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Total Immigration to Israel by Year

(1948 - Present)

Year Immigrants Year Immigrants Year Immigrants
2021 27,050 1996 70,919 1971 41,930
2020 19,713 1995 76,361 1970 36,750
2019 34,000 1994 79,844 1969 38,111
2018 30,300 1993 76,805 1968 20,703
2017 28,598 1992 77,057 1967 14,469
2016 25,977 1991 176,100 1966 15,957
2015 27,908 1990 199,516 1965 31,115
2014 24,120 1989 24,050 1964 55,036
2013 16,929 1988 13,034 1963 64,489
2012 16,560 1987 12,965 1962 61,533
2011 16,893 1986 9,505 1961 47,735
2010 16,635 1985 10,642 1960 24,692
2009 14,575 1984 19,981 1959 23,988
2008 13,701 1983 16,906 1958 27,290
2007 18,131 1982 13,723 1957 72,634
2006 19,269 1981 12,599 1956 56,330
2005 21,183 1980 20,428 1955 37,528
2004 20,899 1979 37,222 1954 18,491
2003 23,273 1978 26,394 1953 11,575
2002 33,570 1977 21,429 1952 24,610
2001 43,473 1976 19,754 1951 175,279
2000 60,201 1975 20,028 1950 170,563
1999 76,766 1974 31,979 1949 239,954
1998 56,730 1973 54,886 1948 101,828
1997 66,221 1972 55,888    

 


SourcesCentral Bureau of Statistics.
Tamara Zieve, “Israel sees drop in aliya numbers,” Jerusalem Post, (December 29, 2016).
Cnaan Liphshiz, “Russia and Ukraine provided Israel with majority of immigrants in 2017,” Times of Israel, (February 26, 2018).
“More than half of new immigrants to Israel in 2018 not considered Jewish,” JTA, (January 4, 2019).
“Israel’s population at 9,136,000 on the eve of 2020,” Jerusalem Post, (January 1, 2020).
“4,000 US immigrants moved to Israel in 2021, the highest annual figure since 1973,” Times of Israel, (December 22, 2021).