At the end of 2023, the Moslem population of Israel was estimated at 1.782 million (18.1% of all residents) – an increase of 35,000 compared with the end of 2022.
The annual growth rate of the Moslem population in 2023 was 2.0% (2.2% in 2022).
Jerusalem had the largest number of Moslem residents (380,000), who comprise 21.3% of all Moslems in Israel, and 38.1% of the city’s residents.
The Moslem population is young: The percentage of children aged 0–14 is high (31.9%), and the percentage of persons aged 65 and over is low (4.9%).
The percentage of Moslem never-married women aged 45-49 is 10.5%, whereas the percentage of Moslem never-married men aged 45-49 is 5.4%.
