Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World
(1882 - Present)
Historic Jewish Population
Countries with the Largest Jewish Population
Jewish Population By Region
Americas
Asia
Oceana
Africa
Europe
Historic Jewish Population
Year |
Population
|
1880 |
7,800,000 |
1900 |
10,600,000 |
1914 |
13,500,000 |
1922 |
14,400,000 |
1925 |
14,800,000 |
1931 |
15,700,000 |
1939 |
16,728,000 |
1945 |
11,000,000 |
1948 |
11,500,000 |
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 |
13,150,000 |
2010 |
13,854,000 |
2018 |
14,606,000 |
Countries with the Largest Jewish Population (2018)
Rank | Country |
Population
|
% of World Jewry
|
1 |
6,925,475* |
47.7% |
|
2 |
6,744,000* |
46.2% |
|
3 |
453,000 |
3.1% |
|
4 |
390,500 |
2.7% |
|
5 |
290,000 |
2.0% |
|
6 |
180,300 |
1.2% |
|
7 |
172,000 |
1.2% |
|
8 |
116,000 |
0.8% |
|
9 |
113,400 |
0.8% |
|
10 |
93,200 |
0.6% |
|
11 |
69,000 |
0.5% |
|
12 |
50,000 |
0.3% |
|
13 |
47,400 |
0.3% |
|
14 |
40,000 |
0.3% |
|
15 |
29,800 |
0.2% |
Jewish Population By Region (2017)
Americas | Asia | Oceania | Africa | Europe
The Americas
Country |
Total Population |
Jews |
---|---|---|
Bermuda |
61,000 |
100 |
36,700,000 |
390,500 |
|
325,400,000 |
5,700,000 |
|
400,000 |
300 |
|
4,900,000 |
2,500 |
|
11,300,000 |
500 |
|
10,700,000 |
100 |
|
6,400,000 |
100 |
|
16,900,000 |
900 |
|
2,900,000 |
200 |
|
129,200,000 |
40,000 |
|
324,000 |
300 |
|
4,100,000 |
10,000 |
|
3,400,000 |
1,500 |
|
105,000 |
400 |
|
44,300,000 |
180,300 |
|
11,000,000 |
500 |
|
207,900,000 |
93,200 |
|
18,400,000 |
18,300 |
|
49,300,000 |
2,200 |
|
16,800,000 |
600 |
|
6,800,000 |
1,000 |
|
31,800,000 |
1,900 |
|
600,000 |
200 |
|
3,500,000 |
16,700 |
|
31,400,000 |
7,300 |
|
Other |
29,371,000 |
200 |
Total |
1,005,223,000 |
6,469,800 |
Asia
Country |
Total Population |
Jews |
---|---|---|
9,009,000 |
6,738,500 |
|
West Bank |
2,961,900 |
404,600 |
Gaza |
1,840,000 |
0 |
Armenia |
3,000,000 |
100 |
9,900,000 |
7,800 |
|
3,900,000 |
1,600 |
|
18,000,000 |
2,700 |
|
6,200,000 |
400 |
|
5,800,000 |
200 |
|
32,400,000 |
3,200 |
|
1,394,800,000 |
2,800 |
|
1,352,600,000 |
4,900 |
|
Indonesia |
264,000,000 |
100 |
80,600,000 |
8,500 |
|
126,700,000 |
1,000 |
|
51,400,000 |
100 |
|
105,000,000 |
100 |
|
5,700,000 |
900 |
|
18,300,000 |
100 |
|
23,600,000 |
100 |
|
66,100,000 |
200 |
|
Other |
821,914,700 |
100 |
Total |
4,411,900,000 |
6,593,000 |
Oceania
Country | Total Population | Jews |
---|---|---|
24,500,000 |
113,400 |
|
4,800,000 |
7,500 |
|
Other |
12,700,000 |
100 |
Total |
42,000,000 |
121,000 |
Africa
Country | Total Population | Jews |
---|---|---|
93,400,000 |
100 |
|
105,000,000 |
100 |
|
35,100,000 |
2,150 |
|
11,500,000 |
1,050 |
|
2,300,000 |
100 |
|
81,500,000 |
100 |
|
49,700,000 |
300 |
|
Madagascar |
25,500,000 |
100 |
2,500,000 |
100 |
|
190,900,000 |
100 |
|
56,500,000 |
69,000 |
|
16,600,000 |
200 |
|
Other |
489,700,000 |
200 |
Total |
1,250,000,000 |
73,600 |
Europe
Country | Total Population | Jews | Country | Total Population | Jews | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8,800,000 |
9,000 |
10,300,000 |
600 |
|||
11,300,000 |
29,200 |
19,600,000 |
9,100 |
|||
7,100,000 |
2,000 |
5,400,000 |
2,600 |
|||
10,600,000 |
3,900 |
2,100,000 |
100 |
|||
Croatia |
4,100,000 |
1,700 |
46,600,000 |
11,700 |
||
Cyprus |
1,200,000 |
100 |
10,100,000 |
15,000 |
||
Czech Republic |
10,600,000 |
3,900 |
66,400,000 |
290,000 |
||
5,800,000 |
6,400 |
Total EU |
511,340,000 |
1,077,500 |
||
1,300,000 |
1,900 |
35,000 |
600 |
|||
5,500,000 |
1,300 |
5,300,000 |
1,300 |
|||
65,040,000 |
453,000 |
8,500,000 |
18,600 |
|||
83,100,000 |
116,000 |
9,500,000 |
9,500 |
|||
10,700,000 |
4,200 |
3,600,000 |
2,000 |
|||
9,800,000 |
47,400 |
146,800,000 |
172,000 |
|||
4,800,000 |
2,600 |
42,300,000 |
50,000 |
|||
60,500,000 |
27,500 |
3,500,000 |
500 |
|||
1,900,000 |
4,700 |
4,200,000 |
1,700 |
|||
2,800,000 |
2,500 |
|
|
|||
600,000 |
600 |
2,100,000 |
100 |
|||
Malta |
400,000 |
100 |
7,000,000 |
1,400 |
||
17,100,000 |
29,800 |
80,900,000 |
15,000 |
|||
38,400,000 |
4,500 |
Other |
5,300,000 |
100 |
||
Total Population: 818,470,000 Total Jews: 1,359,100 |
*September 2019
**As of May 2019 (including Jews in the West Bank)
Sources:
DellaPergola, Sergio. 2018. “World Jewish Population, 2018,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2018, Volume 118. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 361-452;;
Zeev Klein, “Israel reaches another milestone as population crosses 9 million,” Israel Hayom, (May 2, 2019);
“Israel’s population tops 9 million as Jewish new year approaches,” Times of Israel, (September 26, 2019).