Country or area · Western Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Israel population

Israel population now

9,679,836

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 9.3–10.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 9,256,314

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 9.64769 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 9.3–10.1 million
Median age: 30.3
Aged 65+: 12.8%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

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ISR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Israel in numbers

9,256,314 people lived in Israel in mid-2023: 0.11% of the world's people, and the 98th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 7.2 times its 1950 population of 1.3 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 19.7 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 3.2 million to 84.5 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 25.5 in 1950 and 30.2 in 2023; the projection has 41.6 in 2100. 12.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 23.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Among countries it ranks 98th in 2023, 89th in 2050 and 77th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Hungary in 2026, Greece in 2028 and Portugal in 2031. It is overtaken by the Republic of the Congo in 2094.

Population, mid-2023: 9,256,314
Rank by population, 2023: 98 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.11%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.68% · +153,163 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 428
Land area, 2023: 21,640 km²
Births, 2023: 172,312
Deaths, 2023: 51,294
Net migration, 2023: +9,999
Children per woman, 2023: 2.83
Median age, 2023: 30.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 82.4 years
In a city, 2025: 70 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 1,289,236
Projected, mid-2050: 13,092,722
Projected, mid-2100: 19,747,040

ISR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Israel, 1950–2100

Israel: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	1,257,967		47,508	7,417	4.57	69.9
1951	estimate	1,320,504		49,574	9,119	4.67	67.6
1952	estimate	1,383,101		51,480	9,886	4.74	67.2
1953	estimate	1,445,332		52,403	11,018	4.72	66.4
1954	estimate	1,507,319		49,218	11,502	4.34	66.3
1955	estimate	1,568,752		50,790	10,778	4.39	68.0
1956	estimate	1,630,242		52,418	12,321	4.44	66.6
1957	estimate	1,691,023		52,851	13,059	4.38	66.5
1958	estimate	1,750,039		53,228	12,176	4.33	68.4
1959	estimate	1,807,973		54,701	12,488	4.36	68.9
1960	estimate	1,864,707		55,793	12,323	4.37	69.8
1961	estimate	1,919,162		54,069	13,105	4.15	69.8
1962	estimate	1,994,607		54,660	14,268	4.09	69.3
1963	estimate	2,087,315		56,469	14,889	4.09	69.6
1964	estimate	2,182,767		59,709	15,583	4.16	69.6
1965	estimate	2,280,943		61,710	15,392	4.13	70.5
1966	estimate	2,381,959		62,143	15,735	3.96	70.9
1967	estimate	2,485,711		63,081	16,669	3.82	70.9
1968	estimate	2,591,603		64,618	17,693	3.71	70.8
1969	estimate	2,699,337		68,181	18,470	3.68	71.0
1970	estimate	2,808,977		75,025	19,597	3.79	71.2
1971	estimate	2,920,578		80,756	19,950	3.85	71.8
1972	estimate	3,034,022		84,899	21,551	3.80	71.6
1973	estimate	3,124,780		84,701	22,482	3.61	71.6
1974	estimate	3,201,309		88,802	23,386	3.64	71.6
1975	estimate	3,278,653		91,301	24,158	3.61	71.6
1976	estimate	3,357,525		94,278	23,252	3.62	72.7
1977	estimate	3,439,009		92,819	24,347	3.47	72.7
1978	estimate	3,520,227		89,184	24,401	3.25	73.1
1979	estimate	3,600,564		90,037	25,017	3.20	73.4
1980	estimate	3,681,184		90,471	25,786	3.15	73.7
1981	estimate	3,762,146		89,760	25,593	3.07	74.2
1982	estimate	3,842,329		92,880	26,841	3.13	74.3
