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Publication Year: 2012
Michal Korach, Dr. Maya Choshen, Yair Assaf-Shapira, Aviel Yelinek, Eitan Bluer
Jerusalem Facts and Trends is one of the Institute’s premier publications. It is an accessible guide through which anyone from a variety of fields can find useful information on Jerusalem. The publication analyzes the complex reality that is ‘modern Jerusalem’ and examines the area, the diverse populations that inhabit the city, employment, business and industry, education, construction and tourism. The data used in the publication is largely drawn from the Institute’s Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem, published annually.
At the end of 2011, the population of Jerusalem numbered 801,000. The “Jewish and Other” population totaled 508,000, and the Arab population totaled 293,000. At the end of 2010, the population of Jerusalem numbered 788,100. The Jewish population numbered 504,200, and the Arab population numbered 283,900. The Arab population included a Muslim majority (96%) and Christian minority. In 2010, the population of Jerusalem accounted for 10% of the population of Israel; the Jewish population constituted approximately 8% of the total Jewish population of Israel, while the Arab population constituted approximately 18% of the total Arab population of Israel.
Over the years, there has been an evident decline in the proportionate size of Jerusalem’s Jewish population, with a concomitant increase in the proportion of the Arab population. The proportion of the Jewish population fell from 74% in 1967 to 72% in 1980, to 68% in 2000, and to 64% in 2010. Simultaneously the Arab population rose from 26% in 1967 to 28% in 1980, to 32% in 2000, and to 36% in 2010.
In 2010, the largest of the localities in terms of population size, excluding Jerusalem (with about 788,000 residents), were: Bet Shemesh (80,600 residents), Modi’in Makkabbim-Re’ut (76,500 residents), and Modi’in Illit (48,600 residents). The localities with the smallest population size were Bet El (5,600 residents), Har Adar (3,400 residents), and Qiryat Ye’arim (2,800 residents).
In 2011, the number of guests in Jerusalem hotels measured 1,336,400, of whom 71% were overseas tourists and 29% were Israelis. The number of overseas tourist hotel guests in 2011 measured 948,000, compared to 995,300 in 2010 and 769,900 in 2009. In 2011, 42% of overseas tourist hotel guests were from Europe and 41% were from America (mainly North and Central America). The number of Israelis hotel guests measured 388,300, compared to 357,100 in 2010 (a 9% increase) and 354,200 in 2009.
Jerusalem- Facts and Trends 2013
Pub No. 427
2013 | Authors: Michal Korach, Dr. Maya Choshen, Yael Israeli, Inbal Doron, Yair Assaf-Shapira