Jewish population

thumb|right|Jewry in 2006
Jewish population refers to the number of Jews in the world. Precise figures are difficult to calculate because the definition of "Who is a Jew" is a source of controversy.
==Total population==
According to the estimates for 2007 of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, the world population of Jews is 13.2 million.Percent of world Jewry living in Israel climbed to 41% in 2007 - Haaretz - Israel News Adherents.com cites figures ranging from 12 to 18 million Jews.Judaism, continued... citations at Adherents.com These statistics incorporate both practicing Jews affiliated with synagogues and the Jewish community, and approximately 4.5 million unaffiliated and secular Jews.
In 2007, 41% of the world's Jews were living in Israel.
==Largest Jewish populations by country==
This table represents data from 2006. 
 Top 50 countries by Jewish population 
 Rank 
 Country 
 Jews 
 % Jewish 
 % of all Jews
 1 </th>
 United States </th>
 5,489,000 (2008)</th>
 2.2% </th>
 32.15% </th>
 2 </th>
 Israel </th>
~5,313,800 </th>
 80.2% </th>
 33% </th>
 3 </th>
 France </th>
 490,561 </th>
 0.8% </th>
 4.2% </th>
 4 </th>
 Canada </th>
 393,660</th>
 1.2% </th>
 3.0% </th>
 5 </th>
 United Kingdom </th>
 350,000</th>
 0.5% </th>
 2.3% </th>
 6 </th>
 Argentina </th>
 180,000</th>
 0.5% </th>
 2.3% </th>
 7 </th>
 Russia </th>
 228,000</th>
 0.44% </th>
 1.7% </th>
 8 </th>
 Germany</th>
 118,000</th>
 0.14% </th>
 0.9% </th>
 9 </th>
 Australia </th>
 103,000 </th>
 0.55% </th>
 0.82% </th>
 10 </th>
 Brazil </th>
 96,500</th>
 0.05% </th>
 0.70% </th>
 11 </th>
 Ukraine </th>
 80,000 </th>
 0.16% </th>
 0.60% </th>
 12 </th>
 South Africa </th>
 72,000 </th>
 0.15% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 13 </th>
 Hungary </th>
 49,700</th>
 0.4% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 14 </th>
 Mexico </th>
 39,800</th>
 0.03% </th>
 <0.3% </th>
 15 </th>
 Belgium </th>
 31,200</th>
 0.3% </th>
 <0.2% </th>
 16 </th>
 Spain </th>
 48,409 </th>
 0.12% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 17 </th>
 Netherlands </th>
 45,000 </th>
 0.28% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 18 </th>
 Moldova </th>
 31,187 </th>
 0.7% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 19 </th>
 Uruguay </th>
 30,743 </th>
 0.9% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 20 </th>
 Italy </th>
 30,213 </th>
 0.05% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 22 </th>
 Chile </th>
 25,375 </th>
 0.13% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 23 </th>
 Poland </th>
 24,999 </th>
 0.065% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 25 </th>
 Venezuela </th>
 20,900 </th>
 0.1% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 21 </th>
 Iran </th>
 25,405 </th>
 0.035% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 26 </th>
 Ethiopia </th>
 20,000 </th>
 0.027% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 27 </th>
 Sweden </th>
 18,003 </th>
 0.2% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 28 </th>
 Uzbekistan </th>
 17,453 </th>
 0.065% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 29 </th>
 Turkey </th>
 17,415 </th>
 0.025% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 30 </th>
 India </th>
 15,405 </th>
 0.005% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 31 </th>
 Switzerland </th>
 14,649 </th>
 0.2% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 32 </th>
 Panama </th>
 10,029 </th>
 0.33% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 33 </th>
 Latvia </th>
 9,092 </th>
 0.397% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 34 </th>
 Austria </th>
 8,184 </th>
 0.1% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 35 </th>
 Georgia </th>
 7,951 </th>
 0.17% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 36 </th>
 Azerbaijan </th>
 7,911 </th>
 0.1% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 38 </th>
 Denmark </th>
 7,062 </th>
 0.13% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 39 </th>
 Romania </th>
 6,029 </th>
 0.027% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 37 </th>
 New Zealand </th>
 7,077 </th>
 0.17% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 40 </th>
 Greece </th>
 5,334 </th>
 0.05% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 41 </th>
 Morocco </th>
 5,236 </th>
 0.016% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 42 </th>
 Kazakhstan </th>
 4,100 </th>
 0.027% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 43 </th>
 Lithuania </th>
 3,596 </th>
 0.1% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 44 </th>
 Colombia </th>
 3,400 </th>
 0.008% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 45 </th>
 Czech Republic </th>
 3,072 </th>
 0.03% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 46 </th>
 Slovakia </th>
 3,041 </th>
 0.056% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 47 </th>
 Peru </th>
 2,800 </th>
 0.01% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 48 </th>
 Costa Rica </th>
 2,500 </th>
 0.06% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 49 </th>
 Bulgaria </th>
 2,300 </th>
 0.031% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
 50 </th>
 Ireland </th>
 1,930 </th>
 0.045% </th>
 <0.5% </th>
==Current population estimates==
According to the World Jewish Population Survey of 2002World Jewish Population Survey of 2002, "The size of world Jewry at the beginning of 2002 is assessed at 13,296,100. One in about 457 people in the world is a Jew. According to the revised figures, between 2001 and 2002 the Jewish population grew by an estimated 44,000 people, or about 0.3 percent." 