1983	estimate	3,924,935		94,704	26,005	3.14	75.1
1984	estimate	3,994,324		93,755	25,869	3.08	75.5
1985	estimate	4,073,146		93,865	25,747	3.04	76.0
1986	estimate	4,137,572		93,160	26,764	2.99	75.9
1987	estimate	4,200,369		91,792	26,308	2.92	76.4
1988	estimate	4,273,370		92,105	25,878	2.90	76.9
1989	estimate	4,341,270		91,258	24,967	2.84	77.6
1990	estimate	4,421,750		92,622	24,853	2.84	78.0
1991	estimate	4,668,248		97,851	27,713	2.83	77.6
1992	estimate	4,891,531		103,961	30,071	2.87	77.3
1993	estimate	5,022,945		106,607	29,751	2.87	77.9
1994	estimate	5,149,145		108,324	30,495	2.84	78.0
1995	estimate	5,284,254		110,977	31,797	2.82	78.0
1996	estimate	5,425,223		113,513	31,676	2.86	78.6
1997	estimate	5,573,880		117,654	32,757	2.88	78.5
1998	estimate	5,719,066		123,374	33,949	2.92	78.6
1999	estimate	5,861,214		125,526	34,209	2.89	78.9
2000	estimate	6,030,947		131,441	34,371	2.92	79.2
2001	estimate	6,191,434		132,988	34,524	2.87	79.5
2002	estimate	6,328,530		136,567	35,615	2.88	79.5
2003	estimate	6,446,909		141,063	35,922	2.92	79.8
2004	estimate	6,558,731		139,688	35,472	2.85	80.3
2005	estimate	6,671,444		139,012	36,452	2.79	80.4
2006	estimate	6,784,968		142,801	36,127	2.83	80.8
2007	estimate	6,903,095		146,003	36,938	2.85	81.0
2008	estimate	7,021,815		150,412	36,774	2.90	81.3
2009	estimate	7,143,426		154,212	36,140	2.94	81.8
2010	estimate	7,268,766		159,952	36,915	3.03	82.0
2011	estimate	7,404,704		160,672	38,513	3.01	82.0
2012	estimate	7,537,341		164,233	39,904	3.05	82.0
2013	estimate	7,678,220		164,976	39,726	3.04	82.3
2014	estimate	7,820,538		168,979	41,013	3.08	82.4
2015	estimate	7,973,820		171,255	42,802	3.09	82.3
2016	estimate	8,131,997		174,190	42,485	3.11	82.6
2017	estimate	8,288,014		176,495	43,445	3.12	82.7
2018	estimate	8,435,579		177,004	43,643	3.10	82.9
2019	estimate	8,584,554		174,772	45,069	3.03	82.9
2020	estimate	8,730,394		171,034	47,643	2.94	82.7
2021	estimate	8,870,358		177,692	49,411	3.02	82.5
2022	estimate	9,015,491		174,982	49,681	2.94	82.8
2023	estimate	9,190,811		172,312	51,294	2.83	82.4
2024	estimate	9,321,817		171,566	51,770	2.79	82.7
2025	projection	9,452,225	9.3–9.6 million	171,390	52,954	2.75	82.8
2026	projection	9,582,136	9.4–9.8 million	171,923	53,826	2.73	82.9
2027	projection	9,713,242	9.3–10.1 million	172,679	54,624	2.71	83.0
2028	projection	9,844,535	9.3–10.4 million	173,658	55,504	2.68	83.2
2029	projection	9,976,821	9.3–10.7 million	174,920	56,361	2.66	83.3
2030	projection	10,107,994	9.3–11.0 million	176,685	57,306	2.64	83.5
2031	projection	10,243,915	9.2–11.4 million	178,907	58,284	2.62	83.6
2032	projection	10,381,964	9.1–11.8 million	181,690	59,404	2.61	83.8
2033	projection	10,516,151	9.0–12.1 million	183,528	60,540	2.58	83.9
2034	projection	10,650,976	8.9–12.5 million	185,764	61,724	2.56	84.1
2035	projection	10,787,829	8.9–13.0 million	188,010	62,978	2.54	84.2
2036	projection	10,928,415	8.8–13.3 million	190,704	64,198	2.53	84.3
2037	projection	11,066,342	8.7–13.8 million	192,956	65,549	2.51	84.4
2038	projection	11,211,013	8.6–14.2 million	195,582	66,749	2.49	84.6
2039	projection	11,357,806	8.5–14.7 million	198,043	67,903	2.47	84.7
2040	projection	11,507,411	8.4–15.2 million	200,402	69,022	2.46	84.8
2041	projection	11,655,537	8.4–15.8 million	202,650	70,151	2.44	85.0
2042	projection	11,805,713	8.2–16.3 million	204,609	71,201	2.42	85.1
2043	projection	11,959,310	8.1–16.9 million	206,348	72,208	2.41	85.2
2044	projection	12,112,254	7.9–17.4 million	207,639	73,214	2.39	85.3
2045	projection	12,267,267	7.8–17.9 million	208,993	74,140	2.38	85.5
2046	projection	12,416,856	7.7–18.8 million	209,898	75,084	2.36	85.6
2047	projection	12,568,444	7.6–19.3 million	210,691	76,008	2.35	85.7
