Posted on 11/11/20
| News Source: Arutz-7
One out of every three Israelis will be Charedi 45 years from now, study finds, as Charedi population surges from 1.1 million to 6.5 million.
Israel’s Charedi community currently numbers about 1.1 million, according to a report by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Details of the report were released by Kikar HaShabbat, showing that in 2019, Israel’s haredi population numbered an estimated 1,094,828, or 12% of the total population of the State of Israel. That amounts to close to 17% of Israel’s Jewish population.
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The haredi population, which has the highest birthrate in Israel, is projected to rise to grow rapidly over the next 45 years, with Charedim going from 12% of the total population of Israel to 32% by 2065.
By 2065, Israeli Charedim will number almost 6.5 million, compared to a less than 10 million non-Charedi Jews and those categorized as ‘Other’, and about four million Israeli Arabs.
The report also revealed that Caredim have, on average, an income roughly one-third lower than the national average, making up 12% of the population but 8% of the total national income. Read more at Arutz-7