Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Amharic (secondary) · Dutch (secondary) · Dutch (Brabantian) (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · German (secondary) · Hungarian (secondary) · Israeli Sign Language (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Ladino (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Malayalam (secondary) · Marathi (secondary) · Modern Hebrew (secondary) · Polish (secondary) · Polish (Goralian) (secondary) · Portuguese (secondary) · Portuguese (Brazilian) (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Tigrinya (secondary) · West Circassian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Israel

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Jewish, Israeli	4309000	Hebrew	Judaism
Arab, Palestinian / Israeli	1633000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Jewish, Russian	751000	Russian	Judaism
Jewish, Hasidic	523000	Hebrew	Judaism
Jewish, Litvish (Yeshivish)	507000	Hebrew	Judaism
Jewish, Romanian	184000	Hebrew	Judaism
Jewish, Polish	141000	Polish	Judaism
Bedouin, Eastern Bedawi	138000	Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi	Islam
Jewish, Yahudic	107000	Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi	Judaism
Jewish, Ethiopian	86000	Amharic	Judaism
Druze	83000	Arabic, Levantine	Other / Small
Jewish, Gorsky-Kavkazi (Mountain Jewish)	81000	Judeo-Tat	Judaism
Jewish, English-speaking	76000	English	Judaism
Jewish, Bukharan	71000	Bukharic	Judaism
Jewish, Georgian	66000	Judeo-Georgian	Judaism
Jewish, Persian (Tehrani)	63000	Judeo-Persian	Judaism
Jewish, Moroccan	61000	Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan	Judaism
Jewish, Turkish	51000	Hebrew	Judaism
Jewish, Spanish	49000	Hebrew	Judaism
Algerian, Arabic-speaking	45000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Ladino	44000	Ladino	Judaism
Yudi, Tripolita'it	43000	Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian	Judaism
Jewish, French	43000	French	Judaism
Jewish, Yemeni	41000	Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni	Judaism
Arab, Egyptian general	31000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Jewish, Syrian	30000	Hebrew	Judaism
Jewish, Hungarian-speaking	26000	Hungarian	Judaism
Filipino, Tagalog	23000	Tagalog	Christianity
Tigray, Tigrinya	22000	Tigrigna	Christianity
Arab, Lebanese general	19000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Arab, Libyan	17000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Jewish, German	16000	German, Standard	Judaism
Jewish, Cochin	13000	Malayalam	Judaism
Jewish, Marathi-speaking	12000	Marathi	Judaism
Jewish, Tunisian	12000	Hebrew	Judaism
Deaf	11000	Israeli Sign Language	Unknown
Jewish, Kurdit	10000	Lishana Deni	Judaism
Jewish, Persian (Mashadi)	10000	Hebrew	Judaism
Domari	9700	Domari	Islam
Italian	7800	Italian	Christianity
Jewish, Kurdistani	5600	Hulaula	Judaism
Masalit	5100	Masalit	Islam
Jewish, Lishanan	4500	Lishan Noshan	Judaism
Adyghe	4400	Adyghe	Islam
Arbil, Lishanid Noshan	3900	Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic	Ethnic Religions
Jewish, Judeo-Amazigh	3200	Judeo-Berber	Judaism
Jewish, Dutch	2700	Dutch	Judaism
Jewish, Portuguese	2100	Portuguese	Judaism
Samaritan	500	Samaritan Hebrew	Ethnic Religions
Yevanic	90	Hebrew	Judaism

Languages

39 languages recorded here.

Adyghe

Amharic

Arabic, Algerian

Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi

Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan

Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian

Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Libyan

Bukharic

Domari

Dutch

English

French

German, Standard

Hebrew

Hulaula

Hungarian

Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic

Israeli Sign Language

Italian

Judeo-Berber

Judeo-Georgian

Judeo-Persian

Judeo-Tat

Ladino

Lishan Noshan

Lishana Deni

Malayalam

Marathi

Masalit

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Samaritan Hebrew

Tagalog

Tigrigna

All catalogue fields

154 fields recorded

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iso3: ISR
iso2: IL
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cntpeoples: 50
cntpeopleslr: 43
poplpeopleslr: 9232000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: heb
officiallang: Hebrew
rlg3primary: 10
religionprimary: Judaism
percentchristianity: 1.4038822411564
percentevangelical: 0.6784318558312
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 6
regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 202
harvest_rog3: IS
harvest_iso3: ISR
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harvest_owcountrycode: ISRA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: IL
harvest_countrynumber: 103
harvest_ctry: Israel
harvest_ctryshort: Israel
harvest_countrynamechinese: 以色列
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 以色列
harvest_countrynamedutch: Israël
harvest_countrynamefrench: Israël
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Israël
harvest_countrynamegerman: Israel
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Israel
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Israel
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Israel
harvest_countrynameitalian: Israele
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Israele
harvest_countrynamekorean: 이스라엘
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 이스라엘
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Israel
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Israel
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Israel
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Israel
harvest_countrynamerussian: Израиль
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Израиль
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harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Israel
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Israel
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: d'
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
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harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
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harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
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harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
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harvest_regioncode2414: 14
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harvest_unsr: 145
harvest_worldabc: A
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harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/israel.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-is+we.pdf
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harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
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harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
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harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: arb
harvest_rlg3primary: 4
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.15
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 16.7
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 75.40000000000001
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harvest_pctchristian: 2.04
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harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.24
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harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.57
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.04
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A006
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.899
harvest_hdirank: 19
harvest_internetusers: 79.8
harvest_flashmapzoom: 1500
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -798
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -525
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: 31.5
harvest_googlemaplng: 34.75
harvest_ctrylatitude: 31.046051
harvest_ctrylongitude: 34.851612
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/israel-west-bank-and-gaza/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.59912109375
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=il&joshua=is
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-israel
harvest_internetusage: 84
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-israel/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/israel/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.biblesocietyinisrael.com/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 8131
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 20700
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 744
harvest_countryphonecode: 972
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=555
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 3.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.24
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 2.3
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.2
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 2.25
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.2
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .il
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel
harvest_source: est
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00