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Total population
According to the estimates for 2007 of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, the world population of Jews is 13. 2 million. [1]Adherents.com cites figures ranging from 12. Adherentscom is a website that aims to collect and present information about Religion including "churches denominations religious bodies Faith groups 8 million to 18. 2 million Jews. [2] These statistics incorporate both practicing Jews affiliated with synagogues and the Jewish community, and approximately 4. 5 million unaffiliated and secular Jews. Secular Jewish culture embraces several related phenomena above all it is the Culture of secular communities of Jewish people but it can also include
In 2007, 41% of the world's Jews were living in Israel. The number of Jews living outside Israel dropped by 100,000 and the Jewish population of Israel rose by 300,000. [3]
Metropolitan areas with the large Jewish populations include:
- Tel Aviv - Israel - 2,560,000
- New York City - U.S. - 1,970,000
- Haifa - Israel - 655,000
- Jerusalem - Israel - 570,000
- Los Angeles - U. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West S. - 519,000
- Miami - U. S. - 514,000
- Paris - France - 310,000
- Moscow - Russia - 287. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending 000
- Philadelphia = U. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə S. - 276. 000
- London - UK - 230,000
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast continues to be an autonomous oblast of the Russian state. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia An autonomous oblast is an Autonomous entity within the state which is on the Oblast ( Province) level of the overall administrative subdivision [1] Governor Nikolay Mikhaylovich Volkov has stated that he intends to, "support every valuable initiative maintained by our local Jewish organizations. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Nikolai Volkov (born December 19, 1951) is a Russian Politician. " [2] The Birobidzhan Synagogue opened in 2004 on the 70th anniversary of the regions founding in 1934. The Birobidzhan Synagogue was established in 2004. The Synagogue is in the city of Birobidzhan which is the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [3] The Chief Rabbi of Birobidzhan, Mordechai Scheiner, says there are 4,000 Jews in the capital city. Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular Birobidzhan (Биробиджа́н) is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Mordechai Sheiner has been Chief Rabbi of Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2002. [4]
Largest Jewish populations by country
This table represents data from 2002.
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Current population estimates
According to the World Jewish Population Survey of 2002[4], "The size of world Jewry at the beginning of 2002 is assessed at 13,296,100. World Jewry constituted about 2. 19 per 1,000 of the world’s total population. One in about 457 people in the world is a Jew. According to the revised figures, between 2001 and 2002 the Jewish population grew by an estimated 44,000 people, or about 0. 3 percent. "
According to a 2002 study[5] by the Jewish Agency, "the number of Jews in the world is declining at an average of 50,000 per year. The Jewish Agency for Israel (Hebrew הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) also known as the Sochnut or JAFI "
The major population centers of the Jewish community are (Table from the World Jewish Population Survey)
| Jewish Population | 2002 | ||
| Region | Population | Percent b | |
| World | 13,296,100 | 100. 0 | |
| Americas, Total | 6,476,300 | 48. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America 7 | |
| North c | 6,064,000 | 45. 6 | |
| Central | 52,500 | 0. 4 | |
| South | 500,000 | 2. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a 7 | |
| Europe, Total | 1,558,500 | 11. 7 | |
| European Union | 1,034,400 | 7. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in 8 | |
| Other West | 19,600 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' 1 | |
| Former USSR d | 410,000 | 3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 1 | |
| Other East and Balkans d | 94,500 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. 7 | |
| Asia, Total | 5,069,900 | 38. 1 | |
| Israel h | 5,025,000 | 37. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. 8 | |
| Former USSR d | 25,000 | 0. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 2 | |
| Other | 19,900 | 0. 1 | |
| Africa, Total | 87,200 | 0. 7 | |
| North e | 7,400 | 0. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan 1 | |
| South f | 79,800 | 0. Sub-Saharan Africa is a geographical term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara, or those African countries 6 | |
| Oceania g | 104,200 | 0. 8 | |
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b Minor discrepancies due to rounding.
