslim, particularly of the [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] branch of Islam. A small minority are [[Ahmadiyya in Israel|Ahmadiyya]] sect and there are also some [[Alawites]] (affiliated with Shia Islam) in the northernmost village of [[Ghajar]] with Israeli citizenship. As of 2019, Arab citizens of Israel composed 21 percent of the country's total population.<ref name="population_stat2019" /> About 82 percent of the Arab population in Israel are Sunni Muslims, a very small minority are Shia Muslims, another 9 percent are [[Druze in Israel|Druze]], and around 9 percent are Christian (mostly [[Eastern Orthodox]] and Catholic denominations).

'''Bedouin'''{{Main|Israeli Bedouin}}
The Arab Muslim citizens of Israel include also the Bedouins, who are divided into two main groups: the Bedouin in the north of Israel, who live in villages and towns for the most part, and the Bedouin in the [[Negev]], who include half-nomadic and inhabitants of towns and [[Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel|Unrecognized villages]]. According to the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], as of 1999, 110,000 [[Bedouin]]s live in the Negev, 50,000 in the Galilee and 10,000 in the central region of Israel.<ref name="Bedouin Demographics">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1999/7/The+Bedouin+in+Israel.htm |title=The Bedouin in Israel |last=Ben-David |first=Yosef |date=1 July 1999 |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> The vast majority of Arab Bedouins of Israel practice Sunni Islam.

'''Ahmadiyya'''

The [[Ahmadiyya in Israel|Ahmadiyya community]] was first established in the region in the 1920s, in what was then [[Mandatory Palestine]]. There is a large community in [[Kababir]], a neighborhood on [[Mount Carmel]] in [[Haifa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haifatrail.com/haifa-trail-segment14-eng.htm#./images/sect-14/Haifa-Trail-Sect14-P1610817.jpg |title=Kababir and Central Carmel – Multiculturalism on the Carmel |access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visit-haifa.org/eng/Kababir |title=Visit Haifa |access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> It is unknown how many Israeli Ahmadis there are, although it is estimated there are about 2,200 Ahmadis in Kababir alone.<ref name="israelandyou">{{cite web|url=http://www.israelandyou.com/kababir/ |title=Kababir |publisher=Israel and You |access-date=17 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130170337/http://www.israelandyou.com/kababir/ |archive-date=30 January 2015 |date=3 January 2015 }}</ref>

'''Arab Christians'''

As of December 2013, about 161,000 Israeli citizens practiced Christianity, together comprising about 2% of the total population.<ref name="MFA2014">{{cite web|url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Spotlight/Pages/The-Christian-communities-in-Israel-May-2014.aspx |title=The Christian communities in Israel |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |date=1 May 2014 |access-date=3 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017004653/http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Spotlight/Pages/The-Christian-communities-in-Israel-May-2014.aspx |archive-date=17 October 2015 }}</ref> The largest group consists of [[Melkite]]s (about 60% of Israel's Christians), followed by the Greek Orthodox (about 30%), with the remaining ca. 10% spread between the Roman Catholic (Latin), Maronite, Anglican, Lutheran, Armenian, Syriac, Ethiopian, Coptic and other denominations.<ref name="MFA2014" />

'''Druze'''{{Main|Druze in Israel}}
The Arab citizens of Israel include also the [[Druze]], who numbered at an estimated 143,000 in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/Pages/2019/האוכלוסייה-הדרוזית-בישראל-לקט-נתונים-לרגל-חג-הנביא-שועייב.aspx|title=האוכלוסייה הדרוזית בישראל – לקט נתונים לרגל חג הנביא שועייב (The Druze population in Israel – a collection of data on the occasion of the Prophet Shuaib holiday)|date=17 April 2019|publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics, State of Israel|language=he-IL|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> All of the [[Druze]] living in what was then [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate Palestine]] became Israeli citizens after the declaration of the State of Israel. Druze serve prominently in the [[Israel Defense Forces]], and are represented in mainstream Israeli politics and business as well, unlike Muslim or Christian Arabs who are not required to and generally choose not to serve in the Israeli army. Though a few individuals identify themselves as "Palestinian Druze",<ref>{{cite news |title=Balad's MK-to-be: 'Anti-Israelization' conscientious objector |first1=Jack |last1=Khoury |first2=Yoav |last2=Stern |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/balad-s-mk-to-be-anti-israelization-conscientious-objector-1.219514 |newspaper=Haaretz |date=2 May 2007 |access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref> the vast majority of Druze do not consider themselves to be 'Palestinian', and consider their Israeli identity stronger than their [[Arab identity]]. A 2017 [[Pew Research Center]] poll reported that the majority of the Israeli Druze identified as ethnically [[Arab]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Israel's Religiously Divided Society|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2016/03/08/israels-religiously-divided-society/|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=8 December 2017|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>

