Vital Statistics:
Jewish Population of the World

(1882 - Present)

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Vital Stats: Table of Contents | U.S.A. Jewish Population | Israeli Population

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           Jewish Population (2014)                       Historic Jewish Population

Rank	Country	Population	% of Jewry
1	Israel	6,103,200	42.9%
2	United States	5,700,000	40.1%
3	France	475,000	3.3%
4	Canada	385,300	2.7%
5	U.K.	290,000	2.0%
6	Russia	186,000	1.3%
7	Argentina	181,300	1.3%
8	Germany	118,000	0.8%
9	Australia	112,500	0.8%
10	Brazil	95,000	0.7%
11	Ukraine	63,000	0.4%
12	South Africa	70,000	0.5%
13	Hungary	47,900	0.3%
14	Mexico	40,000	0.3%
15	Belgium	30,000	0.2%

Year	Population
1880	7,800,000
1900	10,600,000
1922	14,400,000
1925	14,800,000
1939	16,728,000
1945	11,000,000
1950	11,297,000
1955	11,800,000
1960	12,079,000
1970	12,585,000
1980	12,819,000
1990	12,868,000
2000	12,900,000
2010	13,428,300
2014	13,900,000

Jewish Population By Region (2014):
Americas | Asia | Oceania | Africa | Europe

The Americas

Country	Total Population	Jews	% of Population
Canada	35,300,000	385,300	1.09%
United States	316,200,000	5,700,000	1.8%
Bahamas	300,000	300	0.1%
Costa Rica	4,700,000	2,500	0.05%
Cuba	11,300,000	500	<0.01%
Dominican Republic	10,300,000	100	<0.01%
El Salvador	6,300,000	100	<0.01%
Guatemala	15,400,000	900	<0.01%
Jamaica	2,700,000	200	0.01%
Mexico	117,600,000	39,200	0.03%
Netherlands Antilles	304,000	200	0.06%
Panama	3,900,000	10,000	0.25%
Puerto Rico	3,600,000	1,500	0.04%
Virgin Islands	110,000	500	0.45%
Argentina	41,300,000	181,300	0.43%
Bolivia	11,000,000	500	<0.01%
Brazil	195,500,000	95,000	0.05%
Chile	17,600,000	18,500	0.11%
Colombia	48,000,000	2,500	<0.01%
Ecuador	15,800,000	600	<0.01%
Paraguay	6,800,000	900	<0.01%
Peru	30,500,000	1,900	<0.01%
Suriname	600,000	200	0.03%
Uruguay	3,400,000	17,200	0.51%
Venezuela	29,700,000	8,000	0.03%
Other	28,486,000	100	<0.01%
Total	957,830,000	6,468,800	0.675%

Asia

Country	Total Population	Jews	% of Population
Israel	7,786,500	5,763,100	74%
Azerbaijan	9,400,000	8,700	0.10%
Georgia	4,500,000	2,800	0.06%
Kazakhstan	17,000,000	3,100	0.02%
Kyrgyzstan	5,700,000	500	0.01%
Turkmenistan	5,200,000	200	0.08%
Uzbekistan	30,200,000	3,800	0.01%
China	1,365,200,000	2,500	<0.01%
India	1,276,500,000	5,000	<0.01%
Iran	76,500,000	10,000	0.01%
Japan	127,300,000	1,000	<0.01%
Korea, South	50,200,000	100	<0.01%
Philippines	96,200,000	100	<0.01%
Singapore	5,400,000	300	<0.01%
Syria	21,900,000	100	<0.01%
Taiwan	23,400,000	100	<0.01%
Thailand	66,200,000	200	<0.01%
Yemen	25,200,000	200	<0.01%
Other	959,524,000	200	<0.01%
Total	4,224,800,000	6,142,000	0.14%

Oceania

Country	Total Population	Jews	% of Population
Australia	23,100,000	112,500	0.49%
New Zealand	4,500,000	7,500	0.17%
Other	10,400,000	100	<0.01%
Total	38,000,000	120,100	0.32%

Africa

Country	Total Population	Jews	% of Population
Egypt	84,700,000	100	<0.01%
Ethiopia	89,200,000	100	<0.01%
Morocco	33,300,000	2,400	0.01%
Tunisia	10,900,000	900	0.01%
Botswana	1,900,000	100	<0.01%
Congo D.R.	71,100,000	100	<0.01%
Kenya	44,200,000	300	<0.01%
Namibia	2,400,000	100	<0.01%
Nigeria	173,600,000	100	<0.01%
South Africa	53,000,000	70,000	0.13%
Zimbabwe	13,000,000	400	<0.01%
Other	443,100,000	100	<0.01%
Total	1,100,000,000	74,700	0.01%

Europe

Country	Total Population	Jews	% of Population		Country	Total Population	Jews	% of Population
Austria	8,500,000	9,000	0.11%		Romania	21,300,000	9,400	0.04%
Belgium	11,200,000	30,000	0.27%		Slovakia	5,400,000	2,600	0.05%
Bulgaria	7,300,000	2,000	0.03%		Slovenia	2,100,000	100	<0.01%
Czech Republic	10,500,000	3,900	0.04%		Spain	46,600,000	12,000	0.03%
Denmark	5,600,000	6,400	0.12%		Sweden	9,600,000	15,000	0.16%
Estonia	1,300,000	1,900	0.15%		U.K.	64,300,000	290,000	0.45%
Finland	5,400,000	1,300	0.02%		Other EU	1,510,000	100	0.01%
France	63,940,000	475,000	0.74%		Gibraltar	30,000	600	2%
Germany	80,600,000	118,000	0.15%		Norway	5,100,000	1,300	0.03%
Greece	11,100,000	4,500	0.04%		Switzerland	8,100,000	19,000	0.24%
Hungary	9,900,000	47,900	0.48%		Belarus	9,500,000	11,000	0.12%
Ireland	4,700,000	1,600	0.03%		Moldova	4,100,000	3,700	<0.1%
Italy	59,800,000	28,000	0.05%		Russia	143,500,000	186,000	0.13%
Latvia	2,000,000	5,600	0.28%		Ukraine	45,500,000	63,000	0.14%
Lithuania	3,000,000	2,900	0.1%		Bosnia	3,800,000	500	0.01%
Luxembourg	500,000	600	0.12%		Croatia	4,300,000	1,700	0.04%
Netherlands	16,800,000	29,900	0.18%		Macedonia	2,100,000	100	<0.01%
Poland	38,500,000	3,200	0.01%		Serbia	7,100,000	1,400	0.01%
Portugal	10,500,000	600	0.01%		Turkey	76,100,000	17,400	0.02%
Total Population: 816,890,000                  Total Jews: 1,407,200                  % Jewish:   0.17%

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Sources: Sergio DellaPergola. “World Jewish Population, 2012.” The American Jewish Year Book (2012) (2014) (Dordrecht: Springer) p. 212-283.  Population Reference Bureau

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