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==Historical comparison of Jewish population== {{main|Historical Jewish population comparisons}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right" |- ! Region ! Jews, No.<br />(1900)<ref name="jenc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13992-statistics|title=STATISTICS - JewishEncyclopedia.com|website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref> ! Jews, %<br />(1900)<ref name="jenc"/> ! Jews, No.<br />(1942)<ref name="roosevelt">{{cite web |url=http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box52/a467cg01.html |title=Distribution of the Jews in the World |first=Myron Charles |last=Taylor |author-link=Myron Charles Taylor |year=1942 |work=Vatican Diplomatic Files |publisher=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum]] |access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> ! Jews, %<br />(1942)<ref name="roosevelt"/> ! Jews, No.<br />(1970)<ref name="jppi">{{cite book |url=http://jppi.org.il/uploads/2010_Annual_Assessment.pdf |title=Annual Assessment 2010 |first=Shlomo |last=Fischer |year=2011 |work=Executive Report No. 7 |publisher=[[The Jewish People Policy Institute]] |location=[[Jerusalem]] |isbn=978-9657549025 |access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> ! Jews, %<br />(1970)<ref name="jppi"/> ! Jews, No.<br />(2010)<ref name="najdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishdatabank.org/Reports/World_Jewish_Population_2010.pdf |title=World Jewish Population, 2010 |first=Sergio |last=DellaPergola |author-link=Sergio DellaPergola |editor1-first=Arnold |editor1-last=Dashefsky |editor1-link=Arnold Dashefsky |editor2-first=Ira |editor2-last=Sheskin |date=November 2, 2010 |work=Current Jewish Population Reports |publisher=North American Jewish Data Bank |location=[[Storrs, Connecticut]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209035446/http://www.jewishdatabank.org/Reports/World_Jewish_Population_2010.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2012 }}</ref> ! Jews, %<br />(2010)<ref name="najdb"/> |- | align="center" | ''[[Jews and Judaism in Europe|Europe]]'' | ''8,977,581'' | ''2.20%'' | ''9,237,314'' | | ''3,228,000'' | ''0.50%'' | ''1,455,900'' | ''0.18%'' |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Austria|Austria]]{{ref label|austria|a}} | 1,224,899 | 4.68% | | | | | 13,000 | 0.06% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Belgium|Belgium]] | 12,000 | 0.18% | | | | | 30,300 | 0.28% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] | 8,213 | 0.58% | | | | | 500 | 0.01% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]/[[History of the Jews in Turkey|Turkey]]/[[History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]]{{ref label|ottoman|b}} | 390,018 | 1.62% | | | | | 24,300 | 0.02% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Denmark|Denmark]] | 5,000 | 0.20% | | | | | 6,400 | 0.12% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in France|France]] | 86,885 | 0.22% | | | 530,000 | 1.02% | 483,500 | 0.77% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Germany|Germany]] | 586,948 | 1.04% | | | 30,000 | 0.04% | 119,000 | 0.15% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungary]]{{ref label|hungary|c}} | 851,378 | 4.43% | | | 70,000 | 0.68% | 52,900 | 0.27% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Italy|Italy]] | 34,653 | 0.10% | | | | | 28,400 | 0.05% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] | 1,200 | 0.50% | | | | | 600 | 0.12% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in the Netherlands|Netherlands]] | 103,988 | 2.00% | | | | | 30,000 | 0.18% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Norway|Norway]]/[[History of the Jews in Sweden|Sweden]] | 5,000 | 0.07% | | | | | 16,200 | 0.11% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Poland|Poland]] | 1,316,776 | 16.25% | | | | | 3,200 | 0.01% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Portugal|Portugal]] | 1,200 | 0.02% | | | | | 500 | 0.00% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Romania|Romania]] | 269,015 | 4.99% | | | | | 9,700 | 0.05% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in the Soviet Union|Russian Empire]] <small>(Europe)</small>{{ref label|russiaeu|d}} | 3,907,102 | 3.17% | | | 1,897,000 | 0.96% | 311,400 | 0.15% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Serbia|Serbia]] | 5,102 | 0.20% | | | | | 1,400 | 0.02% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Spain|Spain]] | 5,000 | 0.02% | | | | | 12,000 | 0.03% |- | align="left" | [[Jews and Judaism in Switzerland|Switzerland]] | 12,551 | 0.38% | | | | | 17,600 | 0.23% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]/[[History of the Jews in Ireland|Ireland]] | 250,000 | 0.57% | | | 390,000 | 0.70% | 293,200 | 0.44% |- | align="center" | ''[[List of Asian Jews|Asia]]'' | ''352,340'' | ''0.04%'' | ''774,049'' | | ''2,940,000'' | ''0.14%'' | ''5,741,500'' | ''0.14%'' |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]]/[[Yemenite Jews|Yemen]] | 30,000 | 0.42% | | | | | 