=== Syriac Christians ===
'''Arameans'''{{Main|Arameans in Israel|Maronites in Israel}}
In 2014, Israel decided to recognize the Aramaic community within its borders as a national minority, allowing some of the [[Christianity in Israel|Christians]] in Israel to be registered as "Aramean" instead of "Arab".<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/304458 |title = Ministry of Interior to Admit Arameans to National Population Registry| date=16 September 2014 }}</ref> As of October 2014, some 600 Israelis requested to be registered as Arameans, with several thousand eligible for the status – mostly members of the Maronite community with some Assyrians as well.

The [[Maronites|Maronite Christian]] community in Israel of around 7,000 resides mostly in the Galilee, with a presence in Haifa, Nazareth and Jerusalem. It is largely composed of families that lived in [[Upper Galilee]] in villages such as [[Jish]] long before the establishment of Israel in 1948. In the year 2000, the community was joined by a group of [[South Lebanon Army|Lebanese SLA]] militia members and their families, who fled Lebanon after [[Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon#Withdrawal from the security belt|2000 withdrawal of IDF from South Lebanon]].

'''Assyrians'''{{Main|Assyrians in Israel}}
There are around 1,000 [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] living in Israel, mostly in [[Jerusalem]] and [[Nazareth]]. Assyrians are an [[Aramaic]] speaking, [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Rite]] Christian minority who are descended from the ancient [[Mesopotamians]]. The old [[Syriac Orthodox]] monastery of Saint Mark lies in Jerusalem. Other than followers of the Syriac Orthodox Church, there are also followers of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] and the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]] living in Israel.

=== Other citizens ===
'''Copts'''

Some 1,000 Israeli citizens belong to the [[Copts|Coptic]] community, originating in Egypt.

'''Samaritans'''{{Main|Samaritans}}
The [[Samaritans]] are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant. Ancestrally, they claim descent from a group of Israelite inhabitants who have connections to ancient Samaria from the beginning of the Babylonian Exile up to the beginning of the Common Era. 2007 population estimates show that 712 Samaritans live half in [[Holon, Israel]] and half at [[Mount Gerizim]] in the West Bank. The Holon community holds Israeli citizenship, while the Gerizim community resides at an Israeli-controlled enclave, holding dual Israeli-Palestinian citizenship.

'''Armenians'''{{Main|Armenians in Israel}}
About 4,000 [[Armenians]] reside in Israel mostly in Jerusalem (including in the [[Armenian Quarter]]), but also in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jaffa. Armenians have a Patriarchate in Jerusalem and churches in Jerusalem, Haifa and Jaffa. Although Armenians of [[Old Jerusalem]] have Israeli identity cards, they are officially holders of Jordanian passports.<ref>Joyce M. Davis. [http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=548&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=HQ&pageno=3 Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter]. Catholic Near East Welfare Association.</ref>

'''Circassians'''{{Main|Circassians in Israel}}
[[File:Circassians in Israel.Jpg|thumb|Circassians in [[Kfar Kama]]]]
In Israel, there are also a few thousand [[Circassians]], living mostly in [[Kfar Kama]] (2,000) and [[Rehaniya|Reyhaniye]] (1,000).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.circassianworld.com/Israel.html |title=Circassians in Israel |publisher=Circassian World |access-date=5 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416043854/http://www.circassianworld.com/Israel.html |archive-date=16 April 2013 }}</ref> These two villages were a part of a greater group of Circassian villages around the [[Golan Heights]]. The Circassians in Israel enjoy, like [[Druze]]s, a ''status aparte''. Male Circassians (at their leader's request) are mandated for military service, while females are not.