According to a 2002 studyNumber of Jews dropping, Israeli agency warns 4 December 2002 by the Jewish Agency, "the number of Jews in the world is declining at an average of 50,000 per year."
The World Jewish Population Survey gives the following geographical breakdown of the Jewish population:
Jewish Population 	2002 	2002 	2002
  	  	  	
Region 	Population	Percent b	
World 	13,296,100	100.0 	
  	  	  	
Americas, Total 	6,616,500 	48.7 	
 North c 	6,064,000 	45.6 	
 Central 	52,500 	0.4 	
 South 	500,000 	2.7 	
  	  	  	
Europe, Total 	1,558,500 	11.7 	
 European Union 	1,034,400 	7.8 	
 Other West 	19,600 	0.1 	
 Former USSR d 	410,000 	3.1 	
 Other East and Balkans d	94,500 	0.7 	
  	  	  	
Asia, Total 	6,544,900 	38.1 	
 Israel h 	6,500,00 	37.8 	
 Former USSR d 	25,000 	0.2 	
 Other 	19,900 	0.1 	
  	  	  	
Africa, Total 	87,200 	0.7 	
 North e 	7,400 	0.1 	
 South f 	79,800 	0.6 	
  	  	  	
Oceania g 	104,200 	0.8 	
a January 1.
b Minor discrepancies due to rounding.
c U.S. and Canada.
d Asian regions of Russia and Turkey included in Europe.
e Including Ethiopia.
f South Africa, Zimbabwe, and other sub-Saharan countries.
g Australia, New Zealand.
h Including about 370,000 Jewish Israeli citizens living in the Israeli West Bank and Golan Heights.
==Populations as a percentage==
All estimates of population in this section are generated by taking the estimated percentage of Jews in each country, and multiplying it by the population of the country. Though figures given in the table may seem precise to many digits, they are often highly inaccurate, and can vary by significant margins from other published surveys. This data is intended to give rough estimates of the number of Jews in each country, more precise estimates for some countries are available above.
As an example, the tables below give the Jewish population of Argentina as 195,000 Jews in Argentina, but the best survey-based sources generally estimate the number of Jews in Argentina between 185,000 and 250,000Jews In Argentina. All the numbers below are similarly estimates, so the figures in the table below should be considered in the light of these variations, and should not be viewed as exact counts.
The percentage of Jewish population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004', and, if not available on that site, from Jewish Population TablesJewish Population Tables. The total population of each country was taken from census.gov census.gov (2005 estimates).
These numbers are for Jews as an ethnicity; many, but not all, practice the religion of Judaism.
