Israeli Jews
Country of origin Born abroad Israeli born Total %
Total 1,610,900 4,124,400 5,753,300 100.0%
Asia 201,000 494,200 695,200 12.0%
Turkey 25,700 52,500 78,100 1.4%
Iraq 62,600 173,300 235,800 4.1%
Yemen 28,400 111,100 139,500 2.4%
Iran / Afghanistan 49,300 92,300 141,600 2.5%
India / Pakistan 17,600 29,000 46,600 0.8%
Syria / Lebanon 10,700 25,000 35,700 0.6%
Other 6,700 11,300 18,000 0.3%
Africa 315,800 572,100 887,900 15.4%
Morocco 153,600 339,600 493,200 8.6%
Algeria / Tunisia 43,200 91,700 134,900 2.3%
Libya 15,800 53,500 69,400 1.2%
Egypt 18,500 39,000 57,500 1.0%
Ethiopia 81,600 38,600 110,100 1.9%
Other 13,100 9,700 22,800 0.4%
Europe / Americas / Oceania 1,094,100 829,700 1,923,800 33.4%
Soviet Union 651,400 241,000 892,400 15.5%
Poland 51,300 151,000 202,300 3.5%
Romania 88,600 125,900 214,400 3.7%
Population -- Paternal country of diaspora origin
The CBS traces the paternal country of diaspora origin of Israeli Jews ( including non–Halachically Jewish immigrants who arrived on the Law of Return ) as of 2010 is as follows . [ 56 ]
Israeli Jews (, Yehudim Yisraelim), also known as Jewish Israelis, refers to
Israeli citizens of the Jewish ethnicity or faith, and also the descendants of Israeli-Jewish emigrants outside of Israel. Israeli Jews are found mostly in Israel and the Western world, as well as other countries worldwide, not necessarily only in Jewish communities. Israeli Jews mostly speak Hebrew and most follow at least some religious Jewish practices. Israel, the Jewish state, currently has almost half the world's Jews. The Jewish population in Israel comprises all Jewish diaspora communities, including Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Beta Israel, Cochin Jews, Bene Israel, Karaite Jews, and many other groups. The Israeli Jewish community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions, as well as encompassing the full spectrum of religious observance, from the haredi communities to the hilonim Jewish communities who live a secular lifestyle. Among the Jewish population, over 25% of the schoolchildren and over 35% of all newborns are of mixed ancestry of both Ashkenazi and Sephardi/Mizrahi descent and increases by 0.5% each year. Over 50% of the Jewish population is of at least a partial Sephardi/Mizrahi descent. Despite the ongoing debate over the question of who is a Jew among Israeli Jews, the Jewish status of a person, which is considered a matter of 'nationality' by the Israeli authorities, is registered and controlled by the Israeli Ministry of the Interior, which requires a person to meet the halakhic definition to be registered as a 'Jew'. Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics estimated the Israeli Jewish population was 6,556,000 as of December 2017 (74.6% of the total population if East Jerusalem and Golan Arab population are counted in). An IDI Guttman Study of 2008 shows that a plurality of Israeli Jews (47%) identify themselves first as Jews and Israeli second, and that only 39% consider themselves first and foremost Israeli. Jews living in the region prior to the establishment of the State of Israel were commonly referred to in English as Palestinian Jews and in Hebrew as HaYishuv HaYehudi Be'Eretz Yisra'el (The Jewish Community in the Land of Israel).