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- The Taub Center reports that Israel's population growth rate has fallen to 0.9%, the lowest since the country's founding.
- The decline is driven by rising deaths, a decrease in fertility rates, and increased emigration.
- In 2025, Israel recorded a negative migration balance of about 37,000 people.
- Fertility rates across groups are declining, with Jewish women projected to fall from about 1.9–2.2 to 1.7 children per woman in the next decade.