2048	projection	12,716,506	7.5–19.8 million	211,389	76,914	2.34	85.8
2049	projection	12,864,581	7.5–20.4 million	211,772	77,682	2.33	85.9
2050	projection	13,016,424	7.5–21.1 million	211,897	78,544	2.31	86.1
2051	projection	13,169,020	7.3–21.7 million	211,939	79,470	2.30	86.2
2052	projection	13,319,811	7.2–22.3 million	211,921	80,370	2.29	86.3
2053	projection	13,471,781	7.1–23.2 million	211,557	81,403	2.28	86.4
2054	projection	13,624,552	7.0–23.6 million	211,399	82,383	2.26	86.5
2055	projection	13,781,773	6.9–24.4 million	211,532	83,384	2.25	86.7
2056	projection	13,935,098	6.8–25.6 million	211,500	84,432	2.24	86.8
2057	projection	14,083,762	6.8–26.6 million	211,348	85,582	2.23	86.9
2058	projection	14,231,545	6.6–27.5 million	211,356	86,827	2.21	87.0
2059	projection	14,377,034	6.6–28.3 million	211,320	88,117	2.20	87.1
2060	projection	14,520,499	6.5–29.1 million	211,633	89,404	2.19	87.2
2061	projection	14,669,042	6.5–30.1 million	212,255	90,754	2.18	87.3
2062	projection	14,810,707	6.5–31.3 million	212,829	92,007	2.17	87.5
2063	projection	14,950,617	6.4–32.2 million	213,562	93,203	2.15	87.6
2064	projection	15,095,757	6.3–33.4 million	214,740	94,545	2.15	87.7
2065	projection	15,231,294	6.2–34.3 million	215,595	95,771	2.13	87.8
2066	projection	15,371,883	6.1–35.1 million	217,063	97,073	2.13	87.9
2067	projection	15,507,967	5.9–35.8 million	218,215	98,239	2.12	88.0
2068	projection	15,646,954	5.9–36.8 million	219,084	99,428	2.11	88.1
2069	projection	15,785,446	5.9–37.6 million	220,228	100,682	2.10	88.2
2070	projection	15,928,151	5.8–38.8 million	221,507	101,810	2.09	88.3
2071	projection	16,070,524	5.7–40.3 million	222,903	102,801	2.08	88.5
2072	projection	16,208,533	5.6–41.9 million	224,091	103,811	2.08	88.6
2073	projection	16,334,372	5.4–43.0 million	224,698	104,879	2.07	88.7
2074	projection	16,465,569	5.4–43.9 million	225,304	105,864	2.06	88.8
2075	projection	16,599,795	5.3–44.7 million	225,901	106,767	2.05	88.9
2076	projection	16,736,835	5.3–45.6 million	226,302	107,657	2.04	89.0
2077	projection	16,872,592	5.2–46.8 million	226,602	108,700	2.04	89.1
2078	projection	17,017,404	5.0–48.3 million	227,281	109,534	2.03	89.2
2079	projection	17,160,708	5.0–49.4 million	227,824	110,507	2.02	89.3
2080	projection	17,301,277	5.0–50.3 million	228,294	111,507	2.02	89.4
2081	projection	17,446,040	5.1–51.2 million	228,354	112,538	2.01	89.5
2082	projection	17,582,578	4.9–53.1 million	228,182	113,485	2.00	89.6
2083	projection	17,715,324	4.7–55.3 million	228,021	114,612	1.99	89.7
2084	projection	17,849,910	4.7–57.9 million	227,884	115,811	1.99	89.8
2085	projection	17,987,656	4.6–59.0 million	227,809	117,020	1.98	90.0
2086	projection	18,120,112	4.5–59.4 million	227,772	118,323	1.98	90.0
2087	projection	18,249,989	4.4–60.5 million	227,412	119,677	1.97	90.2
2088	projection	18,374,063	4.4–61.6 million	226,966	121,110	1.96	90.3
2089	projection	18,493,896	4.2–63.1 million	226,670	122,667	1.96	90.4
2090	projection	18,607,488	4.1–65.7 million	226,202	124,299	1.95	90.5
2091	projection	18,727,503	4.0–67.9 million	226,219	125,927	1.95	90.6
2092	projection	18,847,629	3.8–70.4 million	226,024	127,790	1.95	90.7
2093	projection	18,966,321	3.6–72.7 million	225,889	129,725	1.94	90.8
2094	projection	19,084,240	3.6–74.5 million	225,845	131,879	1.93	90.9
2095	projection	19,193,717	3.6–75.6 million	225,768	133,901	1.93	91.0
2096	projection	19,299,945	3.5–77.1 million	226,072	135,986	1.92	91.1
2097	projection	19,406,095	3.3–78.3 million	226,100	138,058	1.92	91.2
2098	projection	19,503,805	3.4–80.1 million	226,466	140,328	1.92	91.3
2099	projection	19,599,804	3.3–83.0 million	226,603	142,356	1.91	91.5
2100	projection	19,699,919	3.2–84.5 million	226,746	144,787	1.91	91.5

