World Jewish Population, 2020

DellaPergola, Sergio

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78706-6_7

Table 7.14 Jewish population by country, core definition and expanded definitions, 1/1/2020

From: World Jewish Population, 2020

Country	Total population^a	Core Jewish population^b CJP	Jews per 1000 total popula-tion	Source			Population with Jewish parent^e PJP	Enlarged Jewish population^f EJP	Law of Return population^g LRP	Core Jew. pop. Rank
Country	Total population^a	Core Jewish population^b CJP	Jews per 1000 total popula-tion	Type^c	Accuracy rating^d		Population with Jewish parent^e PJP	Enlarged Jewish population^f EJP	Law of Return population^g LRP	Core Jew. pop. Rank
World	7691,430,000	14,787,200	1.92				18,030,900	21,005,700	23,809,100
America Total	1,011,228,000	6,466,900	6.40				8,954,500	11,155,500	13,416,700
Bermuda	65,000	100	1.54	C	C 2016		200	300	400	83
Canada	37,413,000	393,000	10.50	C	B 2019		450,000	550,000	700,000	4
United States	329,153,000	5,700,000	17.32	S	B 2013		8000,000	10,000,000	12,000,000	2
Total North America ^h	366,691,000	6,093,100	16.62				8,450,200	10,550,300	12,700,400
Bahamas	389,000	200	0.51	C	B 2010	X	500	700	900	77
Barbados	287,000	100	0.35	C	B 2010	X	200	300	400	83
Costa Rica	5,060,000	2500	0.49	J	C 2000		2800	3100	3400	43
Cuba	11,212,000	500	0.04	S	C 2013		1000	1500	2000	67
Dominican Republic	10,400,000	100	0.01	E	D 2000		200	300	400	83
El Salvador	6,454,000	100	0.02	E	C 2000		200	300	400	83
Guatemala	17,581,000	900	0.05	S	B 1999		1200	1500	1800	61
Jamaica	2,811,000	500	0.18	C,J	C 2010	X	300	400	500	67
Mexico	126,577,000	40,000	0.32	C,S	B 2010		45,000	50,000	65,000	14
Netherlands Antillesⁱ	321,000	400	1.25	C	C 2016		500	700	900	71
Panama	4,219,000	10,000	2.37	S	C 2012		11,000	12,000	13,000	25
Puerto Rico	3,059,000	1500	0.49	J	C 2000		2000	2500	3000	53
Virgin Islands	105,000	400	3.81	E	D 2016		600	700	800	71
Other	30,910,000	200	0.01		D 2020		400	600	800
Total Central America, Caribbean	219,385,000	57,400	0.26				65,900	74,600	93,300
Argentina	44,939,000	179,500	3.99	S	B 2003		260,000	310,000	360,000	6
Bolivia	11,470,000	500	0.04	J	C 1999		700	900	1100	67
Brazil	209,332,000	92,000	0.44	C	B 2010		120,000	150,000	180,000	10
Chile	19,107,000	16,000	0.84	C,S	B 2012	X	20,000	24,000	28,000	20
Colombia	50,374,000	2100	0.04	S	C 2010		2800	3500	4500	46
Ecuador	17,268,000	600	0.03	J	B 2011		800	1000	1200	66
Paraguay	7,156,000	1100	0.15	C	B 2002		1300	1600	1900	58
Peru	31,781,000	1900	0.06	S	C 2000		2400	3000	3500	49
Suriname	602,000	200	0.33	J	D 2000		400	600	800	77
Uruguay	3,519,000	16,500	4.69	S	B 2013		20,000	24,000	28,000	19
Venezuela	28,516,000	6000	0.21	S	C 2012		10,000	12,000	14,000	32
Total South America ^h	425,152,000	316,400	0.74				438,400	530,600	623,000
Europe Total	829,462,000	1,329,400	1.60				1,819,300	2,325,300	2,820,800
Austria	8,877,000	10,300	1.16	C,S,J	B 2019	X	14,000	17,000	20,000	24
Belgium	11,458,000	29,000	2.53	S,J	C 2018		35,000	40,000	45,000	16
Bulgaria	6,975,000	2000	0.29	C,J	C 2011		4000	6000	8000	48
Croatia	4,055,000	1700	0.42	C,J	C 2001		2400	3100	3800	52
Cyprus	1,250,000	300	0.24	C,E	C 2012	X	400	500	600	74
Czechia	10,670,000	3900	0.37	C,J	C 2011		5000	6500	8000	37
Denmark	5,819,000	6400	1.10	S,J	C 2018		7500	8500	9500	31
Estonia	1,328,000	1900	1.43	C,P	A 2017		2700	3500	4500	51
Finland	5,521,000	1300	0.24	P	B 2010		1600	1900	2200	56
France	64,834,000	448,000	6.91	S	B 2018		550,000	650,000	750,000	3
Germany	83,100,000	118,000	1.42	S,J	B 2018		150,000	225,000	275,000	8
Greece	10,701,000	4100	0.38	J	B 2000		5200	6000	7000	36
Hungary	9,770,000	47,200	4.83	C,S	C 2018		75,000	100,000	130,000	12
Ireland	4,939,000	2700	0.55	C	B 2016		3600	5000	6500	41
Italy	60,345,000	27,300	0.45	S,J	B 2018		34,000	41,000	48,000	17
Latvia	1,913,000	4500	2.35	C,P	A 2017		8000	12,000	16,000	34
Lithuania	2,787,000	2400	0.86	C,P	B 2011		4700	7500	10,500	45
Luxembourg	620,000	700	1.13	J	B 2000		900	1100	1300	64
Malta	500,000	100	0.20	E	D 2012		200	300	400	83
Netherlands	17,335,000	29,800	1.72	S	B 2018		43,000	53,000	63,000	15
Poland	38,400,000	4500	0.12	C,S,J	C 2018		7000	10,000	13,000	34
Portugal	10,269,000	3100	0.30	C	B 2011	X	3500	4000	5000	38
Romania	19,361,000	8900	0.46	C,J	B 2002		13,000	17,000	20,000	27
Slovakia	5,454,000	2600	0.48	C	C 2011		3600	4600	6000	42
