Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World
(1882 - Present)
Historic Jewish Population
Countries with the Largest Jewish Population
Jewish Population By Region
North America
Central America
South America
Asia
Oceana
Africa
Europe
Historic Jewish Population1
| 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 |
13,250,000 |
| 2005 | 13,620,000 |
|
2010 |
14,049,000 |
| 2015 | 14,551,600 |
|
2018 |
14,606,000 |
| 2019 | 14,707,400 |
| 2020 | 15,077,100 |
| 2021 | 15,166,200 |
| 2022 | 15,253,500 |
| 2023 | 16,783,105# |
Countries with the Largest Jewish Population (2023)2
| Rank | Country |
Population
|
% of World Jewry***
|
| 1 | United States | 7,460,6003 | 44.5% |
|
2 |
7,427,000* |
44.3% |
|
|
3 |
440,000 |
2.9% |
|
|
4 |
398,000 |
2.6% |
|
|
5 |
312,000 |
1.9% |
|
|
6 |
171,000 |
1.1% |
|
|
7 |
132,000 |
1.0% |
|
|
8 |
125,000 |
0.8% |
|
|
9 |
117,000 |
0.8% |
|
|
10 |
90,500 |
0.6% |
|
|
11 |
50,000 |
0.3% |
|
| 12 | Hungary | 46,000 | 0.3% |
|
13 |
40,000 |
0.3% |
|
|
14 |
33,000 |
0.3% |
|
|
15 |
29,700 |
0.2% |
Jewish Population By Region (2023)
North America | Central America | South America Asia | Oceania | Africa | Europe
North America
| Bermuda | ||
| Mexico | 127,500,000 | 40,000 |
| Rest of North America | 60,000 | 100 |
| Total North America | 499,230,000 | 7,938,200 |
Central America
| Barbados | 300,000 | 100 |
|
5,200,000 |
2,600 |
|
|
11,100,000 |
500 |
|
|
11,200,000 |
100 |
|
|
6,300,000 |
100 |
|
|
17,800,000 |
900 |
|
|
2,800,000 |
500 |
|
|
315,000 |
400 |
|
|
4,400,000 |
10,000 |
|
|
3,200,000 |
1,500 |
|
|
117,000 |
400 |
|
| Rest of Central America, Caribbean | 31,368,000 | 200 |
| Total Central America, Caribbean | 94,500,000 | 17,500 |
South America
|
46,200,000 |
171,000 |
|
|
12,200,000 |
500 |
|
|
214,800,000 |
90,500 |
|
|
19,800,000 |
15,700 |
|
|
49,100,000 |
2,000 |
|
|
18,000,000 |
600 |
|
|
6,800,000 |
1,100 |
|
|
33,400,000 |
1,900 |
|
|
600,000 |
200 |
|
|
3,600,000 |
16,200 |
|
|
28,300,000 |
4,500 |
|
|
Rest of South America |
1,100,000 |
100 |
| Total South America |
433,900,000 |
304,300 |
|---|
Asia
|
Country |
Total Population |
Jews |
|---|---|---|
|
9,900,000* |
7,427,000* |
|
| West Bank4 |
3,176,549 |
|
| Gaza Strip4 | 2,098,389 | 0 |
| Total Israel and Palestinian Authority | 15,174,938 | 7,427,000 |
| Armenia |
3,000,000 |
100 |
|
10,200,000 |
6,800 |
|
|
3,700,000 |
1,200 |
|
|
19,200,000 |
2,300 |
|
|
6,800,000 |
300 |
|
|
6,400,000 |
200 |
|
|
35,600,000 |
2,600 |
|
| Total former USSR in Asia | 94,900,000 | 13,500 |
|
1,444,700,000 |
3,500 |
|
|
1,417,200,000 |
4,500 |
|
| Indonesia |
275,500,000 |
100 |
|
88,600,000 |
9,100 |
|
|
124,900,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
51,600,000 |
200 |
|
|
115,600,000 |
200 |
|
|
5,500,000 |
900 |
|
| Sri Lanka | 22,400,000 | 300 |
|
27,600,000 |
100 |
|
|
23,200,000 |
500 |
|
|
66,800,000 |
300 |
|
| United Arab Emirates | 9,400,000 | 500 |
|
Rest of other Asia |
861,200,000 |
200 |
|
Total other Asia |
4,534,200,000 |
21,400 |
| Total Asia | 9,168,474,938 | 7,483,300 |
Oceania
| Country | Total Population | Jews |
|---|---|---|
|
25,800,000 |
124,700 |
|
| Guam | 200,000 | 100 |
|
5,100,000 |
7,500 |
|
|
Other |
12,900,000 |
100 |
|
Total Oceana |
44,000,000 |
132,400 |
Africa
| Country | Total Population | Jews |
