Total Immigration to Israel by Continent and Year

(1948 - Present)

Unknown	America & Oceania	Europe	Africa	Asia	TOTAL	Years of Immigration
BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE
. .	. .	. .	. .
. .	. .	. .	. .		20,000-30,000	1882-1903
. .	. .	. .	. .		20,000-30,000	1882-1903
. .	. .	. .	. .		35,000-40,000	1904-1914
. .	. .	. .	. .		35,000-40,000	1904-1914
. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1915-1918
52,786	7,754	377,381	4,041	40,895	482,857	14 V 1919-1948
5,222	678	27,872	230	1,181	35,183	1919-1923
2,652	2,241	66,917	621	9,182	81,613	1924-1931
3,989	4,589	171,173	1,212	16,272	197,235	1932-1938
4,544	108	62,968	1,072	13,116	81,808	1939-1945
5,828	138	48,451	906	1,144	56,467	14 V 1948-1946
AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE
31,552	226,938	1,766,603	482,663	419,905	2,927,661	15 V 1948-2002
24,395	5,140	326,786	93,951	237,352	687,624	15 V 1948-1951
11,865	478	76,554	8,192	4,739	101,828	15 V-31 XII 1948
5,702	1,422	121,963	39,215	71,652	239,954	1949
3,687	1,954	81,195	26,162	57,565	170,563	1950
3,141	1,286	47,074	20,382	103,396	175,279	1951
275	950	6,232	10,286	6,867	24,610	1952
382	930	2,147	5,102	3,014	11,575	1953
165	1,091	1,369	12,509	3,357	18,491	1954
61	1,155	2,065	32,815	1,432	37,528	1955
101	1,067	6,739	45,284	3,139	56,330	1956
1,435	1,410	39,812	25,747	4,230	72,634	1957
241	1,320	13,695	4,113	7,921	27,290	1958
137	1,147	14,731	4,429	3,544	23,988	1959
204	1,158	16,169	5,379	1,782	24,692	1960
194	1,969	23,375	18,048	4,149	47,735	1961
350	2,187	11,825	41,816	5,355	61,533	1962
143	6,497	14,213	38,672	4,964	64,489	1963
327	4,188	28,124	17,340	5,057	55,036	1964
382	3,096	13,879	8,535	5,223	31,115	1965
229	2,132	7,435	3,024	3,137	15,957	1966
148	1,771	4,295	6,268	1,987	14,469	1967
161	2,275	6,029	7,567	4,671	20,703	1968
330	9,601	15,236	5,926	7,018	38,111	1969
222	11,405	14,434	3,785	6,904	36,750	1970
25	12,885	20,888	2,354	5,778	41,930	1971
20	10,814	39,145	2,766	3,143	55,888	1972
8	9,522	40,492	2,839	2,025	54,886	1973
21	6,439	23,126	1,216	1,177	31,979	1974
6	4,989	13,417	689	927	20,028	1975
11	5,774	12,137	697	1,135	19,754	1976
40	6,201	12,660	1,620	908	21,429	1977
121	6,305	16,549	1,683	1,736	26,394	1978
367	6,024	22,404	1,340	7,087	37,222	1979
77	4,350	11,792	1,007	3,202	20,428	1980
62	4,243	5,909	1,170	1,215	12,599	1981
46	5,003	6,168	1,555	951	13,723	1982
56	6,758	6,154	3,094	844	16,906	1983
35	4,876	5,485	8,885	700	19,981	1984
14	3,739	3,964	2,318	607	10,642	1985
31	3,634	3,675	982	1,183	9,505	1986
16	3,812	6,044	1,205	1,888	12,965	1987
19	3,969	6,012	1,334	1,700	13,034	1988
91	4,147	16,766	1,861	1,185	24,050	1989
139	4,315	189,650	4,472	940	199,516	1990
62	3,023	152,142	20,251	622	176,100	1991
123	3,006	68,962	4,075	891	77,057	1992
48	3,283	70,315	1,431	1,728	76,805	1993
51	3,593	72,553	1,928	1,719	79,844	1994
25	4,330	68,987	1,772	1,247	76,361	1995
68	4,587	52,475	1,998	11,791	70,919	1996
18	4,248	49,903	2,283	9,769	66,221	1997
33	3,316	42,155	3,514	7,712	56,730	1998
34	3,580	62,147	2,681	8,324	76,766	1999
2	3,359	46,957	2,509	7,378	60,205	2000
2	3,604	30,795	3,573	5,500	43,474	2001
4	8,738	18,021	2,949	3,859	33,571	2002
3	4,430	12,626	3,342	2,872	23,273	2003
3	4,430	12,626	3,342	2,872	23,273	2003
-	3,428	11,150	3,878	2,444	20,900	2004
2	4,065	11,280	3,767	2,071	21,185	2005
6	3,813	9,874	3,801	1,777	19,271	2006
20	3,894	8,850	3,795	1,575	18,134	2007
1	3,361	7,111	1,892	1,338	13,703	2008
1	3,932	8,568	561	1,516	14,578	2009
-	4,155	9,132	1,937	1,415	16,639	2010
2	3,567	9,287	2,934	1,104	16,894	2011
2	3,417	9,362	2,643	1,137	16,561	2012
2	3,488	10,849	1,562	1,029	16,930	2013
1	3,808	19,100	396	817	24,122	2014
2	4,062	22,609	394	852	27,919	2015
481	4,415	19,694	348	1,118	26,056	2016
440	4,366	19,868	425	1,273	26,372	2017
361	4,253	21,745	366	1,431	28,156	2018
420	4,350	26,686	466	1,336	33,258	2019
460	4,203	13,811	348	854	19,676	2020
540	5,956	17,057	571	1,373	25,497	2021
844	5,493	66,411	535	1,431	74,714	2022

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics.

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