200 | 0.00% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in China|China]]/[[History of the Jews in Taiwan|Taiwan]]/[[History of the Jews in Japan|Japan]] | 2,000 | 0.00% | | | | | 2,600 | 0.00% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in India|India]] | 18,228 | 0.0067% | | | | | 5,000 | 0.00% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Iran|Iran]] | 35,000 | 0.39% | | | | | 10,400 | 0.01% |- | align="left" | [[Israel]] | | | | | 2,582,000 | 86.82% | 5,413,800 | 74.62% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in the Soviet Union|Russian Empire]] <small>(Asia)</small>{{ref label|russiaas|e}} | 89,635 | 0.38% | | | 254,000 | 0.57% | 18,600 | 0.02% |- | align="center" | ''[[African Jews|Africa]]'' | ''372,659'' | ''0.28%'' | ''593,736'' | | ''195,000'' | ''0.05%'' | ''76,200'' | ''0.01%'' |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Algeria|Algeria]] | 51,044 | 1.07% | | | | | | |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Egypt|Egypt]] | 30,678 | 0.31% | | | | | 100 | 0.00% |- | align="left" | [[Beta Israel|Ethiopia]] | 50,000 | 1.00% | | | | | 100 | 0.00% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Libya|Libya]] | 18,680 | 2.33% | | | | | | |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Morocco|Morocco]] | 109,712 | 2.11% | | | | | 2,700 | 0.01% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in South Africa|South Africa]] | 50,000 | 4.54% | | | 118,000 | 0.53% | 70,800 | 0.14% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Tunisia|Tunisia]] | 62,545 | 4.16% | | | | | 1,000 | 0.01% |- | align="center" | ''[[Americas]]'' | ''1,553,656'' | ''1.00%'' | ''4,739,769'' | | ''6,200,000'' | ''1.20%'' | ''6,039,600'' | ''0.64%'' |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews of Argentina|Argentina]] | 20,000 | 0.42% | | | 282,000 | 1.18% | 182,300 | 0.45% |- | align="left" | [[Bolivia]]/[[List of Chilean Jews|Chile]]/[[Ecuador]]/[[Peru]]/[[Uruguay]] | 1,000 | 0.01% | | | | | 41,400 | 0.06% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Brazil|Brazil]] | 2,000 | 0.01% | | | 90,000 | 0.09% | 107,329<ref name="ReferenceB">[ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2010/Caracteristicas_Gerais_Religiao_Deficiencia/tab1_4.pdf 2010 Brazilian census]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Retrieved on 2013-11-13</ref> | 0.05% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Canada|Canada]] | 22,500 | 0.42% | | | 286,000 | 1.34% | 375,000 | 1.11% |- | align="left" | [[Central America]] | 4,035 | 0.12% | | | | | 54,500 | 0.03% |- | align="left" | [[Colombia]]/[[The Guianas|Guiana]]/[[History of the Jews in Venezuela|Venezuela]] | 2,000 | 0.03% | | | | | 14,700 | 0.02% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Mexico|Mexico]] | 1,000 | 0.01% | | | 35,000 | 0.07% | 39,400 | 0.04% |- | align="left" | [[Suriname]] | 1,121 | 1.97% | | | | | 200 | 0.04% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in the United States|United States]] | 1,500,000 | 1.97% | 4,975,000 | 3.00% | 5,400,000 | 2.63% | 5,275,000 | 1.71% |- | align="center" | ''[[History of the Jews in Oceania|Oceania]]'' | ''16,840'' | ''0.28%'' | ''26,954'' | | ''70,000'' | ''0.36%'' | ''115,100'' | ''0.32%'' |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in Australia|Australia]] | 15,122 | 0.49% | | | 65,000 | 0.52% | 107,500 | 0.50% |- | align="left" | [[History of the Jews in New Zealand|New Zealand]] | 1,611 | 0.20% | | | | | 7,500 | 0.17% |- ! Total ! 11,273,076 ! 0.68% ! 15,371,822 ! ! 12,633,000 ! 0.4% ! 13,428,300 ! 0.19% |} a.{{note|austria}} [[History of the Jews in Austria|Austria]], [[History of the Jews in the Czech Republic|Czech republic]], [[History of the Jews in Slovenia|Slovenia]]<br /> b.{{note|ottoman}} [[Judaism in Albania|Albania]], [[History of the Jews in Iraq|Iraq]], [[History of the Jews in Jordan|Jordan]], [[History of the Jews in Lebanon|Lebanon]], [[History of the Jews in the Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[History of the Jews in Syria|Syria]], [[History of the Jews in Turkey|Turkey]]<br /> c.{{note|hungary}} [[History of the Jews in Croatia|Croatia]], [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungary]], [[History of the Jews in Slovakia|Slovakia]]<br /> d.{{note|russiaeu}} [[Baltic states]] ([[History of the Jews in Estonia|Estonia]], [[History of the Jews in Latvia|Latvia]], [[History of the Jews in Lithuania|Lithuania]]), [[History of the Jews in Belarus|Belarus]], [[History of the Jews in Moldova|Moldova]], [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russia]] (including [[Siberia]]), [[History of the Jews in Ukraine|Ukraine]].<br /> e.{{note|russiaas}} [[Caucasus]] ([[Jews in Armenia|Armenia]], [[Azerbaijani Jews|Azerbaijan]], [[History of the Jews in Georgia (country)|Georgia]]), [[Bukharan Jews|Central Asia]] ([[Jews in Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[History of the Jews in Tajikistan|Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbek Jews|Uzbekistan]]).
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