Israel
population: Monthly national estimate (31 May 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 16 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography16 metros
Israel metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 16 tracked metros
Show all 16 rows
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #80 | Tel-Aviv▲ Largest | Tel-Aviv | 3.2M | 34.3 | Major Metro |
| #236 | Jerusalem★ Capital | Jerusalem | 1.3M | 11.9 | Regional Hub |
| #456 | Haifa | Haifa | 1.1M | 5.4 | Established Metro |
| #631 | Beer Sheva | South | 276K | 3.4 | Emerging Metro |
| #1606 | Netanya | Center | 486K | 0.7 | Local Metro |
| #1688 | Nazareth | North | 205K | 0.6 | Local Metro |
| #1908 | Kiryat Shmona | North | 23K | 0.5 | Local Metro |
| #2159 | Ashdod | South | 262K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2650 | Afula | North | 62K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2674 | Sakhnin | North | 58K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2690 | Eilat | South | 52K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2701 | Acre | North | 49K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2714 | Tiberias | North | 45K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2785 | Gilboa | North | 31K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #3337 | Ashkelon | South | 162K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3854 | Nahariya | North | 62K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
7 entries listed under Israel across 2 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
Israeli Settlements (1)
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- Hebrew
- Currency
- New shekel (₪)
- Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature
- The Knesset
- Constitution
- 1958, 49 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Israeli
- Time zones
- Israel Standard Time, Israel Summer Time, UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +972
- Internet TLD
- .il, ישראל.
- ISO 3166
- IL
- Established
- 1948
- Highest point
- Meron (1,208 m (3,963 ft))
- National anthem
- Hatikvah
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news6 stories
The Washington Post · 17 Sept 2026
Trump's planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in yearsThe administration approved a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, the largest such sale in years.
Semafor · 9 Sept 2026
High symbolismFormer UK adviser Ben Judah reads London's assertiveness over Israel's West Bank settlements as a post-American turn.
The Washington Post · 9 Sept 2026
Citing 'ethnic cleansing,' U.K. bars import of goods from Israeli West Bank settlementsThe UK, France and Canada announced trade sanctions on Israel's West Bank settlements, and the White House threatened countermeasures against the UK.
Semafor · 17 Aug 2026
US, Hamas hold rare direct talksJared Kushner met Hamas's leader in Egypt for rare direct talks, pushing for disarmament, with a Netanyahu meeting expected Monday.
Vox · 11 Aug 2026
What happens if the US cuts off aid to Israel?Caitlin Dewey finds Israel would need military spending of about 8.5% of GDP to replace US aid: a real cost, but not a decisive lever.
The Washington Post · 2 Aug 2026
"U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel"The head of US European Command warned the Pentagon in writing that he lacks the Aegis destroyers to protect Israel from Iranian missiles.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations2 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History20 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
⚠️ Benjamin Netanyahu✦ Current
2022–PresentPrime Minister
Yair Lapid
2022–2022Prime Minister
Naftali Bennett
2021–2022Prime Minister
⚠️ Benjamin Netanyahu
2009–2021Prime Minister
⚠️ Ehud Olmert
2006–2009Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon
2001–2006Prime Minister
Ehud Barak
1999–2001Prime Minister
⚠️ Benjamin Netanyahu
1996–1999Prime Minister
Shimon Peres
1995–1996Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin
1992–1995Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir
1986–1992Prime Minister
Shimon Peres
1984–1986Prime Minister
Show all 20 leaders
Yitzhak Shamir
1983–1984Prime Minister
Menachem Begin
1977–1983Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin
1974–1977Prime Minister
Golda Meir
1969–1974Prime Minister
Levi Eshkol
1963–1969Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion
1955–1963Prime Minister
Moshe Sharett
1953–1955Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion
1948–1953Prime Minister
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| ⚠️ Benjamin Netanyahu✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2022–Present |
| Yair Lapid | Prime Minister | 2022–2022 |
| Naftali Bennett | Prime Minister | 2021–2022 |
| ⚠️ Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister | 2009–2021 |