c U.S. and Canada. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
d Asian regions of Russia and Turkey included in Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches
e Including Ethiopia. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page
f South Africa, Zimbabwe, and other sub-Saharan countries. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election
g Australia, New Zealand. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
h Including about 370,000 Jewish Israeli citizens living in the West Bank and Golan Heights. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Borders of Israel The Golan Heights ( الجولان al-Jawlān, הגולן ha-Golan) is a strategic Plateau and mountainous
Populations as a percentage
All estimates of population in this section are generated by taking the estimated percentage of Jews in each country, and multiplying it by the population of the country. Though figures given in the table may seem precise to many digits, they are often highly inaccurate, and can vary by significant margins from other published surveys. This data is intended to give rough estimates of the number of Jews in each country, more precise estimates for some countries are available above.
As an example, the tables below give the Jewish population of Argentina as 195,000 Jews in Argentina, but the best survey-based sources generally estimate the number of Jews in Argentina between 185,000 and 250,000[6]. All the numbers below are similarly estimates, so the figures in the table below should be considered in the light of these variations, and should not be viewed as exact counts.
The percentage of Jewish population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004[7], and, if not available on that site, from Jewish Population Tables[8]. The total population of each country was taken from census. gov [9] (2005 estimates).
These numbers are for Jews as an ethnicity; many, but not all, practice the religion of Judaism. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut
By country
Note: The total at the end shows the entire population of the world, not just the listed countries
| Region | Country | Population (2005E) | % Jewish | Estimated number of Jews |
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| Central Asia | Jews in Afghanistan | 29,928,987 | 0. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south Jews have lived in Afghanistan for at least 2000 years but the community has been reduced greatly because of emmigration 000003307 | 1 |
| North Africa | Jews in Algeria | 32,531,853 | 0. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Jews and Judaism have a rather long history in Algeria. However following the brutal conflict of the 1990s there – in particular the rebel Armed Islamic 0003% | 100 |
| South America | Jews in Argentina | 39,537,943 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews of Argentina harks back to the days of the Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition when Jews fleeing persecution settled in what 52% | 195,000 |
| Middle East | Jews in Armenia | 2,982,904 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The History of the Jews in Armenia dates back more than 2000 years 025% | 750 |
| Oceania | Jews in Australia | 20,090,437 | 0. The history of the Jews in Australia began with the transportation of a number of Jewish Convicts aboard the First Fleet in 1788 when 6% | 120,406 |
| Central Europe | Jews in Austria | 8,184,691 | 0. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Austria first became a center of Jewish learning during the thirteenth century 1% | 8,184 |
| Middle East | Jews in Azerbaijan | 7,911,974 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Azerbaijani Jews are Jews ( Judæo-Tat: çuhuro / жугьуро / ז'אוּהאוּרו Yiddish: אידם Azeri: 1% | 7,911 |
| Middle East | Jews in Bahrain | 750,000 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. History of the Jews in Bahrain. Bahraini Jews constitute one of the world's smallest Jewish communities 05% | 40 |
| South Asia | Jews in Bangladesh | 147,000,000 | 0. 00011% | 175 |
| Eastern Europe | Jews in Belarus | 10,300,483 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Prior to World War II, Jews were the third largest ethnic group in Belarus, and comprised more than 40% of the population in cities and towns 7% | 72,103 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Belgium | 10,364,388 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Jews and Judaism have a long history in Belgium, from the first century CE until today 5% | 51,821 |
| South America | Jews in Bolivia | 8,857,870 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 006% | 500 |
| Balkans | Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,025,476 | 0. The Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a rich and varied history surviving World War II and the Yugoslav Wars, after having 025% | 1,006 |
