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Israel

POP07 - Population by country of birth & date of arrival

Immigrants by type of visa and year of arrival, 1969-2006

Year of Arrival	Immigrating citizens(2)(3)	Potential immigrants who changed status to immigrants	Tourists who changed status:		Visa at arrival:		Total
			To potential immigrants(1)	To immigrants	Potential immigrants(1)	Immigrant
1969-2006			52.653	120.801	148.800	1.394.223	1.716.477
1969	. .	. .	3.567	1.652	9.619	23.273	38.111
1970	1.089	. .	5.068	1.721	10.442	19.519	36.750
1971	889	3.056	4.229	1.496	11.563	24.642	41.930
1972	789	4.153	3.064	1.260	9.452	42.112	55.888
1973	763	5.076	2.299	1.074	7.633	43.880	54.886
1974	509	5.584	1.891	875	5.865	23.348	31.979
1975	608	5.271	1.760	759	4.924	12.585	20.028
1976	680	4.737	1.868	794	5.870	11.222	19.754
1977	768	4.499	1.954	864	6.972	11.639	21.429
1978	770	4.466	2.315	980	7.640	15.459	26.394
1979	1.618	4.988	4.352	1.457	10.710	20.703	37.222
1980	1.152	4.917	2.418	1.333	6.222	10.455	20.428
1981	1.315	5.108	1.859	1.946	4.879	3.915	12.599
1982	1.688	6.729	1.974	2.285	5.719	3.745	13.723
1983	2.224	7.582	2.021	1.516	7.658	5.711	16.906
1984	1.717	5.448	1.418	1.070	5.519	11.974	19.981
1985	1.447	4.742	935	802	4.240	4.665	10.642
1986	1.764	5.302	1.233	1.014	4.330	2.928	9.505
1987	1.833	4.692	1.128	1.231	4.682	5.924	12.965
1988	1.800	3.622	971	1.293	4.464	6.306	13.034
1989	1.760	3.151	1.051	1.395	4.039	17.565	24.050
1990	2.033	4.795	1.091	2.924	3.484	192.017	199.516
1991	2.075	4.903	696	4.235	2.472	168.697	176.100
1992	2.868	4.363	522	5.852	103	70.580	77.057
1993	3.467	4.042	440	7.650	91	68.624	76.805
1994	3.315	3.512	652	9.930	36	69.226	79.844
1995	3.071	1.843	614	9.084	57	66.606	76.361
1996(4)	R4.044	1.208	687	9.525	36	60.671	70.919
1997	R3.952	. .	371	9.756	24	56.070	66.221
1998	R3.481	. .	95	8.089	9	48.537	56.730
1999	R3.487	. .	58	6.104	18	70.586	76.766
2000	R3.704	. .	16	4.428	12	55.736	60.192
2001	R3.398	. .	29	3.974	6	39.571	43.580
2002	R3.165	. .	3	2.947	10	30.607	33.567
2003	R2.883	. .	1	2.329	-	20.938	23.268
2004	R3.253	. .	1	2.530	-	18.367	20.898
2005	R3.579	. .	2	2.199	-	18.979	21.180
2006	3.051	. .	-	2.428	-	16.841	19.269

1. As of June 1969.
2. Up to 1978, excl. immigrating citizens who registered in the offices of the Ministry of the Interior.
3. In 2006 updates were received on the number of immigrant citizens for 1996-2005.
4. As of 1996, the number of immigrants who arrived in Israel under the law of entrance increased to 1,000-3,500 immigrants annually.

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel

Updated: 08/07/2008