Slovenia	2,088,000	100	0.05	C	C 2003		200	300	400	83
Spain	47,073,000	13,000	0.28	S,J	C 2020	X	16,000	19,000	22,000	23
Sweden	10,286,000	15,000	1.46	S	C 2018		20,000	25,000	30,000	21
Total European Union 27	445,728,000	788,800	1.77				1,010,500	1,267,800	1,505,700
Bosnia-Herzegovina	3,493,000	500	0.14	C	C 2001		800	1100	1400	67
Channel Islands	170,000	200	1.18	S	C 2015	X	250	300	400	77
Gibraltar	35,000	800	22.86	C	B 2019	X	900	1000	1100	63
Monaco	38,000	700	18.42	S	B 2012	X	900	1100	1300	64
North Macedonia	2,078,000	100	0.05	C	C 1996		200	300	400	83
Norway	5,345,000	1300	0.24	P	B 2010		1600	2000	2500	56
Serbia	6,945,000	1400	0.20	C	C 2001		2100	2800	3500	55
Switzerland	8,572,000	18,500	2.16	C	B 2012		22,000	25,000	28,000	18
Turkeyk	82,607,000	14,600	0.18	S,J	B 2016		19,000	21,000	23,000	22
United Kingdom^j	66,833,000	292,000	4.37	C,S	B 2018		330,000	370,000	410,000	5
Other	5,840,000	100	0.02		D 2020		250	400	500
Total other Europe ^h	181,956,000	330,200	1.81				378,000	425,000	472,100
Belarus	9,467,000	8500	0.90	C	B 2009		17,000	25,000	33,000	28
Moldova	3,543,000	1900	0.54	C	B 2014		3800	7500	10,000	49
Russia^k	146,731,000	155,000	1.06	C	C 2010	X	320,000	460,000	600,000	7
Ukraine	42,037,000	45,000	1.07	C	C 2001		90,000	140,000	200,000	13
Total FSU Republics	201,778,000	210,400	1.04				430,800	632,500	843,000
[Total FSU in Europe] ^l	207,806,000	219,200	1.05				446,200	655,500	874,000
Asia Total	4,503,074,000	6,808,500	1.51				7,046,700	7,286,200	7,303,600
Israel^m	8,696,600	6,340,600	729.09	C,P	A 2020	X	6,559,300	6,778,000	6,778,000
West Bankⁿ	3,085,300	432,800	140.28	C,P	A 2020	X	437,800	442,700	442,700
Gazan	1,933,600	0	0.00	C,P	A 2020	X	0	0	0
Total Israel and Palestine ^o	13,715,500	6,773,400	493.85				6,997,100	7,220,700	7,220,700
[Total State of Israel] ^p	9,139,300	6,773,400	741.13				6,997,100	7,220,700	7,220,700	1
Armenia	2,962,000	100	0.03	C	B 2011		300	500	700	83
Azerbaijan	10,023,000	7200	0.72	C	B 2009		10,500	15,500	20,500	30
Georgia	3,997,000	1500	0.38	C	B 2014		3000	5000	7500	53
Kazakhstan	18,509,000	2500	0.14	C	B 2009		4800	6500	9500	43
Kyrgyzstan	6,457,000	400	0.06	C	B 2009		700	1000	1500	71
Turkmenistan	5,942,000	200	0.03	C	D 1995		400	600	800	77
Uzbekistan	33,471,000	2900	0.09	C	D 1989		6000	8000	10,000	40
Total former USSR in Asia	90,582,000	14,800	0.16				25,700	37,100	50,500
China^q	1,406,222,000	3000	0.00	E	D 2015		3200	3400	3600	39
India	1,391,885,000	4800	0.00	C	C 2011		6000	7500	9000	33
Indonesia	268,419,000	100	0.00	E	D 2016		200	300	400	83
Iran	83,911,000	9500	0.11	C	B 2016	X	10,500	12,000	13,000	26
Japan	126,180,000	1000	0.01	E	D 2015		1200	1400	1600	59
Philippines	108,117,000	100	0.00	E	D 2000		200	300	400	83
Singapore	5,804,000	900	0.16	J	C 2015		1000	1200	1400	61
South Korea	51,846,000	100	0.00	J	C 2015		200	300	400	83
Syria and Lebanon	23,926,000	100	0.00	E	D 2015		200	300	400	83
Taiwan	23,593,000	100	0.00	E	D 2000		200	300	400	83
Thailand	66,374,000	200	0.00	E	D 2015		300	400	500	77
United Arab Emirates	9,586,000	300	0.03	E	D 2020	X	500	700	900	74
Other	832,913,500	100	0.00		D 2020		200	300	400
Total other Asia	4,398,776,500	20,300	0.00				23,900	28,400	32,400
Africa Total	1,305,215,000	56,800	0.04				71,700	83,900	97,100
Egypt	99,064,000	100	0.00	J	C 2015		200	300	400	83
Ethiopia	112,079,000	100	0.00	S	C 2015		500	1000	2500	83
Morocco	35,587,000	2100	0.06	J	C 2015		2500	2800	3100	46
Tunisia	11,665,000	1000	0.09	J	C 2015		1200	1400	1600	59
Total Northern Africa^h	351,973,000	3300	0.01				4400	5500	7600
Botswana	2,283,000	100	0.04	E	C 2000		200	300	400	83
Congo D.R.	86,791,000	100	0.00	E	C 2000		200	300	400	83
Kenya	52,574,000	300	0.01	J	C 2000		500	700	900	74
Madagascar	26,969,000	100	0.00	J	D 2016		200	300	400	83
Namibia	2,495,000	100	0.04	C	C 2000		200	300	400	83
Nigeria	200,964,000	100	0.00	E	D 2000		200	300	400	83
South Africa	58,616,000	52,300	0.89	C,S	B 2019	X	65,000	75,000	85,000	11
Zimbabwe	14,645,000	200	0.01	C	B 2001		400	600	800	77
Other	507,905,000	200	0.00		D 2020		400	600	800
Total Sub-Saharan Africa ^r	953,242,000	53,500	0.06				67,300	78,400	89,500
Oceania Total	42,451,000	125,600	2.96				138,700	154,800	170,900
Australia	25,305,000	118,000	4.66	C	A 2016		130,000	145,000	160,000	9
New Zealand	4,973,000	7500	1.51	C	B 2013		8500	9500	10,500	29
Other	12,173,000	100	0.01		D 2020		200	300	400