Show the numbers: Israel, mid-2026, by single year of age

Israel: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	88,038	83,496
1	88,008	83,488
2	88,298	83,789
3	89,361	84,827
4	90,911	86,330
5	89,930	85,428
6	89,184	84,761
7	90,678	86,213
8	91,169	86,568
9	90,499	85,634
10	89,586	84,655
11	88,870	83,944
12	87,267	82,440
13	85,786	81,554
14	84,498	80,618
15	83,607	79,474
16	82,596	78,622
17	80,318	76,880
18	78,577	75,172
19	77,660	74,174
20	76,720	73,238
21	76,356	72,990
22	76,638	73,678
23	75,172	72,544
24	72,713	70,008
25	71,492	68,506
26	69,830	66,886
27	68,110	65,439
28	66,693	64,256
29	64,984	62,636
30	63,372	61,085
31	62,223	60,156
32	61,966	59,858
33	61,490	59,522
34	60,860	59,382
35	60,288	59,019
36	59,712	58,670
37	59,108	58,204
38	58,246	57,654
39	57,768	57,592
40	57,634	57,594
41	57,414	57,532
42	57,543	57,460
43	56,697	56,904
44	55,148	55,866
45	54,516	55,334
46	54,299	54,974
47	52,939	53,860
48	52,346	53,492
49	53,559	54,481
50	53,471	54,630
51	52,040	53,012
52	50,180	51,199
53	48,417	49,843
54	47,573	49,222
55	46,442	48,084
56	44,206	45,713
57	41,999	43,533
58	39,566	41,136
59	38,298	40,218
60	38,282	40,227
61	37,558	39,335
62	36,183	38,370
63	34,976	37,906
64	34,290	37,820
65	34,352	38,174
66	34,008	37,970
67	32,799	36,903
68	31,908	36,196
69	31,153	35,584
70	30,751	35,508
71	29,949	34,968
72	29,186	34,251
73	28,952	34,121
74	28,196	33,759
75	27,246	32,957
76	25,146	30,615
77	22,986	28,489
78	22,962	29,126
79	21,960	28,278
80	18,097	23,325
81	14,228	18,347
82	11,604	15,226
83	9,785	13,412
84	9,072	12,862
85	8,672	12,672
86	8,085	12,020
87	7,509	11,384
88	6,854	10,721
89	5,830	9,256
90	4,689	7,552
91	3,738	6,167
92	2,945	4,998
93	2,442	4,251
94	1,980	3,434
95	1,608	2,758
96	1,260	2,216
97	926	1,668
98	688	1,230
99	504	895
100+	1,116	1,919