| Southern Africa | Jews in Botswana | 1,640,115 | 0. Southern Africa is the Southernmost Region of the African Continent, variably defined by Geography or Geopolitics. Since Biblical times the Jewish people have had close ties with Africa beginning with Abraham 's sojourns in Egypt, and later the Israelite captivity under 006% | 100 |
| South America | Jews in Brazil | 186,112,794 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a A Brazilian Jew ( Portuguese: Judeu Brasileiro) is a Brazilian person of full partial or predominantly Jew ancestry or a Jew-born person residing in Brazil 04% | 295,125 |
| Balkans | Jews in Bulgaria | 7,450,349 | 0. The history of the Jews in Bulgaria dates to at least as early as the 2nd century CE 031% | 2,300 |
| North America | Jews in Canada | 32,805,041 | 1. Canada has the world's fourth-largest Jewish population According to the Canada 2001 Census, there are an estimated 351000 Jews currently living in Canada 2% | 393,660 |
| South America | Jews in Chile | 15,980,912 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 131% | 25,375 |
| East Asia | Jews in China | 1,306,313,812 | 0. Jews and Judaism in China' have had a long history Jewish settlers are documented in China as early as the 7th or 8th century CE, but may 00008% | 1,000 |
| South America | Jews in Colombia | 42,954,279 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 008% | 3,436 |
| Central Africa | Jews in Congo (Kinshasa) | 60,085,004 | 0. Central Africa is a core Region of the African Continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad Since Biblical times the Jewish people have had close ties with Africa beginning with Abraham 's sojourns in Egypt, and later the Israelite captivity under 0002% | 120 |
| Central America | Jews in Costa Rica | 4,016,173 | 0. The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 06% | 2,409 |
| Balkans | Jews in Croatia | 4,495,904 | 0. The Jewish community of Croatia dates back to at least the third century AD, although little is known of the community until the 4% | 3000 |
| North America | Jews in Cuba | 11,346,670 | 0. Jewish Cubans, Cuban Jews, or Cubans of Jewish heritage, have lived on the island of Cuba for centuries 013% | 1,500 |
| Central Europe | Jews in Czech Republic | 10,241,138 | 0. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Jews in Czech republic are predominately Ashkenazic Jews and the current Jewish population now only a fraction of the First republic 's Jewish 03% | 3,072 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Denmark | 5,432,335 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The Jewish community of Denmark constitutes a small minority with a known history back to the 17th century 13% | 7,062 |
| Caribbean | Jews in Dominican Republic | 8,950,034 | 0. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The first known Jews to reach the island of Hispaniola were Spanish Jews. 001% | 100 |
| South America | Jews in Ecuador | 13,363,593 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 007% | 935 |
| North Africa | Jews in Egypt | 77,505,756 | 0. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Egyptian Jews constitute perhaps the oldest Jewish community outside Israel in the world 0001% | 100 |
| Central America | Jews in El Salvador | 6,704,932 | 0. Jews have been present in El Salvador since the early 19th Century. 001% | 100 |
| East Africa | Jews in Eritrea | 4,401,000 | 0. East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. The Eritrean Jewish community is believed to be started by Adenite Jews attracted by new commercial opportunities driven by Italian colonial expansion in the late 19th Century 00002% | 1 |
| Eastern Europe | Jews in Estonia | 1,332,893 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. History of the Jews in Estonia starts with individual reports of Jews in what is now Estonia from as early as the 14th century. 136% | 1,818 |
| East Africa | Jews in Ethiopia | 73,053,286 | 0. East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. The Beta Israel (ביתא ישראל Beta Israel, "House of Israel" Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል Bēta 'Isrā'ēl, modern Bēte 'Isrā'ēl 027% | 20,000 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Finland | 5,223,442 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Finnish Jews are Jews who are Citizens of Finland. The country is home to the approximately 1300 Jews 021% | 1,110 |
| Western Europe | Jews in France | 60,656,178 | 1% | 606,561 |
| Middle East | Jews in Georgia | 4,677,401 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The Jewish community in France presently numbers around 600000 according to the World Jewish Congress and 500000 according to the Appel Unifié Juif de France and is The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The Georgian Jews ( Georgian: ქართველი ებრაელები qartveli ebraelebi, Hebrew: יהודי גאורגיה Yehudei 17% | 7,951 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Germany | 82,431,390 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Jews have lived in Germany, or " Ashkenaz " at least since the early 4th century, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of 13% | 107,160 |
