Vital Statistics: Select Indicators on World Jewry
(Updated January 2012)
Country | Core Jewish Population | GDP/Capita ^ | Jewish School Attendance | Out-Marriage Rate | Jews Have Visited Israel | Aliyah to Israel† | ||
1970 | 2010 | 2020* | ||||||
World | 12,633,000 | 13,647,500 | 13,917,000 | -- | ||||
Israel | 2,582,000 | 5,912,600 | 6,543,000 | 30,255 | 97% | 5% | -- | -- |
North America | 5,686,000 | 5,650,000 | 5,581,000 | -- | 2,525 | |||
United States | 5,400,000 | 5,275,000 | 5,200,000 | 48,387 | 25% | 54% | >35% | 2,339 |
Canada | 286,000 | 375,000 | 381,000 | 40,107 | 55% | 35% | >65% | 212 |
Latin America | 514,000 | 389,600 | 364,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 894 |
Argentina | 282,000 | 182,300 | 162,000 | 16,289 | 50-55% | 45% | >50% | 220 |
Brazil | 90,000 | 95,600 | 90,000 | 11,805 | 71% | 45% | >50% | 157 |
Mexico | 35,000 | 39,400 | 42,000 | 14,856 | 85% | 10% | >70% | -- |
Other | 107,000 | 72,300 | 70,000 | -- | 75% | 15-95% | >50% | -- |
Europe ° | 1,331,000 | 1,158,800 | 1,158,800 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,910 |
France | 530,000 | 483,500 | 482,000 | 34,945 | 40% | 40-45% | >70% | 1,653 |
UK | 390,000 | 292,000 | 278,000 | 35,982 | 60% | 40-45% | >75% | 569 |
Germany | 30,000 | 119,000 | 108,000 | 37,208 | >20% | >60% | >50% | 97 |
Romania | -- | 9,700 | -- | 12,127 | -- | -- | -- | 41 |
Bulgaria | -- | 2,000 | -- | 12,516 | -- | -- | -- | 33 |
Hungary | 70,000 | 48,600 | 34,000 | 19,477 | >15% | 60% | -- | 128 |
Other EU | 171,000 | 163,200 | 134,000 | -- | 10-25% | 33-75% | >50% | -- |
Non-EU | 140,000 | 40,800 | 34,000 | -- | 5-20% | 50-80% | -- | -- |
Former USSR | 2,151,000 | 330,000 | 173,000 | 7,234 | ||||
Russia | 808,000 | 205,000 | 130,000 | 16,750 | >15% | 80% | -- | 3,678 |
Ukraine | 777,000 | 71,500 | 25,000 | 7,076 | >15% | 80% | -- | 2,051 |
FSU Europe | 312,000 | 34,900 | 15,000 | -- | >15% | 65-75% | -- | 625 |
FSU Asia | 254,000 | 18,600 | 3,000 | -- | >15% | 50-75% | -- | 871 |
Asia ° | 104,000 | 19,200 | 21,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 233 |
Africa | 195,000 | 76,200 | 60,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,933 |
Ethiopia | -- | 100 | -- | 1,088 | -- | -- | -- | 2,432 |
South Africa | 118,000 | 70,800 | 57,000 | 10,880 | 85% | 20% | >75% | 202 |
Morocco | -- | 2,700 | -- | 5,001 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Other | -- | 2,600 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 94 |
Oceania | 70,000 | 115,100 | 105,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 97 |
Australia | 65,000 | 107,500 | 97,000 | 41,089 | 65% | 22% | >65% | -- |
New Zealand | 5,000 | 7,600 | 8,000 | 28,344 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
* - Projected
^- PPP, US$
† - 2012 or most recent
° - Non Former USSR Countries
Sources: The Jewish People Policy Institute