'''People from post-Soviet states'''[[File:Russophone shop in Haifa.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Russophone]] shop in [[Haifa]]]]
Ethnic [[Russians]], [[Ukrainians]], and [[Belarusians]], immigrants from the [[Post-Soviet states|former Soviet Union]], who were eligible to emigrate due to having, or being married to somebody who has, at least one Jewish grandparent and thus qualified for Israeli citizenship under the revised [[Law of Return]]. A number of these immigrants also belong to various ethnic groups from the Former Soviet Union such as [[Armenians]], [[Georgians]], [[Azeris]], [[Uzbeks]], [[Moldovans]], [[Tatars]], among others. Some of them, having a Jewish father or grandfather, identify as Jews, but being non-Jewish by Orthodox [[Halakha]] (religious law), they are not recognized formally as Jews by the state. Most of them are in the mainstream of Israel culture and are called "expanded Jewish population". In addition, a certain number of former Soviet citizens, primarily women of Russian and Ukrainian ethnicity, emigrated to Israel, after marrying Muslim or Christian Arab citizens of Israel, who went to study in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. 1,557,698 people from the current Russia and Ukraine live in Israel.<ref>Israel Central Bureau of Statistics</ref>

'''Finns'''

Although most people of Finnish origin in Israel are [[Finnish Jews]] who immigrated to Israel, and their descendants, a small number of Finnish Christians moved to Israel in the 1940s before independence and gained citizenship following independence. For the most part, many of the original Finnish settlers intermarried with the other communities in the country, and therefore remain very small in number. A [[Moshav shitufi]] near Jerusalem named [[Yad HaShmona]], meaning the "Memorial for the Eight", was established in 1971 by a group of Finnish Christian-Israelis, although today, most members are Israeli, and are predominantly Hebrew speakers, and the moshav has become a center of [[Messianic Jews]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.finland.org.il/public/default.aspx?nodeid=39222&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |title=Finnish associations&nbsp;– Embassy of Finland, Tel Aviv |publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |access-date=5 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/02/07/readers-recall-heroic-war-efforts/ |title=Readers Recall Heroic War Efforts |last=Landers |first=Ann |date=7 February 1997 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=5 April 2013}}</ref>

'''Baháʼís'''

The population of followers of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] in Israel is almost entirely made up of volunteers serving at the [[Baháʼí World Centre]]. [[Bahá'u'lláh]] (1817–1892), the Faith's founder, was banished to [[Acre, Israel|Akka]] and died nearby where his shrine is located. During his lifetime he instructed his followers not to teach or convert those living in the area, and the Baháʼís descending from those original immigrants were later asked to leave and teach elsewhere. For nearly a century there has been a policy by Baháʼí leaders to not accept converts living in Israel. The 650 or so foreign national Baháʼís living in Israel are almost all on temporary duty serving at the shrines and administrative offices.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ganbahai.org.il/en/learn-more/bahai-community/worldwide-community |title=The Worldwide Baháʼí Community |website=Bahai.org |access-date=13 July 2018 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026115920/https://www.ganbahai.org.il/en/learn-more/bahai-community/worldwide-community |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Nechemia Meyers (1995). "Peace to all nations – Baha'is Establish Israel's Second Holy Mountain". The World & I. Retrieved 5 March 2015</ref><ref>Donald H. Harrison (3 April 1998). "The Fourth Faith". Jewish Sightseeing (Haifa, Israel). Retrieved 5 March 2015</ref>

'''Vietnamese'''

The number of [[Overseas Vietnamese|Vietnamese people]] in Israel and their descendants is estimated at 150 to 200.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/35-years-on-where-are-israels-vietnamese-refugees/ | title=35 years on, where are Israel's Vietnamese refugees?| website=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> Most of them came to Israel in between 1976 and 1979, after prime minister [[Menachem Begin]] authorized their admission to Israel and granted them political asylum. The Vietnamese people living in Israel are Israeli citizens who also serve in the [[Israel Defense Forces]]. Today, the majority of the community lives in the [[Gush Dan]] area in the center of Tel Aviv, but also a few dozen Vietnamese-Israelis or Israelis of Vietnamese origin live in [[Haifa]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Ofakim]].