|---|---|---|
|
103,500,000 |
100 |
|
|
123,400,000 |
100 |
|
|
36,700,000 |
2,100 |
|
|
11,800,000 |
1,000 |
|
| Rest of Northern Africa | 102,900,000 | 100 |
|
2,600,000 |
100 |
|
|
99,000,000 |
100 |
|
|
54,000,000 |
300 |
|
| Madagascar |
29,600,000 |
100 |
|
2,600,000 |
100 |
|
|
218,500,000 |
100 |
|
|
60,600,000 |
50,000 |
|
|
16,300,000 |
200 |
|
|
Rest of Sub-Saharan Africa |
557,500,000 |
200 |
| Total Sub-Sharan Africa |
1,040,700,000 |
55,600 |
| Total Africa | 1,419,000,000 | 54,600 |
Europe
| Country | Total Population | Jews | Country | Total Population | Jews | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9,000,000 |
10,300 |
|
|
|
||
|
11,600,000 |
29,000 |
2,100,000 |
100 |
|||
|
6,800,000 |
2,000 |
47,400,000 |
13,000 |
|||
|
|
|
Sweden |
10,500,000
|
14,900
|
||
| Croatia |
3,800,000 |
1,700 |
Total EU | 445,500,000 | 791,200 | |
| Cyprus |
1,300,000 |
500 |
3,400,000 |
500 |
||
| Czech Republic |
10,700,000 |
3,900 |
Channel Islands | 200,000 | 200 | |
|
5,900,000 |
6,400 |
35,000 |
800 |
|||
| Estonia | 1,300,000 | 1,900 | ||||
|
5,600,000 |
1,300 |
Monaco | 40,000 | 700 | ||
|
65,800,000 |
440,000 |
1,800,000 |
100 |
|||
|
83,300,000 |
125,000 |
5,400,000 |
1,300 |
|||
|
10,600,000 |
4,000 |
6,800,000 |
1,400 |
|||
|
9,700,000 |
46,000 |
8,800,000 |
20,500 |
|||
|
5,100,000 |
2,700 |
85,200,000 |
14,200 |
|||
|
58,900,000 |
26,900 |
67,600,000 |
312,000 |
|||
|
1,900,000 |
4,200 |
Rest of other Europe |
5,800,000 |
200 |
||
|
2,800,000 |
2,200 |
Total other- Europe |
187,075,000
|
351,900
|
||
|
700,000 |
700 |
|||||
| Malta |
500,000 |
100 |
9,200,000 |
6,000 |
||
|
17,700,000 |
29,700 |
3,500,000 |
1,500 |
|||
|
38,000,000 |
9,500 |
144,300,000 |
132,000 |
|||
|
10,300,000 |
3,800 |
41,000,000 |
33,000 |
|||
|
19,000,000 |
8,700 |
Total FSU Republics |
198,000,000
|
172,500
|
||
|
5,400,000 |
2,600 |
Total FSU in Europe |
204,000,000
|
180,800
|
||
| Total Europe | 828,875,000 | 1,305,100 | ||||
1DellaPergola figures prior to 2023, which undercount U.S. Jews. For 2023, we used Sheskin and Dashefsky data with the more accurate approximation of American Jews -- 7.5 million instead of 6.3 million.
2Data as of May 9, 2024.
3Sheskin and Dashefsky figures.
4CIA World Factbook Figures.
*As of January 1, 2024 (including Jews in Judea and Samaria).
***Based on Sheskin and Dashefsky figures.
Sources: Sergio DellaPergola, “World Jewish Population, 2021,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2023, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2024).
Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2021,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2021, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2021).
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).
“Ahead of 72nd Independence Day, Israeli population stands at 9.2 million,” Times of Israel, (April 26, 2020).
“Israel’s population up to 9.25 million, though growth rate, immigration down,” Times of Israel, (September 16, 2020).
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
“Israel’s population nears 10 million, report,” Ynet, (September 20, 2022).|
“Israeli population rises to 9.795 million on Rosh Hashanah eve,” Times of Israel, (September 14, 2023).
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