Jewish Population of the World

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	United States	6,925,475*	47.7%
2	Israel	6,744,000*	46.2%
3	France	453,000	3.1%
4	Canada	390,500	2.7%
5	U.K.	290,000	2.0%
6	Argentina	180,300	1.2%
7	R ussia	172,000	1.2%
8	Germany	116,000	0.8%
9	Australia	113,400	0.8%
10	Brazil	93,200	0.6%
11	South Africa	69,000	0.5%
12	Ukraine	50,000	0.3%
13	Hungary	47,400	0.3%
14	Mexico	40,000	0.3%
15	Netherlands	29,800	0.2%

Jewish Population By Region (2017)

Americas | Asia | Oceania | Africa | Europe

The Americas

Country	Total Population	Jews
Bermuda	61,000	100
Canada	36,700,000	390,500
United States	325,400,000	5,700,000
Bahamas	400,000	300
Costa Rica	4,900,000	2,500
Cuba	11,300,000	500
Dominican Republic	10,700,000	100
El Salvador	6,400,000	100
Guatemala	16,900,000	900
Jamaica	2,900,000	200
Mexico	129,200,000	40,000
Netherlands Antilles	324,000	300
Panama	4,100,000	10,000
Puerto Rico	3,400,000	1,500
Virgin Islands	105,000	400
Argentina	44,300,000	180,300
Bolivia	11,000,000	500
Brazil	207,900,000	93,200
Chile	18,400,000	18,300
Colombia	49,300,000	2,200
Ecuador	16,800,000	600
Paraguay	6,800,000	1,000
Peru	31,800,000	1,900
Suriname	600,000	200
Uruguay	3,500,000	16,700
Venezuela	31,400,000	7,300
Other	29,371,000	200
Total	1,005,223,000	6,469,800

Asia

Country	Total Population	Jews
Israel **	9,009,000	6,738,500
West Bank	2,961,900	404,600
Gaza	1,840,000	0
Armenia	3,000,000	100
Azerbaijan	9,900,000	7,800
Georgia	3,900,000	1,600
Kazakhstan	18,000,000	2,700
Kyrgyzstan	6,200,000	400
Turkmenistan	5,800,000	200
Uzbekistan	32,400,000	3,200
China	1,394,800,000	2,800
India	1,352,600,000	4,900
Indonesia	264,000,000	100
Iran	80,600,000	8,500
Japan	126,700,000	1,000
Korea, South	51,400,000	100
Philippines	105,000,000	100
Singapore	5,700,000	900
Syria	18,300,000	100
Taiwan	23,600,000	100
Thailand	66,100,000	200
Other	821,914,700	100
Total	4,411,900,000	6,593,000

Oceania

Country	Total Population	Jews
Australia	24,500,000	113,400
New Zealand	4,800,000	7,500
Other	12,700,000	100
Total	42,000,000	121,000

Africa

Country	Total Population	Jews
Egypt	93,400,000	100
Ethiopia	105,000,000	100
Morocco	35,100,000	2,150
Tunisia	11,500,000	1,050
Botswana	2,300,000	100
Congo D.R.	81,500,000	100
Kenya	49,700,000	300
Madagascar	25,500,000	100
Namibia	2,500,000	100
Nigeria	190,900,000	100
South Africa	56,500,000	69,000
Zimbabwe	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
Austria	8,800,000	9,000	Portugal	10,300,000	600
Belgium	11,300,000	29,200	Romania	19,600,000	9,100
Bulgaria	7,100,000	2,000	Slovakia	5,400,000	2,600
Czech Republic	10,600,000	3,900	Slovenia	2,100,000	100
Croatia	4,100,000	1,700	Spain	46,600,000	11,700
Cyprus	1,200,000	100	Sweden	10,100,000	15,000
Czech Republic	10,600,000	3,900	U.K.	66,400,000	290,000
Denmark	5,800,000	6,400	Total EU	511,340,000	1,077,500
Estonia	1,300,000	1,900	Gibraltar	35,000	600
Finland	5,500,000	1,300	Norway	5,300,000	1,300
France	65,040,000	453,000	Switzerland	8,500,000	18,600
Germany	83,100,000	116,000	Belarus	9,500,000	9,500
Greece	10,700,000	4,200	Moldova	3,600,000	2,000
Hungary	9,800,000	47,400	Russia	146,800,000	172,000
Ireland	4,800,000	2,600	Ukraine	42,300,000	50,000
Italy	60,500,000	27,500	Bosnia-Herzegovina	3,500,000	500
Latvia	1,900,000	4,700	Croatia	4,200,000	1,700
Lithuania	2,800,000	2,500
Luxembourg	600,000	600	Macedonia	2,100,000	100
Malta	400,000	100	Serbia	7,000,000	1,400
Netherlands	17,100,000	29,800	Turkey	80,900,000	15,000
Poland	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).

Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World

(1882 - Present)