THE JEWISH POPULATION OF THE WORLD
(Countries
over 50,000 listed)
Country Number %
of all Jews
United States 5,900,000 45
Israel 4,600,000
35
France 600,000
5
Russia 550,000 4
Ukraine 400,000 3
Canada 360,000 3
United Kingdom 300,000 3
Argentina
250,000 2
Brazil 130,000 1
South Africa 106,000 1
Australia 100,000 0.8
Hungary 80,000
0.6
Belarus 60,000 0.5
Germany 60,000
0.5
TOTAL: 13, 000, 000 (one-fifth of one percent of the world's six billion people).
Source: World Jewish Congress, 1996
(The Phenomenon of the Jews, by Steven Silbiger, 2000, p. 6)
Metropolitan Areas with the Largest Jewish Population Outside
Israel
(Cities
over 100,000 Listed)
CITIES Jewish
Population % Jewish
New York, USA 1,750,000 13%
Miami, USA
535,000 15%
Los Angeles, USA 490,000 5%
Paris, France 350,000
4%
Philadelphia, USA 254,000 6%
Chicago, USA 248,000 4%
San Francisco, USA 210,000 5%
Boston, USA 208,000 8%
London, UK 200,000 2%
Moscow, Russia 200,000 2%
Buenos Aires, ARG. 180,000 2%
Toronto, CANADA 175,000 6%
Washington DC USA 165,000 6%
Kiev, UKRAINE 110,000 4%
Montreal, CANADA 100,000 3%
St. Petersburg, RUSSIA 100,000 2%
World Jewish Congress and Information Please Almanac, 1996
[cited in Silbiger, Steven. The Phenomenon of the Jews, 2000]
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