| West Africa | Jews in Ghana | 18,412,247 | 0. West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. The House of Israel is a Jewish community in Ghana. This Ethnic group claim to be one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. 0043% | 800 |
| Balkans | Jews in Greece | 10,668,354 | 0. There have been organized Jewish communities in Greece for more than two thousand years 05% | 5,334 |
| Central America | Jews in Guatemala | 14,655,189 | 0. The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 008% | 1,172 |
| Central Europe | Jews in Hungary | 10,006,835 | 0. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and History of the Jews in Hungary concerns the Jews of Hungary and of Hungarian origins 6% | 60,041 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Iceland | 300,000 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Jews did not come to Iceland until the 17th century, but even then there was no real immigration until the 1930s. 003% | 10 |
| South Asia | Jews in India | 1,080,264,388 | 0. Indian Jews are a religious minority of India. Judaism was one of the first non- Dharmic religions to arrive in India in recorded history 0005% | 15,401 |
| Middle East | Jews in Iran | 68,017,860 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. |||} Persian Jews or Iranian Jews are Jews historically associated with the Persian Empire or Iran. 03% | 20,405 |
| Middle East | Jews in Iraq | 26,074,906 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Iraqi Jews are Jews born in Iraq or of Iraqi heritage The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c 0004% | 100 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Ireland | 4,015,676 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The history of the Jews in Ireland extends back nearly a thousand years 044% | 1,790 |
| Middle East | Jews in Israel | 6,276,883 | 80% | 5,021,506 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Italy | 58,103,033 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Religion in Israel is a central feature of the country and plays a major role in shaping Israeli culture and lifestyle Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Jews have been present in Italy from the Roman period until today 052% | 30,213 |
| Caribbean | Jews in Jamaica | 2,731,832 | 0. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting 011% | 300 |
| East Asia | Jews in Japan | 127,417,244 | 0. Jews are a minor ethnic and religious group in Japan, presently consisting of only about 1000 people or about 0 0008% | 1,002 |
| Central Asia | Jews in Kazakhstan | 15,185,844 | 0. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south 027% | 4,100 |
| East Africa | Jews in Kenya | 33,829,590 | 0. East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. Since Biblical times the Jewish people have had close ties with Africa beginning with Abraham 's sojourns in Egypt, and later the Israelite captivity under 001% | 400 |
| East Asia | Jews in South Korea | 48,422,644 | 0. 0002% | 100 |
| Central Asia | Jews in Kyrgyzstan | 5,146,281 | 0. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south Bukharan Jews, also Bukharian Jews or Bukhari Jews, ( בוכרים, Bukharim) are Jews from Central Asia who speak 018% | 926 |
| Eastern Europe | Jews in Latvia | 2,290,765 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. The History of the Jews in Latvia dates back to 1571 Although the vast majority of the Jewish community was killed in The Holocaust, there is a small Jewish community 42% | 9,525 |
| Middle East | Jews in Lebanon | 3,826,018 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The Lebanese Jews are traditionally a Mizrahi community living in the present-day country of Lebanon, mostly in and around the city of Beirut. 003% | 100 |
| Northern Africa | Jews in Libya | 3,826,018 | 0% | 0 |
| Eastern Europe | Jews in Lithuania | 3,596,617 | 0. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Jews have lived in Libya since the 3rd century BC, when North Africa was under Roman rule Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Lithuanian Jews (known in Yiddish and Yeshivish as Litvish (adjective or Litvaks (noun are Ashkenazi Jews with roots in the 1% | 3,596 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Luxembourg | 468,571 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' There are roughly 1200 Jews in Luxembourg, and Jews form one of the largest and most important religious and ethnic minority communities in Luxembourg historically 14% | 655 |