'''African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem'''{{Main|African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem}}
The African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem is a religious sect<ref name="jpost.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Distrust-in-Dimona|title=Distrust in Dimona – Magazine – Jerusalem Post|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=8 December 2005 |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> of Black [[African Americans|Americans]], founded in 1960 by Ben Carter<ref name="religion.info">{{Cite web|url=https://www.religion.info/2006/10/09/israel-une-visite-chez-les-hebreux-noirs/|title=Israël: une visite chez les Hébreux noirs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Lazareva | first1=Inna | last2=Aviv | first2=Tel | title=Black Hebrews mourn the man who led them from Chicago to Israel | website=The Daily Telegraph| date=3 January 2015 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11323698/Black-Hebrews-mourn-the-man-who-led-them-from-Chicago-to-Israel.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11323698/Black-Hebrews-mourn-the-man-who-led-them-from-Chicago-to-Israel.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=11 September 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> a metal worker in Chicago. The members of this sect believe they are descended from the tribes of Judah driven from the Holy Land by the Romans during the First Jewish War (70 AD), and who reportedly emigrated to West Africa before being taken as slaves to the United States.<ref name="religion.info" /><ref>{{Cite news|title=Linda Jones, " Claiming a Promised Land: African-American settlers in Israel are guided by idea of independent Black Hebrew Society ", The Dallas Morning News,27/07/1997 .|last=Linda Jones|first=Linda Jones|date=27 July 1997|work=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> With a population of over 5,000, most members live in their own community in [[Dimona, Israel]], with additional families in [[Arad, Israel|Arad]], [[Mitzpe Ramon]], and the [[Tiberias]] area. The group believes that the ancient Israelites are the ancestors of Black Americans and that the actual Jews are "impostors".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yadleachim.co.il/?CategoryID=111&ArticleID=156|title=הכושים העברים|website=yadleachim.co.il|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> Some scholarship does consider them to be of subsaharan African origin, rather than Levantine.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/science/african-american-dna.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/science/african-american-dna.html |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tales of African-American History Found in DNA|last=Zimmer|first=Carl|date=27 May 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=18 April 2019|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Their ancestors were Black [[African Americans|Americans]] who, after being expelled from [[Liberia]], illegally immigrated to Israel in the late 1960s using tourist visas, requesting that Israel provide them legal citizenship status. Israel granted their requests.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Markowitz|first1=Fran|last2=Helman|first2=Sara|last3=Shir-Vertesh|first3=Dafna|date=June 2003|title=Soul Citizenship: The Black Hebrews and the State of Israel|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=105|issue=2|pages=302–312|doi=10.1525/aa.2003.105.2.302|issn=0002-7294}}</ref> The African Hebrew Israelites, like the [[Haredim]] and most [[Israeli Arabs]], are not required to serve in the military; however, some do.

'''Naturalized foreign workers'''

Some naturalized [[foreign worker]]s and their children born in Israel, predominantly from the [[Philippines]], [[Nepal]], [[Nigeria]], [[Senegal]], [[Romania]], China, [[Cyprus]], [[Thailand]], and South America (mainly Colombia).

=== Non-citizens ===
'''African migrants'''{{Further|Sudanese refugees in Israel|African immigration to Israel}}
[[File:Meeting between Sudanese refugees and Israeli students.jpg|thumb|Meeting between Sudanese refugees and Israeli students, 2007.]]
The number and status of African migrants in Israel is disputed and controversial, but it is estimated that at least 70,000 refugees mainly from [[Eritrea]], [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], and the [[Ivory Coast]] reside and work in Israel. A count in late 2011 published in Ynet pointed out the number only in Tel Aviv is 40,000, which represents 10 percent of the city's population. The vast majority live in the southern parts of the city. There is a significant population in the southern Israeli cities of Eilat, Arad, and Beersheba.

'''Foreign workers'''{{Further|Filipinos in Israel|Chinese people in Israel|Palestinian workers in Israel}}
There are around 300,000 foreign workers, residing in Israel under temporary work visas, including Palestinians. Most of those foreign workers engage in agriculture and construction. The main groups of those foreign workers include the Chinese, [[Thai people|Thai]], [[Filipinos]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlandsarchives.org/illegal-in-israel-the-story-of-juan-and-josie/|title=Illegal in Israel – The Story of Juan and Josie|date=1 September 2004}}</ref> [[Nigerians]], [[Romanians]], and [[Latin Americans]].

'''Other refugees'''

Approximately 100–200 refugees from [[Bosnia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Iraqi Kurdistan]], and [[North Korea]] were absorbed in Israel as refugees. Most of them were also given Israeli resident status, and currently reside in Israel.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-taking-in-aleppo-refugees-syria-war-assad-regime-evacuation-a7489116.html | title=Israel says it is going to help more Syrian refugees from Aleppo| website=[[The Independent]]| date=21 December 2016}}</ref> As of 2006, some 200 ethnic [[Kurdish refugees]] from Turkey resided in Israel as illegal immigrants, fleeing the [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.walla.co.il/item/967428|title=טורקיה והכורדים: קלאב MAD|date=2 September 2006 |publisher=וואלה! חדשות}}</ref>