===By country===
Note: The total at the end shows the entire population of the world, not just the listed countries
 Jews by country 
Region 	Country 	Population (2005E)	% Jewish 	Estimated number of Jews
South Asia 	Jews in Afghanistan 	29,928,987 	0.000007%	1
North Africa 	Jews in Algeria 	32,531,853 	0.0003% 	100
South America 	Jews in Argentina 	39,537,943 	1.0% 	395,000
Middle East 	Jews in Armenia 	2,982,904 	0.025% 	750
Oceania 	Jews in Australia 	20,090,437 	0.6% 	120,406
Central Europe 	Jews in Austria 	8,184,691 	0.1% 	8,184
Middle East 	Jews in Azerbaijan 	7,911,974 	0.1% 	7,911
Middle East 	Jews in Bahrain 	750,000 	0.005% 	40
South Asia 	Jews in Bangladesh 	147,000,000 	0.00011% 	175
Eastern Europe 	Jews in Belarus 	10,045,237 	0.27% 	27,810
Western Europe 	Jews in Belgium 	10,364,388 	0.5% 	51,821
South America 	Jews in Bolivia 	8,857,870 	0.006% 	500
Balkans 	Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,025,476 	0.025% 	1,006
Southern Africa	Jews in Botswana 	1,640,115 	0.006% 	100
South America 	Jews in Brazil 	186,112,794 	0.04% 	95,125
Balkans 	Jews in Bulgaria 	7,450,349 	0.031% 	2,300
North America 	Jews in Canada 	32,805,041 	1.2% 	393,660
South America 	Jews in Chile 	15,980,912 	0.131% 	25,375
East Asia 	Jews in China 	1,306,313,812 	0.00023% 	3,000
South America 	Jews in Colombia 	42,954,279 	0.008% 	3,436
Central Africa 	Jews in Congo (Kinshasa) 	60,085,004 	0.0002% 	120
Central America	Jews in Costa Rica 	4,016,173 	0.06% 	2,409
Balkans 	Jews in Croatia 	4,495,904 	0.4% 	3000
North America 	Jews in Cuba 	11,346,670 	0.013% 	1,500
Central Europe 	Jews in Czech Republic 	10,241,138 	0.03% 	3,072
Western Europe 	Jews in Denmark 	5,432,335 	0.13% 	7,062
Caribbean 	Jews in Dominican Republic 	8,950,034 	0.001% 	100
South America 	Jews in Ecuador 	13,363,593 	0.005% 	668
North Africa 	Jews in Egypt 	77,505,756 	0.0001% 	100
Central America	Jews in El Salvador 	6,704,932 	0.001% 	100
East Africa 	Jews in Eritrea 	4,401,000 	0.00002% 	1
Eastern Europe 	Jews in Estonia 	1,332,893 	0.136% 	1,818
East Africa 	Jews in Ethiopia 	73,053,286 	0.027% 	20,000
Western Europe 	Jews in Finland 	5,223,442 	0.021% 	1,110
Western Europe 	Jews in France 	60,656,178 	1% 	606,561
Middle East 	Jews in Georgia 	4,677,401 	0.17% 	7,951
Western Europe 	Jews in Germany 	82,431,390 	0.13% 	107,160
West Africa 	Jews in Ghana 	18,412,247 	0.0043% 	800
Balkans 	Jews in Greece 	10,668,354 	0.05% 	5,334
Central America	Jews in Guatemala 	14,655,189 	0.008% 	1,172
Central Europe 	Jews in Hungary 	10,006,835 	0.6% 	60,041
Western Europe 	Jews in Iceland 	300,000 	0.003% 	10
South Asia 	Jews in India 	1,080,264,388 	0.0005% 	15,401
Middle East 	Jews in Iran 	68,017,860 	0.03% 	20,405
Middle East 	Jews in Iraq 	26,074,906 	0.0004% 	100
Western Europe 	Jews in Ireland 	4,015,676 	0.044% 	1,931
Middle East 	Jews in Israel 	6,276,883 	80% 	5,021,506
Western Europe 	Jews in Italy 	58,103,033 	0.052% 	30,213
Caribbean 	Jews in Jamaica 	2,731,832 	0.011% 	300
East Asia 	Jews in Japan 	127,417,244 	0.0015% 	2,000
Central Asia 	Jews in Kazakhstan 	15,185,844 	0.027% 	4,100
East Africa 	Jews in Kenya 	33,829,590 	0.001% 	400
East Asia 	Jews in South Korea 	48,422,644 	0.0002% 	100
Central Asia 	Jews in Kyrgyzstan 	5,146,281 	0.018% 	926
Eastern Europe 	Jews in Latvia 	2,290,765 	0.42% 	9,525