| Balkans | Jews in Macedonia | 2,045,262 | 0. The history of Jews in the territory of the present-day Republic of Macedonia began in Roman times when Jews first arrived in the region in the 0098% | 200 |
| North America | Jews in Mexico | 106,202,903 | 0. Jews have lived in Mexico since the times of the Inquisition. 05% | 53,101 |
| Eastern Europe | Jews in Moldova | 4,455,421 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. This article is a brief outline of the history of the Bessarabian Jews. 7% | 31,187 |
| Balkans | Jews in Montenegro | 630,548 | n. a. | n. a. |
| North Africa | Jews in Morocco | 32,725,847 | 0. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community Before the founding of Israel in 1948, there were about 250000 Jews in the country but fewer 016% | 5,236 |
| Southern Africa | Jews in Namibia | 2,030,692 | 0. Southern Africa is the Southernmost Region of the African Continent, variably defined by Geography or Geopolitics. Since Biblical times the Jewish people have had close ties with Africa beginning with Abraham 's sojourns in Egypt, and later the Israelite captivity under 006% | 115 |
| Western Europe | Jews in the Netherlands | 16,507,491 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Most history of the Jews in the Netherlands was generated between the end of the sixteenth century and World War II. 2% | 37,000 |
| Central America | Jews in Nicaragua | 5,675,356 | n. Jewish Nicaraguans or Nicaraguan Jews (Judío Nicaragüense are Nicaraguans of Jewish Ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to Nicaragua a. | 50 |
| Oceania | Jews in New Zealand | 4,035,461 | 0. The history of the Jews in New Zealand began when Jewish traders arrived there during the 1830s 135% | 5,447 |
| West Africa | Jews in Nigeria | 128,771,988 | 0. West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. Since Biblical times the Jewish people have had close ties with Africa beginning with Abraham 's sojourns in Egypt, and later the Israelite captivity under 008% | 10,000 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Norway | 4,593,041 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The Jews in Norway have a long history and they are one of the country's smallest ethnic and religious minorities 027% | 1,240 |
| South Asia | Jews in Pakistan | 165,803,560 | 0. Jews ( Urdu: یہودی pronounced "Yehudi") are a very small religious group of Pakistan. 000001% | 200 |
| Central America | Jews in Panama | 3,039,150 | 0. The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 33% | 10,029 |
| South America | Jews in Paraguay | 6,347,884 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 016% | 1,015 |
| South America | Jews in Peru | 27,925,628 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 01% | 2,800 |
| Southeast Asia | Jews in The Philippines | 87,857,473 | 0. Recorded Jewish history in the Philippines started during the Spanish era. 0001% | 100 |
| Central Europe | Jews in Poland | 38,635,144 | 0. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over a Millennium. 065% | 24,999 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Portugal | 10,566,212 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The history of the Jews in Portugal is directly related to Sephardi history a Jewish ethnic division that represents communities who have originated 007% | 739 |
| Caribbean | Jews in Puerto Rico | 3,916,632 | 0. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 038% | 1,488 |
| Balkans | Jews in Romania | 22,329,977 | 0. The history of Jews in Romania concerns the Jews of Romania and of Romanian origins from their first mention on what is nowadays Romanian territory 027% | 6,029 |
| Eastern Europe | Jews in Russia | 143,420,309 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. 5% | 717,101 |
| Balkans | Jews in Serbia | 9,778,991 | 0. Jews first arrived in what is now the Republic of Serbia in Roman times 022% | 2,200 |
| Southeast Asia | Jews in Singapore | 4,425,720 | 0. The first Jews to settle in Singapore were of Bagdadi origin, mainly from India, who migrated to Singapore when Sir Stamford Raffles established 007% | 300 |
| Central Europe | Jews in Slovakia | 5,431,363 | 0. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and History of the Jews in Slovakia. Before World War II, 135000 Jews lived in Slovakia. 056% | 3,041 |
| Central Europe | Jews in Slovenia | 2,011,070 | 0. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and The small Jewish community of Slovenia (Judovska skupnost Slovenije is estimated at 400 to 600 members, with most living in the capital Ljubljana 005% | 100 |
| Southern Africa | Jews in South Africa | 44,344,136 | 0. Southern Africa is the Southernmost Region of the African Continent, variably defined by Geography or Geopolitics. The history of the Jews in South Africa mainly begins with the general European settlement in the 19th century 2% | 88,688 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Spain | 40,341,462 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Spanish and Portuguese Jews are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the crypto-Jewish communities of the Iberian 12% | 48,409 |
