Total Immigration to Israel by Select Country by Year

(1948 - Present)

Year	FSU	USA/Canada	France	U.K.	Argentina	S. Africa	Ethiopia	Total
1948	1,175	336	640	501	62	178	40	2,932
1949	3,255	659	1,665	796	326	228	51	6,930
1950	290	888	672	662	435	205	5	3,157
1951	196	618	401	347	325	72	1	1,960
1952	74	353	246	257	291	51	40	1,312
1953	45	234	196	192	427	46	3	1,143
1954	30	349	201	181	398	73	13	1,245
1955	139	380	206	204	363	111	25	1,428
1956	470	209	199	176	505	234	1	1,794
1957	1,324	313	267	223	665	96	5	2,893
1958	729	409	274	227	515	106	4	2,264
1959	1,362	379	326	229	420	114	3	2,833
1960	1,923	462	371	268	337	154	3	3,518
1961	224	348	372	235	495	116	2	1,792
1962	194	677	580	363	693	195	11	2,713
1963	314	968	546	536	4,255	409	17	7,045
1964	541	1,122	731	408	1,998	381	8	5,189
1965	895	1,016	830	356	1,154	310	9	4,570
1966	2,054	826	700	351	664	301	21	4,917
1967	1,403	739	893	299	547	233	13	4,127
1968	224	1,035	2,523	467	559	160	17	4,985
1969	3,019	6,419	5,292	1,763	1,274	715	14	18,496
1970	992	7,158	4,414	1,585	1,457	803	13	16,422
1971	12,839	8,122	3,281	1,381	2,107	647	7	28,384
1972	31,652	6,034	2,356	1,030	2,598	605	40	44,315
1973	33,477	4,786	1,473	760	2,809	577	41	43,923
1974	16,816	3,393	1,345	832	1,625	432	24	24,467
1975	8,531	3,065	1,382	707	892	415	19	15,011
1976	7,279	2,979	1,416	592	1,616	585	10	14,477
1977	8,348	2,906	1,226	840	2,158	1,448	90	17,016
1978	12,192	3,285	1,302	1,005	1,960	1,403	37	21,184
1979	17,614	3,273	1,648	1,058	1,577	978	45	26,193
1980	7,570	2,550	1,430	900	1,036	346	259	14,091
1981	1,770	2,670	1,430	882	949	220	650	8,571
1982	782	2,934	1,682	1,154	1,165	271	950	8,938
1983	399	3,806	2,094	1,294	1,283	324	2,393	11,593
1984	367	2,827	1,539	786	841	281	8,327	14,968
1985	362	2,090	1,017	577	836	246	1,886	7,014
1986	202	2,179	927	568	772	565	236	5,449
1987	2,096	1,986	888	577	1,078	737	231	7,593
1988	2,283	1,700	920	528	1,546	487	595	8,059
1989	12,932	1,533	900	452	1,853	262	1,448	19,380
1990	185,227	1,546	864	488	2,045	175	4,121	194,466
1991	147,839	1,703	966	472	666	135	20,014	171,795
1992	65,093	2,068	1,182	459	356	267	3,648	73,073
1993	66,145	2,280	1,372	647	375	437	863	72,119
1994	68,079	2,398	1,512	626	538	595	1,197	74,945
1995	64,848	2,503	1,635	669	966	287	1,312	72,220
1996	59,048	2,262	1,870	547	1,370	299	1,411	66,807
1997	54,621	2,057	1,938	487	1,255	290	1,661	62,309
1998	46,032	1,793	1,671	393	738	204	3,110	53,941
1999	66,848	1,697	1,366	383	936	228	2,290	73,748
2000	50,817	1,401	1,153	326	1,053	192	2,201	57,143
2001	33,601	1,386	1,007	308	1,375	158	3,274	41,109
2002	18,508	1,664	2,035	277	5,931	177	2,656	31,248
2003	12,383	1,873	1,789	330	1,371	88	3,029	20,863
2004	10,127	2,132	2,003	363	458	82	3,695	18,860
2005	9,378	2,640	2,545	383	397	102	3,571	19,016
2006	533	2,095	1,781	506	299	139	3,595	8,948
2007	6,646	1,903	1,719	509	315	159	3,585	14,836
2008	5,616	2,286	1,562	505	188	257	1,582	11,996
2009	6,948	3,260	1,594	684	311	319	243	13,359
2010	7,158	2,801	1,775	523	351	266	1,652	14,526
2011	7,225	2,575	1,619	485	220	202	2,666	14,992
2012	7,234	2,525	1,653	569			2,432	14,413
2013	7,280	2,414	2,904	403			1,355	14,356
2014	11,456	2,349	4,133	448	276	157	213	19,032
2015	14,096	2,789	6,628	623	262	189	91	24,678
2016	14,668	2,569	3,267	556	270	245	43	21,618
2017	16,183	2,847	3,157	468	247	281	43	23,226
2018	18,887	2,759	2,431	514	283	256	31	25,161
2019	24,284	2,481	2,227	498	411	343	47	30,291
2020	10,975	2,284	2,393	443	544	268	1,080	17,987
2021	12,436	3070	2,476	544	868	471	1,755	21,620
2022	63,112	3,019	1,651	445	981	466	1,680	71,354
2023	39,490	2,622	1,006	397	532	242	1,812	46,101
2024	22,628	3,590	2,145	676	430	295	95	29,859
2025	11,018	4,041	3,306	872	277	252	128	19,894
Total	1,464,670	168,056	125,136	44,375	73,761	24,643	93,738	2,000,559

^Total only for immigrants from countries in this table. Click here for the total number of all immigrants to Israel.

° FSU = Former Soviet Union, includes Ukraine from 2021 on.
*This report is based on data from the CBS, which frequently revises earlier figures.
**Since 1995, data includes Asian Republics of the FSU.
***Data does not include returning minors, Immigrant citizens, returning citizens, and Minor citizens handled by Aliyah Shlichim.

Source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.

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