Jewish world populations

Jewish world populations

Overview

• The worldwide Jewish population is 13.3 million. Jewish population growth worldwide is close to zero percent. From 2000 to 2001 it rose 0.3%, compared to worldwide population growth of 1.4%.
• In 2001, 8.3 million Jews lived in the Diaspora and 4.9 million lived in Israel. Just about half of the world’s Jews reside in the Americas, with about 46 percent in North America.
• Approximately 37% of worldwide Jewry lives in Israel. Israel's Jewish population rose by 1.6% the past year, while the Diaspora population dropped by 0.5%.
• Europe, including the Asian territories of the Russian Republic and Turkey, accounts for about 12 percent of the total. Fewer than 2 percent of the world’s Jews live in Africa and Oceania.
• Metropolitan Tel Aviv, with 2.5 million Jews, is the world's largest Jewish city. It is followed by New York, with 1.9 million, Haifa 655,000, Los Angeles 621,000, Jerusalem 570,000, and southeast Florida 514,000.
• In 2001, 8 countries had a Jewish population of 100,000 or more; another 5 countries had 50,000 or more. There is not a single Diaspora country where Jews amounted to 2.5 percent of the total population. Only 3 Diaspora countries had more than 1 percent. Gibraltar (24.0 per 1000), United States (20.1), Canada (11.9), France (8.8), Uruguay (6.7), Argentina (5.3), Hungary (5.2), and Australia (5.1) had the highest ratios.

Estimated Jewish Populations

By continent and major geographical region Figures rounded of to the nearest 100,000 World Population 13.3 million Diaspora 8.35 million 63% Israel 4.95 million 37% N. America 6.5 million 46% Europe 1.6 million 12% S. America, Africa, Asia, Australia 5% Languages of total Jewish population Rank Language World % Diaspora % 1 English (US UK Canada SA Australia) 50.0 75.3 2 Hebrew (Israel) 34.8   3 Spanish (South America[2], Mexico, Spain) 2.7 3.3 4 Russian (Russia) 2.8 2.8 5 Ukrainian (Ukraine) 1.4 4.0 6 French (France) 4.0 6.2 7 German (Germany) 0.5 0.7 8 Hungarian (Hungary 4.0 0.6 Population analysis by city Metropolitan areas with the largest Jewish populations Rank Metro area Country Jewish Population World share 1 Tel Aviv Israel 2,560,000 19.3 2 New York U.S. 1,970,000 14.9 3 Haifa Israel 655,000 4.9 4 Los Angeles U.S. 621,000 4.7 5 Jerusalem Israel 570,000 4.3 6 Southeast Florida U.S. 514,000 3.9 7 Paris France 310,000 2.3 8 Philadelphia U.S. 276,000 2.1 9 Chicago U.S. 261,000 2.0 10 Boston U.S. 227,000 1.7 11 San Francisco U.S. 210,000 1.6 12 London U.K. 195,000 1.5 13 Buenos Aires Argentina 175,000 1.3 14 Toronto Canada 175,000 1.3 15 Washington U.S. 165,000 1.2 16 Be’er Sheva Israel 165,000 1.2 17 Moscow Russia 108,000 0.8 18 Baltimore U.S. 95,000 0.7 19 Montreal Canada 95,000 0.7 20 Detroit U.S. 94,000 0.7

Top twelve Jewish populations in the world The placement ratings in parentheses reflect alternative population estimates. Rank Country alt Population alt 1 USA   6,500,000   2 Israel   4,950,000   3 France   600,000 (750,000) 4 Canada (5) 364,000   5 Britain (6) 275,000   6 Russia (3/4) 275,000 (650,000) 7 Argentina   197,000 (250,000) 8 Ukraine   112,000   9 Germany   98,000 (115,000) 10 Brazil (11) 97,500   11 South Africa (12) 88,000 (65,000) 12 Hungary (10) 55,000 (100,000) Israeli populations abroad Israelis are included in the figures for Israel and not the host country. However, this is misleading, since most Israelis are de facto permanent residents of the host country. Country Israelis US 350,000 Canada 40,000 France 40,000 UK 30,000 South Africa 10,000 Germany 8,000 Australia 5,000

See Also

• Jewish population by country

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