How Many Couples Get Married in Israel Each Year? 51,643 in 2022
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted 51,643 couples married in Israel in 2022, with the group breakdown and what it excludes.
51,643 couples married in Israel in 2022, on the Central Bureau of Statistics count published in its Tu B’Av release of 15 August 2024. The Bureau draws the figure from the Population Register and counts marriages conducted in Israel by authorised religious institutions where at least one spouse is registered. It publishes the total with a breakdown into four population groups. The count is of marriages conducted in Israel.
| Figure | What it counts | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 51,643 | Couples married in Israel, from the Population Register | 2022 |
| 37,135 | Jewish couples, 71.9% of the 51,643 | 2022 |
| 12,756 | Muslim couples, 24.7% of the 51,643 | 2022 |
| 959 | Druze couples, 1.9% of the 51,643 | 2022 |
| 762 | Christian couples | 2022 |
| 51,612 | The four group counts summed, 31 below the published total | 2022 |
| 10.148 million | Total resident population of Israel | September 2025 |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Marriages in Israel, Tu B’Av release of 15 August 2024, and Population of Israel on the Eve of Rosh Hashana 5786, September 2025.
The Bureau’s Tu B’Av release counts couples married in Israel
The Central Bureau of Statistics published the 2022 marriage total in a media release from its Demography and Census Division dated 15 August 2024. The universe is stated by the Bureau in the release itself: marriages conducted in Israel by authorised religious institutions, where at least one spouse appears in the Population Register. Every share the Bureau publishes in the release divides against the 51,643 total.
- 37,135 Jewish couples in 2022, which the Central Bureau of Statistics records as an increase of 1.3% on 2021.
- 71.9% of the 2022 total, which the Bureau also writes as about 72%.
How does the Bureau break the marriage count down by group?
The Central Bureau of Statistics reports the 2022 marriages in four groups, using its own group labels, with Jewish couples the largest and Christian couples the smallest. The four counts are ranked below rather than presented as a partition, because they do not exhaust the published total.
The Bureau publishes age at marriage, not one national average
The Central Bureau of Statistics reports marriage separately by population group rather than as a single national figure, and no national average age at marriage appears among the figures carried on this page. An age figure belongs to the Bureau’s own table, by sex and by group, and cannot be derived from the group counts above. The release reports along these dimensions:
- Counts of couples married in Israel, by population group, for 2022.
- Marriages conducted in Israel by authorised religious institutions, where at least one spouse is in the Population Register.
- Registrations of marriages conducted abroad, which the Bureau reports apart from the in-Israel count.
A marriage rate needs the Bureau’s population base for the same year
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted a resident population of about 10.148 million in September 2025, in its Rosh Hashana 5786 release, and growth of about 1.0% over the preceding year. That population figure and the marriage count belong to different reference dates, so dividing one by the other does not produce a marriage rate for either year. A rate per 1,000 residents requires the Bureau’s population for the same year as the marriage count.
| Figure | Reference date | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 51,643 couples married in Israel | Calendar year 2022 | Marriages in Israel, Tu B’Av, 15 August 2024 |
| 10.148 million residents | September 2025 | Population on the Eve of Rosh Hashana 5786 |
| Population growth of about 1.0% | Year to September 2025 | Population on the Eve of Rosh Hashana 5786 |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics.
No release used here counts marriages performed abroad
The 51,643 is a count of marriages conducted in Israel. The Central Bureau of Statistics reports registrations of marriages conducted abroad and later recorded in the Population Register as a separate matter, and this page carries no figure for them.
- Marriages conducted in Israel by authorised religious institutions: counted in the 51,643.
- Marriages conducted abroad and later recorded in the Population Register: reported by the Bureau separately, and not carried here.
- The 51,643 may not have marriages conducted abroad added to it, because the two are counted in different universes.
Which figures on this page may not be added together?
The Central Bureau of Statistics publishes 51,643 as the 2022 total, and the four group counts sum to 51,612, which is 31 short of it. Cite the total, or cite the components, and where both appear say that the components do not exhaust the total. The population figure of 10.148 million dates from September 2025 and is not the denominator for a 2022 marriage count. The Ethiopian-origin divorce figures below are rates per 1,000 married couples for 2021 and are not comparable to a count of marriages.
Questions readers ask
How many couples married in Israel in 2022?
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted 51,643 couples married in Israel in 2022, in its Tu B’Av release of 15 August 2024.
Which group accounted for the most marriages?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 37,135 Jewish couples in 2022, 71.9% of the 51,643 total.
Do the four group counts add up to the published total?
No. The four counts the Central Bureau of Statistics published for 2022 sum to 51,612, which is 31 below its published total of 51,643.
Where does the Bureau get the marriage data?
The Central Bureau of Statistics states that the figures come from the Population Register and cover marriages conducted by authorised religious institutions in Israel.
Does the total include marriages performed abroad?
The 51,643 the Central Bureau of Statistics published counts marriages conducted in Israel. The Bureau reports registrations of marriages conducted abroad separately.
Can I work out a marriage rate per 1,000 people from these figures?
Not from the two figures here. The Central Bureau of Statistics published the marriage count for 2022 and the population estimate of 10.148 million for September 2025, and the two carry different reference dates.
What population does the Bureau publish for Israel?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded about 10.148 million residents in September 2025, roughly 7.758 million Jews and others and 2.130 million Arabs, with about 260,000 foreign residents counted in the total and outside both groups.
Did the number of Jewish couples rise or fall?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 37,135 Jewish couples in 2022, an increase of 1.3% on 2021.
How many Muslim, Druze and Christian couples married?
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted 12,756 Muslim couples, 959 Druze couples and 762 Christian couples in Israel in 2022.
What does the Bureau publish about divorce?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded divorce among persons of Ethiopian origin at about 17.0 per 1,000 married couples in 2021, against 9.3 per 1,000 married couples in the overall Jewish population, with 385 men and 420 women of Ethiopian origin divorcing that year.
Is 2022 the most recent year on this page?
Yes. The Central Bureau of Statistics figure carried here is for 2022, published on 15 August 2024, and no later annual total appears on this page.
Sources
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2023. The Population of Ethiopian Origin in Israel: Selected Data Published on the Occasion of the Sigd Festival 2023. Media release. cbs.gov.il. Official and primary record.
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2024. Marriages in Israel. Tu B’Av media release 253/2024, 15 August 2024, Demography and Census Division. cbs.gov.il. Official and primary record.
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2025. Population of Israel on the Eve of Rosh Hashana 5786. Media release, September 2025. cbs.gov.il. Official and primary record.