ISR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Israel, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

ISR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Israel

In Israel the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 5,550,980 of them.

100 aged 15–64

46 children

21 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

ISR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Israel, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Israel gains 20,298 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 6,040 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 178,732 (1990), and a loss of 3,686 (1985).

In 2024, 2,091,569 people living in Israel had been born in another country, 22 of every 100 people there, against 36 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

ISR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Israel

Of every 100 babies born in Israel in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 76 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 23 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 11 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
11 · 76 · 13

2023
1 · 76 · 23

2050 · projected
0 · 74 · 26

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 172,312
Average age when women have a baby: 30.9 years; 27.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 6; 96 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Israel by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	9	16	9	1	1	1
15–19	5,018	6,418	4,452	2,217	778	541
20–24	15,322	31,972	29,933	28,858	24,796	22,007
25–29	13,230	28,825	43,982	50,748	61,832	65,192
30–34	7,829	14,969	32,872	51,605	69,884	77,041
35–39	4,519	7,114	16,000	30,015	41,346	45,924
40–44	1,416	1,761	3,892	7,831	10,742	12,516
45–49	156	210	290	1,002	2,348	3,241
50–54	9	16	11	35	170	283
All babies	47,508	91,301	131,441	172,312	211,897	226,746

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

ISR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Israel

A baby born in Israel in 2021 could expect 81.7 years of life, 70.8 of them in full health (95% range 70.1–71.6). That leaves 10.9 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

70.1 in full health, 12.0 not: 82.1 years

Men

72.1 in full health, 10.3 not: 82.4 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 70.1 healthy years of 82.1. Men: 72.1 of 82.4. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 71.5.

ISR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Israel

At the end of 2025, Israel was hosting 30,956 people who had crossed a border into it, about 3 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad30,956
Israel nationals abroad2,162

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 1,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Israel living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 9,632 people asked for asylum in Israel for the first time; 536 people from Israel asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Israel whose claims were decided that year, 27 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

ISR · of every 100 people

How people live in Israel

Of every 100 people in Israel in 2025, 70 lived in a city, 24 in a town or suburb and 6 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 11.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

ISR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Israel went in school

Of every 100 adults in Israel in 2020, 2 never went to school and 67 finished upper secondary or went further.

2 never went to school 4 some primary 11 finished primary 16 finished lower secondary 20 finished upper secondary 47 studied after school

Among women, 0.3 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 2.7 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 0.5 against 1.5.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are still growing in 2100 in the middle projection.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

ISR · cities · 2025

Cities in Israel

Israel had 25 cities in 2025, home to 6.7 million people. The largest, Tel Aviv, holds 28 of every 100 people in Israel.

Tel Aviv2,642,872
Jerusalem920,478
Haifa484,770
Ashdod286,310
Modiin-Maccabim-Reut285,763
Nazareth265,611
Netanya257,714
Rehovot249,925
Beersheba214,104
Rosh HaAyin111,927

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Israel are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.