8.7 Million Israelis on Eve of 69th Independence Day

Below is a detailed chart, issued by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, detailing the growth of Israel's population, as a whole as well as broken down into Jews and non-Jews.

The total figures for the spring of 2017 are: 8,654,900 Israeli citizens, of whom 6,852,800 are Jews, 1,802,000 are Arabs, and 385,900 are "other."