| ⚠️ Ehud Olmert | Prime Minister | 2006–2009 |
| Ariel Sharon | Prime Minister | 2001–2006 |
| Ehud Barak | Prime Minister | 1999–2001 |
| ⚠️ Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister | 1996–1999 |
| Shimon Peres | Prime Minister | 1995–1996 |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Prime Minister | 1992–1995 |
| Yitzhak Shamir | Prime Minister | 1986–1992 |
| Shimon Peres | Prime Minister | 1984–1986 |
| Yitzhak Shamir | Prime Minister | 1983–1984 |
| Menachem Begin | Prime Minister | 1977–1983 |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Prime Minister | 1974–1977 |
| Golda Meir | Prime Minister | 1969–1974 |
| Levi Eshkol | Prime Minister | 1963–1969 |
| David Ben-Gurion | Prime Minister | 1955–1963 |
| Moshe Sharett | Prime Minister | 1953–1955 |
| David Ben-Gurion | Prime Minister | 1948–1953 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 194513 interstate wars · click to expand
Show all 13 wars
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran War | 2026–present | Iran | 3,411–9,114 |
| Twelve-Day War | 2025 | Iran,Houthis | 1,091–1,226 |
| Gaza–Israel conflict● | 2006–present | Gaza Strip | 42,783+ |
| Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) | 2005–2010 | Sudan (until 2010) | — |
| 1982 Lebanon War● | 1982–1985 | PLO,Syria | 19,085+ |
| Lebanese Civil War● | 1975–1990 | Lebanese Front | — |
| Yom Kippur War● | 1973 | Egypt,Syria,Iraq,Jordan,Algeria,Cuba,Morocco | 10,521–21,300 |
| War of Attrition | 1967–1970 | Egypt,Soviet Union,Cuba,Jordan,Syria | 6,442–14,290 |
| Six-Day War● | 1967 | Egypt,Syria,Jordan,Iraq,Saudi Arabia,Morocco,Algeria,Libya,Kuwait,Tunisia,Sudan | 12,336–19,264 |
| Suez Crisis | 1956 | Egypt | 2,848–4,198 |
| First Sudanese Civil War● | 1955–1972 | North Vietnam,Viet Cong and PRG,Pathet Lao,Khmer Rouge,GRUNK (from 1970),China (1965–1969),Soviet Union,North Korea,South Vietnam,United States,South Korea,Australia | — |
| 1948 Arab–Israeli War● | 1948–1949 | Egypt,Iraq,Transjordan,Syria,Lebanon,Saudi Arabia,Yemen | 13,073–26,373 |
| 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | 1947–1948 | 1949,Safi Rebellion,Afghanistan,Safi rebels | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Israel: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires41 · $198.7B combined · click to expand
Show all 41 rows
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Eyal Ofer(inherited) | $35.4B | Diversified |
| 72 | Idan Ofer(inherited) | $32.1B | Diversified |
| 398 | Michael Federmann & family | $9.2B | Technology |
| 434 | Yuri Milner | $8.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 525 | Yitzhak Tshuva | $7.6B | Real Estate |
| 570 | Teddy Sagi | $7.1B | Gambling & Casinos |
| 593 | Arkady Volozh | $6.8B | Technology |
| 638 | Arnon Milchan | $6.4B | Media & Entertainment |
| 691 | Shari Arison(inherited) | $6.0B | Service |
| 824 | Shaul Shani | $5.2B | Telecom |
| 1035 | Gil Shwed | $4.1B | Technology |
| 1110 | David Wertheim(inherited) | $3.9B | Food & Beverage |
| 1116 | Shlomo Eliahu | $3.9B | Finance & Investments |
| 1237 | Niva Gurevitch(inherited) | $3.5B | Finance & Investments |
| 1237 | Tali Griffel(inherited) | $3.5B | Finance & Investments |
| 1266 | Liora Ofer(inherited) | $3.4B | Finance & Investments |
| 1499 | Sylvan Adams(inherited) | $2.8B | Real Estate |
| 1512 | Adam Neumann | $2.8B | Real Estate |
| 1529 | Zadik Bino & family | $2.8B | Diversified |
| 1570 | Danna Azrieli(inherited) | $2.7B | Real Estate |
| 1766 | Shlomo Kramer | $2.4B | Technology |
| 1843 | Ami Luttwak | $2.3B | Technology |
| 1843 | Assaf Rappaport | $2.3B | Technology |
| 1843 | Roy Reznik | $2.3B | Technology |
| 1843 | Yinon Costica | $2.3B | Technology |
| 1894 | Drorit Wertheim(inherited) | $2.2B | Food & Beverage |
| 1900 | David Fattal & family | $2.2B | Service |
| 1901 | Gideon Hamburger(inherited) | $2.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 1901 | Nurit Manor(inherited) | $2.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 1901 | Yair Hamburger(inherited) | $2.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 1995 | Ishay Davidi | $2.1B | Finance & Investments |
| 2113 | Oren Zeev | $2.0B | Finance & Investments |
| 2329 | Marius Nacht | $1.8B | Technology |
| 2378 | Amnon Shashua | $1.8B | Automotive |
| 2511 | Yigal Dimri | $1.6B | Construction & Engineering |
| 2552 | Shalom Meckenzie & family | $1.6B | Gambling & Casinos |
| 2578 | Akirov Alfred | $1.6B | Real Estate |
| 2607 | Mori Arkin | $1.6B | Healthcare |
| 2702 | Dan Gertler(inherited) | $1.5B | Metals & Mining |
| 2822 | Ziv Aviram | $1.4B | Automotive |
| 3073 | Shay Banon | $1.2B | Technology |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Israel on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Israel's national teams, newest first. 1 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 1964-06-03 | Israel | AFC Asian Cup |