The official population of Israel is 8.9 million, a slight increase from last Rosh Hashanah.
The population grew by 2 percent since the previous Rosh Hashanah, rising 173,811 to 8,904,373, according to the Population and Immigration Authority, which released the figures on Sept. 21. About 75 percent of the population is Jewish.
The number of new immigrants this past year was 24,801, rising nearly 10 percent from the previous 12 months. 
— jta