Estatísticas de Jerusalém:
• At the end of 2015, the population of Jerusalem stood at 865,700 residents, an increase of 1.9% from the previous year (compared to 2% in Israel).
• Over the course of 2015, the population of Jerusalem grew by 16,000 residents.
• There were 23,600 births in Jerusalem in 2015, which represented 13% of all births in Israel.
• In 2015, 10,300 individuals moved to Jerusalem (migrated to the city) from other locations in Israel. In the same year, 18,100 residents moved away.
Breakthroughs in Jerusalem Education
• More and more families are choosing to build their homes in Jerusalem: following a decade of decline, in the last eight years there has been a steady increase in national and national religious education, along with continued growth of all sectors.
• In the last six years, there has been a steady, ongoing increase in the number of new students.
• This year, the Municipality started construction of 1,000 new classrooms across Jerusalem, to provide a solution to the existing shortage in all city sectors.
• Higher education – in 2015-16, 36,200 students studied in all higher education institutions in Jerusalem. 18,300 students studied in the Hebrew University, 11,600 students studied in seven academic colleges and 6,200 in four colleges.
• 74% of the students studying in the city are satisfied with living in Jerusalem.
• 75% of the students studying in the city (3rd year) expect that they will continue living in Jerusalem for the next two years.
Jerusalem, Israel's Start-Up Capital:
• In the last two years, there has been a 28% increase in hi-tech employees in Jerusalem (compared to a national average of 8%). In 2013, there were 14,400 hi-tech employees in Jerusalem, compared to 18,500 in 2015.
• Jerusalem will become the autonomous vehicle capital with the expansion of the Mobileye Company in the city.
Tourism:
• In 2015, there were 2,568,300 overnight stays by foreign tourists and 905,800 overnight stays by Israelis.
• 78% of the tourists who arrived in Israel in 2016 visited Jerusalem, and 51% of the tourists who arrived in Israel stayed there overnight.
• 69% of the tourists visited the Western Wall, 64% - the Jewish Quarter, 55% - the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, 49% - Via Dolorosa, 49% - the Mount of Olives, 37% - the City of David, 28% - the Tower of David, 20% - Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, 19% - the Garden Tomb, 16% - the Israel Museum and 8% - Al Aqsa mosque.
Leading in Construction:
• In 2016, the construction of 3,120 housing units was completed in the city.
• In 2016, construction permits were granted for 2534 new housing units, as compared to 2262 in 2015.
• In 2016, construction permits were granted for 230 new housing units as part of TAMA 38, as compared to only 19 housing units in 2014.
• Jerusalem is the first city in which an urban renewal administration was established, where Pinui Binui (evacuation-construction) programs for adding about 9,000 housing units in the city are being advanced, with over 1,000 housing units in the program already approved.
Green Jerusalem:
• In the last two years, 140 new playgrounds have been upgraded and another 50 playgrounds will be upgraded in 2017.
• In the last year, shade structures were installed in 55 existing city playgrounds, and in the coming year, another 100 shade structures will be installed in city gardens.
• The multi-year plan to replace all the city’s garbage containers with in-ground garbage containers is ongoing. In the last year, 300 containers were concealed through in-ground construction, and this year, up to 300 more in-ground garbage containers will be installed across the city.
Transport – Building the Future:
• The development of the light rail is continuing and a second branch will connect additional neighborhoods. The line will serve about 250 thousand commuters every day.
Immigrants choose Jerusalem
• In 2016, 3118 new immigrants made aliyah to Jerusalem. Since 2011, 18,577 new immigrants have made aliyah to Jerusalem.