Middle East 	Jews in Lebanon 	3,826,018 	0.003% 	100
Northern Africa	Jews in Libya 	3,826,018 	0% 	0
Eastern Europe 	Jews in Lithuania 	3,596,617 	0.1% 	3,596
Western Europe 	Jews in Luxembourg 	468,571 	0.14% 	655
Balkans 	Jews in Macedonia 	2,045,262 	0.0098% 	200
North America 	Jews in Mexico 	106,202,903 	0.005% 	50,000
Eastern Europe 	Jews in Moldova 	4,455,421 	0.7% 	31,187
Western Europe 	Jews in Monaco 	35,000 	2.68% 	1,000
Balkans 	Jews in Montenegro 	630,548 	0.016% 	100
North Africa 	Jews in Morocco 	32,725,847 	0.016% 	5,236
Southern Africa	Jews in Namibia 	2,030,692 	0.006% 	115
Western Europe 	Jews in the Netherlands 	16,507,491 	0.2% 	37,000
Central America	Jews in Nicaragua 	5,675,356 	0.01% 	50
Oceania 	Jews in New Zealand 	4,035,461 	0.135% 	5,447
West Africa 	Jews in Nigeria 	128,771,988 	0.008% 	10,000
Western Europe 	Jews in Norway 	4,593,041 	0.027% 	1,240
South Asia 	Jews in Pakistan 	165,803,560 	0.000001%	200
Central America	Jews in Panama 	3,039,150 	0.33% 	10,029
South America 	Jews in Paraguay 	6,347,884 	0.015% 	1,000
South America 	Jews in Peru 	27,925,628 	0.01% 	3,000
Southeast Asia 	Jews in The Philippines 	87,857,473 	0.0001% 	100
Central Europe 	Jews in Poland 	38,635,144 	0.065% 	25,000
Western Europe 	Jews in Portugal 	10,566,212 	0.007% 	739
Caribbean 	Jews in Puerto Rico 	3,916,632 	0.06% 	2,500
Balkans 	Jews in Romania 	22,329,977 	0.027% 	6,029
Eastern Europe 	Jews in Russia 	143,420,309 	0.16% 	229,938
Balkans 	Jews in Serbia 	9,778,991 	0.022% 	2,200
Southeast Asia 	Jews in Singapore 	4,425,720 	0.007% 	300
Central Europe 	Jews in Slovakia 	5,431,363 	0.056% 	3,041
Central Europe 	Jews in Slovenia 	2,011,070 	0.025% 	500
Southern Africa	Jews in South Africa 	44,344,136 	0.2% 	88,688
Western Europe 	Jews in Spain 	40,341,462 	0.12% 	48,409
South Asia 	Jews in Sri Lanka 	20,000,000 	0.00015% 	3
South America 	Jews in Suriname 	438,144 	0.046% 	200
Western Europe 	Jews in Sweden 	9,001,774 	0.2% 	18,003
Western Europe 	Jews in Switzerland 	7,489,370 	0.3% 	18,978
Middle East 	Jews in Syria 	18,448,752 	0.0005% 	100
Central Asia 	Jews in Tajikistan 	7,163,506 	0.001% 	100
Southeast Asia 	Jews in Thailand 	65,444,371 	0.001% 	650
Central America	Jews in Trinidad and Tobago 	1,088,644 	0.1% 	1,088
North Africa 	Jews in Tunisia 	10,074,951 	0.018% 	1,813
Balkans 	Jews in Turkey 	69,660,559 	0.025% 	17,415
Central Asia 	Jews in Turkmenistan 	4,952,081 	0.01% 	495
East Africa 	Jews in Uganda 	28,816,000 	0.003% 	900
Eastern Europe 	Jews in Ukraine 	47,425,336 	0.22% 	103,591
Western Europe 	Jews in the United Kingdom 	60,441,457 	0.5% 	302,207
North America 	Jews in the United States 	300,400,001 	2.1% 	6,400,000
South America 	Jews in Uruguay 	3,415,920 	0.9% 	30,743
Central Asia 	Jews in Uzbekistan 	26,851,195 	0.065% 	17,453
South America 	Jews in Venezuela 	25,375,281 	0.1% 	20,900
Middle East 	Jews in Yemen 	20,727,063 	0.005% 	370
Southern Africa	Jews in Zimbabwe 	12,746,990 	0.006% 	764
Total 	Total 	6,430,856,221 	0.227% 	14,596,218
===By region===
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Jewish in a region (Jews in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Jewish percentage compared to the total Jewish population of the world (Jews in the region * 100/total Jewish population of the world).