^aSource, with minor adjustments: Population Reference Bureau (2020) and United Nations (2019). Mid-year 2019 estimates
^bIncludes all persons who, when asked, identify themselves as Jews, or, if the respondent is a different person in the same household, are identified by him/her as Jews; and do not have another religion. Also includes persons with a Jewish parent who claim no current religious or ethnic identity
^c(C) National population census. (P) National population register. (S) Survey of Jewish population. (J) Jewish community register. (E) Estimate
^d(A) Base estimate derived from national census or reliable Jewish population survey; updated on the basis of full or partial information on Jewish population movements in the respective country during the intervening period. (B) Base estimate derived from less accurate but recent national Jewish population data; updated on the basis of partial information on Jewish population movements during the intervening period. (C) Base estimate derived from less recent sources and/or less reliable or partial coverage of country’s Jewish population; updated on the basis of demographic information illustrative of regional demographic trends. (D) Base estimate essentially speculative; no reliable updating procedure. The year in which the country’s base estimate or important partial updates were obtained is also stated. This is not the current estimate’s date but the basis for its attainment. An X is appended to the accuracy rating for several countries, whose Jewish population estimate for 2020 was not only updated but also revised in light of improved information
^eSum of (a) core Jewish population; (b) persons reported as partly Jewish; and (c) all others not currently Jewish with a Jewish parent
^fSum of (a) core Jewish population; (b) persons reported as partly Jewish; (c) all others not currently Jewish with a Jewish parent; and (d) all other non-Jewish household members (spouses, children, etc.)
^gSum of Jews, children of Jews, grandchildren of Jews, and all respective spouses, regardless of Jewish identification
^hIncluding countries and territories not listed because fewer than 100 core Jews live in each of those countries and in all of those countries combined
ⁱIncluding Aruba
^jIncluding the Isle of Man
^kIncluding Asian regions
^lIncluding the Baltic countries which are already included above in the EU
^mIncluding East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, not including the West Bank
ⁿAuthor’s revised estimates of total Palestinian population on 1/1/2020: West Bank (without East Jerusalem): 2,642,600; Gaza: 1,933,600; Total: 4,576,200. The West Bank also includes 432,800 Jews and 9900 non-Jewish members of Jewish households, for a total of 442,700 Jews and others. The reported West Bank total of 3,085,300 includes Palestinian, Jewish, and other residents
^oNot including foreign workers and asylum seekers
^pIsrael’s total permanent (de jure) population as defined by Israel’s legal system, not including foreign workers and asylum seekers
^qIncluding Hong Kong and Macao
^rExcluding Sudan and Ethiopia included in Northern Africa

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