Judaism:
Jewish Population of the World *

(1882 - 2012)

Judaism: Table of Contents | U.S. Jewish Population | Indicators on World Jewry

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                 World Jewish Population, 2012                                                World Jewish Population, Historic
Rank Country Jewish Population
% of World Jewry
1
Israel
5,901,100
 42.9%
2
United States
5,425,000
 39.5%
3
France
480,000
 3.5%
4
Canada
375,000
 2.7%
5
United Kingdom
291,000
 2.1%
6
Russia
194,000
 1.4%
7
Argentina
181,800
 1.3%
8
Germany
119,000
 0.9%
9
Australia
112,000
 0.8%
10
Brazil
95,300
 0.7%
11
Ukraine
70,200
 0.5%
12
South Africa
67,000
 0.5%
13
Hungary
48,200
 0.4%
14
Mexico
39,200
 0.3%
15
Belgium
30,000
 0.2%
Year
Jewish 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
2012
13,746,100

Jewish Population By Region (2012):
Americas | Asia | Oceania | Africa | Europe

The Americas
Country
Total Population
Jews
% of Population
34,500,000
375,000
1.09%
311,700,000
5,425,000
1.74%
400,000
300
0.08%
4,700,000
2,500
0.05%
11,200,000
500
<0.01%
10,000,000
100
<0.01%
6,200,000
100
<0.01%
14,700,000
900
0.01%
2,700,000
200
0.01%
114,800,000
39,200
0.03%
310,000
200
0.06%
3,600,000
8,000
0.22%
3,700,000
1,500
0.04%
110,000
500
0.45%
40,500,000
181,800
0.45%
10,100,000
500
0.01%
196,700,000
95,300
0.05%
17,300,000
18,500
0.11%
46,900,000
2,500
0.01%
14,700,000
600
0.01%
6,600,000
900
0.01%
29,000,000
1,900
0.01%
500,000
200
0.04%
3,400,000
17,300
0.51%
29,300,000
9,500
0.03%
Other
27,580,000
200
0.08%
Total
942,331,000
6,183,200
0.66%

Asia
Country
Total Population
Jews
% of Population
7,511,300
5,901,100
74.3%
9,200,000
8,800
0.10%
4,300,000
3,000
0.07%
16,600,000
3,300
0.02%
5,600,000
500
0.01%
5,100,000
200
0.08%
28,500,000
4,200
0.07%
1,353,600,000
2,500
<0.01%
1,241,300,000
5,000
<0.01%
77,900,000
10,200
0.01%
128,100,000
1,000
<0.01%
49,000,000
100
<0.01%
95,700,000
100
<0.01%
5,200,000
300
0.01%
22,500,000
100
<0.01%
23,200,000
100
<0.01%
69,500,000
200
<0.01%
23,800,000
200
<0.01%
Other
959,524,000
200
<0.01%
Total
4,140,900,000
5,941,100
0.01%

Oceania
Country Total Population Jews % of Population
22,700,000
112,000
0.49%
4,400,000
7,500
0.17%
Other
9,900,000
100
<0.01%
Total
37,000,000
119,600
0.32%

Africa
Country Total Population Jews % of Population
82,600,000
100
<0.01%
84,976,000
100
<0.01%
32,300,000
2,500
0.01%
10,700,000
900
0.01%
2,000,000
--
0.01%
Congo D.R.
67,800,000
100
<0.01%
41,600,000
400
<0.01%
2,300,000
100
<0.01%
162,300,000
100
<0.01%
50,500,000
70,200
0.14%
12,100,000
400
<0.01%
Other
414,324,000
300
<0.01%
Total
1,051,000,000
75,300
0.01%

Europe
Country Total Population Jews % of Population   Country Total Population Jews % of Population
8,400,000
9,000
0.11%
  
21,400,000
9,500
0.05%
11,000,000
30,000
0.28%
  
5,400,000
2,600
0.05%
7,500,000
2,000
0.03%
  
2,100,000
100
<0.01%
10,500,000
3,900
0.04%
  
46,200,000
12,000
0.03%
5,600,000
6,400
0.12%
  
9,400,000
15,000
0.16%
1,300,000
1,700
0.13%
  
62,920,000
291,000
0.47%
5,400,000
1,300
0.02%
  
Other EU
1,510,000
100
0.01%
63,340,000
480,000
0.77%
  
31,000
600
1.94%
81,800,000
119,000
0.15%
  
5,000,000
1,300
0.03%
11,300,000
4,500
0.04%
  
7,900,000
17,500
0.22%
10,000,000
48,200
0.49%
  
9,500,000
12,000
0.17%
4,600,000
1,200
0.03%
  
4,100,000
3,900
0.11%
60,800,000
28,200
0.05%
  
142,800,000
194,000
0.15%
2,200,000
6,200
0.30%
  
45,700,000
67,000
0.16%
3,200,000
3,200
0.09%
  
3,800,000
500
0.01%
500,000
600
0.12%
  
4,400,000
1,700
0.04%
16,700,000
29,900
0.18%
  
2,100,000
100
<0.01%
38,200,000
3,200
0.01%
  
7,300,000
1,400
0.02%
10,700,000
600
<0.01%
  
74,000,000
17,400
0.02%
Total Population: 815,171,000                  Total Jews: 1,426,900                  % Jewish:   0.18%

* - Refers to the Core Jewish Population. The concept of core Jewish population includes all persons who, when asked in a socio-demographic survey, identify themselves as Jews; or who are identified as Jews by a respondent in the same household, and do not have another monotheistic religion.

Sources:

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

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