(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and the Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).
 Jews in Africa 
 Region 
 Total Population 
 Jews 
 % Jewish 
 % of Jews total 
 Central Africa 
 83,121,055 
 1,000 
 0.0001% 
 0.0008% 
 East Africa 
 193,741,900 
 20,400 
 0.011% 
 0.14% 
 North Africa 
 202,151,323 
 7,249 
 0.004% 
 0.05% 
 Southern Africa 
 137,092,019 
 89,667 
 0.065% 
 0.614% 
 West Africa 
 268,997,245 
 42,000 
 0.00004% 
 0.0007% 
 Total 
 885,103,542 
 160,316 
 0.013% 
 0.805% 
 Jews in Asia 
 Region 
 Total Population 
 Jews 
 % Jewish 
 % of Jews total 
 Central Asia 
 92,019,166 
 23,074 
 0.025% 
 0.158% 
 East Asia 
 1,527,960,261 
 2,102 
 0.0001% 
 0.014% 
 Middle East 
 274,775,527 
 5,076,338 
 1.847% 
 34.779% 
 South Asia 
 1,437,326,682 
 15,401 
 0.0004% 
 0.037% 
 Southeast Asia 
 571,337,070 
 599 
 0.0001% 
 0.004% 
 Total 
 3,903,418,706 
 5,117,514 
 0.131% 
 34.993% 
 Jews in Europe 
 Region 
 Total Population 
 Jews 
 % Jewish 
 % of Jews total 
 Balkans 
 65,407,609 
 18,299 
 0.028% 
 0.125% 
 Central Europe 
 74,510,241 
 99,437 
 0.133% 
 0.681% 
 Eastern Europe 
 212,821,296 
 977,173 
 0.459% 
 6.695% 
 Western Europe 
 375,832,557 
 1,224,176 
 0.326% 
 8.387% 
 Total 
 728,571,703 
 2,319,085 
 0.318% 
 15.888% 
 Jews in The Americas 
 Region 
 Total Population 
 Jews 
 % Jewish 
 % of Jews total 
 Caribbean 
 23,809,622 
 1,888 
 0.008% 
 0.013% 
 Central America 
 42,223,849 
 52,500 
 0.035% 
 0.124% 
 North America 
 446,088,748 
 6,361,443 
 1.426% 
 43.1% 
 South America 
 371,075,531 
 359,800 
 0.09% 
 2.7% 
 Total 
 859,388,128 
 6,773,743 
 0.788% 
 45.9% 
 Jews in Oceania 
 Region 
 Total Population 
 Jews 
 % Jewish 
 % of Jews total 
 Oceania 
 30,564,520 
 95,853 
 0.314% 
 0.657% 
==Argentina and Brazil population are exaggerated==
The History of Jews in Argentina lists 2 sources giving their numbers at 300,000 at most. The Jewish Virtual Library has it at 184,500. The History of Jews in Brazil and the Jewish Virtural Library puts them at under 100,000.
==See also==
*Historical Jewish population comparisons
*Jewish ethnic divisions
*Jewish population by cities and city areas
*Judaism
*Judaism by country
*World population
==References==
*
*This article incorporates text from Joseph Jacobs, "Statistics" in the Jewish Encyclopedia; that article, in turn, gives an extensive bibliography.
*Jewish Population Survey
*Geography of the Jewish Population
*The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004
*Jewish Population Table
*Religious Freedom page
*census.gov
*Jews of Nigeria and Uganda
*Jews of North Eastern India
*Israelbooks.com The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute Annual Assessment 2004-2005: Between Thriving and Decline. Gefen Publishing House.
==External links==
*World Jewish Population in-depth
*Orthodox Jewish population growth and political changes
*Estimated Jewish Population of Europe (1949 and 1945) The Avalon Project
==Notes==
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