It is estimated that there were 6,000 Bene Israel in the 1830s; 10,000 at the turn of the 20th century; and in 1948—their peak in India—they numbered 20,000.
К началу ХХ века оценка составляет 10 000, к 1948 году (пик членов общины в Индии) — 20 000.