Citizens and nationals of Israel
This article is about the pan-ethnic populace of the modern State of Israel. For the ancient people, see
Israelites . For a demographical overview, see
Demographics of Israel .
Ethnic group
Israelis ישראלים إسرائيليون
Map of the Israeli diaspora
Israel c. 9.8 million (including occupied territories )[ 1] United States 106,839[ 2] – 500,000[ 3] [ 4] Russia 100,000 (80,000 in Moscow )[ 5] [ 6] India 40–70,000[ 7] United Kingdom 11,892[ 8] – 50,000[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Canada 21,320[ 11] Australia 15,000[ 12] Netherlands 10,371[ 13] Germany 10,000[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] Hebrew (official)Arabic (recognized) English, Russian, French, Amharic , Tigrinya , various others (see languages of Israel )Majority :Judaism Minority: Islam , Christianity , Druzism , Samaritanism , Baháʼí Faith
Israelis (Hebrew : יִשְׂרְאֵלִים , romanized : Yīśreʾēlīm ; Arabic : إسرائيليون , romanized : Isrāʾīliyyūn ) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel . The country's populace is composed primarily of Jews and Arabs , who respectively account for 75 percent and 20 percent of the national figure; followed by other ethnic and religious minorities , who account for 5 percent.[ 17]
Early Israeli culture was largely defined by communities of the Jewish diaspora who had made aliyah to British Palestine from Europe , Western Asia , and North Africa in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Later Jewish immigration from Ethiopia , the states of the former Soviet Union , and the Americas introduced new cultural elements to Israeli society and have had a profound impact on modern Israeli culture.
Since Israel's independence in 1948, Israelis and people of Israeli descent have had a considerable diaspora, which largely overlaps with the Jewish diaspora but also with that of other ethnic and religious groups; it is estimated that almost 10 percent of the general Israeli population lives abroad, particularly in Russia (with Moscow housing the single largest Israeli community outside of Israel), India , Canada , the United Kingdom , the United States , and throughout Europe.[ 18]
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