| South America | Jews in Suriname | 438,144 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 046% | 200 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Sweden | 9,001,774 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The history of Jews in Sweden can be traced back to the seventeenth century as vouched for by church records at Stockholm, from which it appears that several Jews 2% | 18,003 |
| Western Europe | Jews in Switzerland | 7,489,370 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Swiss Jews have a long and varied history The 2000 census reports close to 18000 Jews (that is adherents of Judaism) living in Switzerland. 2% | 14,978 |
| Middle East | Jews in Syria | 18,448,752 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Syrian Jews derive their origin from two groups those who inhabited Syria from early times and the Sephardim who fled to Syria after the expulsion of the Jews from 0005% | 100 |
| Central Asia | Jews in Tajikistan | 7,163,506 | 0. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south 001% | 100 |
| Southeast Asia | Jews in Thailand | 65,444,371 | 0. Jewish community life in Thailand dates back to the 17th century first with the arrival of a few Baghdadi Jewish families although the current community consists 0003% | 199 |
| Central America | Jews in Trinidad and Tobago | 1,088,644 | 0. The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 1% | 1,088 |
| North Africa | Jews in Tunisia | 10,074,951 | 0. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Tunisia has had a Jewish minority since Roman times. In 1948 the Jewish population was an estimated 105000 but by 1967 most Tunisian Jews had 018% | 1,813 |
| Balkans | Jews in Turkey | 69,660,559 | 0. Jews {ref|name|§}} have lived in the geographic area of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) for more than 2400 years 025% | 17,415 |
| Central Asia | Jews in Turkmenistan | 4,952,081 | 0. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south Bukharan Jews, also Bukharian Jews or Bukhari Jews, ( בוכרים, Bukharim) are Jews from Central Asia who speak 01% | 495 |
| East Africa | Jews in Uganda | 28,816,000 | 0. East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. The Abayudaya ( Abayudaya is Luganda for "People of Judah " analogous to Children of Israel) are a Baganda community 003% | 800 |
| Eastern Europe | Jews in Ukraine | 47,425,336 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Jewish communities have lived in the territory of Ukraine for centuries and developed many of modern Judaism 's most distinctive theological and cultural traditions 3% | 142,276 |
| Western Europe | Jews in the United Kingdom | 60,441,457 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' British Jews (often referred to collectively but imprecisely as Anglo-Jewry) are British subjects of Jewish descent or religion who maintain a connection to 5% | 302,207 |
| North America | Jews in the United States | 300,400,001 | 2. The history of the Jews in the United States has been influenced by waves of immigration primarily from Europe inspired by the social and economic opportunities of the United 1% | 6,400,000 |
| South America | Jews in Uruguay | 3,415,920 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 9% | 30,743 |
| Central Asia | Jews in Uzbekistan | 26,851,195 | 0. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south Uzbek Jews have two distinct communities the more religious and traditional Bukharian Jewish community and the more progressive European in-origin Ashkenazi 065% | 17,453 |
| South America | Jews in Venezuela | 25,375,281 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The history of the Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross- Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492 1% | 20,900 |
| Middle East | Jews in Yemen | 20,727,063 | 0. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Yemenite Jews ( Hebrew: תֵּימָנִים, Standard Temanim Tiberian Têmānîm 01% | 2,000 |
| Southern Africa | Jews in Zimbabwe | 12,746,990 | 0. Southern Africa is the Southernmost Region of the African Continent, variably defined by Geography or Geopolitics. Since Biblical times the Jewish people have had close ties with Africa beginning with Abraham 's sojourns in Egypt, and later the Israelite captivity under 006% | 764 |
| Total | 6,430,856,221 | 0. 227% | 14,596,217 | |
By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Jewish in a region (Jews in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Jewish percentage compared to the total Jewish population of the world (Jews in the region * 100/total Jewish population of the world).
