2025 immigration total revised upward to 22,522

In a summary report on immigration to Israel in 2025, the Immigration and Absorption Ministry updates last year’s total number of new immigrants to 22,522, from the 21,900 originally reported in December.

The ministry says the figure is about a third less than 2024’s total due to factors related to the Russia-Ukraine war and changes in immigration patterns amid the war sparked by the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.

The Central Bureau of Statistics has previously said more than 69,000 Israelis left the country in 2025, meaning that despite the revised number, the country is still recording a negative migration balance for the second straight year.

Some 8,500 immigrants arrived from the United States, France, Britain, and Canada, a 25 percent increase from the previous year, the ministry says. This group of four countries, which see the largest numbers of immigrants from Western countries, now represents 38% of all immigrants, compared to 25% in 2024, as French immigration rose 51% to 3,360 and US immigrants increased by 10% to 3,781.

About 8,300 immigrants of Russian descent arrived in 2025, a 57% decline from 2024. Most of Israel’s dramatic rise in immigration and subsequent decline since 2022 is attributable to the surge from Russia and Ukraine at the start of that war, demographers have noted.

During 2025, when Israel fought multiple wars and antisemitism abroad remained at high levels, immigration trends shifted younger, with increasing numbers of single immigrants and those between the ages of 18 and 35, the ministry notes.

“The report indicates a significant change in the nature of immigration, with more immigrants from Western countries, more young people of working age, more professionals needed by the economy, and more young families choosing to establish their home in Israel,” the ministry says.