(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and the Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East). The Maghreb (المغرب العربي al-Maġrib al-ʿArabī) also rendered Maghrib (or rarely Moghreb) meaning "place of Sunset
| Region | Total Population | Jews | % Jewish | % of Jews total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Africa | 83,121,055 | 1,000 | 0. Since Biblical times the Jewish people have had close ties with Africa beginning with Abraham 's sojourns in Egypt, and later the Israelite captivity under Central Africa is a core Region of the African Continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad 0001% | 0. 0008% |
| East Africa | 193,741,900 | 20,400 | 0. East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. 011% | 0. 14% |
| North Africa | 202,151,323 | 7,249 | 0. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan 004% | 0. 05% |
| Southern Africa | 137,092,019 | 89,667 | 0. Southern Africa is the Southernmost Region of the African Continent, variably defined by Geography or Geopolitics. 065% | 0. 614% |
| West Africa | 268,997,245 | 42,000 | 0. West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. 00004% | 0. 0007% |
| Total | 885,103,542 | 160,316 | 0. 013% | 0. 805% |
| Region | Total Population | Jews | % Jewish | % of Jews total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia | 92,019,166 | 23,074 | 0. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south 025% | 0. 158% |
| East Asia | 1,527,960,261 | 2,102 | 0. 0001% | 0. 014% |
| Middle East | 274,775,527 | 5,076,338 | 1. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. 847% | 34. 779% |
| South Asia | 1,437,326,682 | 15,401 | 0. 0004% | 0. 037% |
| Southeast Asia | 571,337,070 | 599 | 0. 0001% | 0. 004% |
| Total | 3,903,418,706 | 5,117,514 | 0. 131% | 34. 993% |
| Region | Total Population | Jews | % Jewish | % of Jews total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkans | 65,407,609 | 18,299 | 0. History The earliest recorded evidence (outside of the Mediterranean world shows that Jews were settled in Europe in towns north of the Loire 028% | 0. 125% |
| Central Europe | 74,510,241 | 99,437 | 0. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and 133% | 0. 681% |
| Eastern Europe | 212,821,296 | 977,173 | 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. 459% | 6. 695% |
| Western Europe | 375,832,557 | 1,224,176 | 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' 326% | 8. 387% |
| Total | 728,571,703 | 2,319,085 | 0. 318% | 15. 888% |
| Region | Total Population | Jews | % Jewish | % of Jews total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean | 23,809,622 | 1,888 | 0. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting 008% | 0. 013% |
| Central America | 42,223,849 | 52,500 | 0. 035% | 0. 124% |
| North America | 446,088,748 | 6,361,443 | 1. 426% | 43. 1% |
| South America | 371,075,531 | 359,800 | 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a 09% | 2. 7% |
| Total | 859,388,128 | 6,773,743 | 0. 788% | 45. 9% |
| Region | Total Population | Jews | % Jewish | % of Jews total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceania | 30,564,520 | 95,853 | 0. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ 314% | 0. 657% |
References
- ^ Percent of world Jewry living in Israel climbed to 41% in 2007 - Haaretz - Israel News
- ^ Judaism, continued... citations at Adherents.com
- ^ Percent of world Jewry living in Israel climbed to 41% in 2007 - Haaretz - Israel News
- ^ World Jewish Population Survey of 2002
- ^ Number of Jews dropping, Israeli agency warns 4 December 2002
- ^ Jews In Argentina
- ^ US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004'
- ^ Jewish Population Tables
- ^ census.gov
- This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain. Adherentscom is a website that aims to collect and present information about Religion including "churches denominations religious bodies Faith groups The Jewish Encyclopedia was an Encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- This article incorporates text from Joseph Jacobs, "Statistics" in the Jewish Encyclopedia; that article, in turn, gives an extensive bibliography.
- Jewish Population Survey
- Geography of the Jewish Population
- The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004
- Jewish Population Table
- Religious Freedom page
- census.gov
- Jews of Nigeria and Uganda
- Jews of North Eastern India
- Israelbooks.com The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute Annual Assessment 2004-2005: Between Thriving and Decline. Gefen Publishing House.
See also
- Historical Jewish population comparisons
- World population
- Jews by country
- Jewish ethnic divisions
- Judaism
External links
- World Jewish Population in-depth
- Orthodox Jewish population growth and political changes
- Estimated Jewish Population of Europe (1949 and 1945) The Avalon Project
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