Jewish Population by Country 2023

Judaism is one of the oldest and most influential religions in the world, with more than 14.7 million practitioners worldwide as of 2019. If counting the "enlarged" Jewish population—which is to say, if including individuals with partial Jewish heritage—the number of Jews in the world swells to 20 million.

Jewish people make their homes in nearly every country worldwide, but the majority live in one of only two nations: Israel and the United States. Based on data from sources including the Jewish Virtual Library and the American Jewish Year Book, Israel led the world with an estimated 6.89 million Jews as of April 2021. The U.S. followed closely behind with 5.7 million, the majority of whom live in New York, California, Florida, and New Jersey. These are the only two nations with Jewish populations that exceed 1 million.

Top 10 Countries with the Largest Jewish populations (2019):

Israel - 6,894,000 (2021 data)
United States - 5,700,000 (Possibly 6.7 million. Sources differ.)
France - 450,000
Canada - 392,000
United Kingdom - 292,000
Argentina - 180,000
Russia - 165,000
Germany - 118,000 (tie)
Australia - 118,000 (tie)
Brazil - 92,600

Countries with the Smallest Jewish populations:*

According to 2019 estimates from the Jewish Federations of North America, the following countries have fewer than 100 Jewish residents: Armenia, Bermuda, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Namibia, Nigeria, Philippines, Slovenia, South Korea, Syria, and Taiwan.

- Israel's population of 6,870,900 includes West Bank, which is considered by most sources to be part of Palestine rather than Israel. When computed separately, Israel's 2021 Jewish population was 6,425,100 people and West Bank's was 445,800.
- Data for Syria includes Lebanon.

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Country	Jewish Population 2021	Jewish Population 2019
Israel	6,870,900	6,894,000
United States	6,000,000	5,700,000
France	446,000	446,000
Canada	393,500	393,500
United Kingdom	292,000	292,000
Argentina	175,000	175,000
Russia	150,000	150,000
Germany	118,000	118,000
Australia	118,000	118,000
Brazil	91,500	91,500
South Africa	52,000	52,000
Hungary	46,800	47,000
Ukraine	43,000	43,000
Mexico	40,000	40,000
Netherlands	29,700	30,000
Belgium	28,900	29,000
Italy	27,200	27,000
Switzerland	18,400	18,500
Uruguay	16,400	16,000
Chile	15,900	16,000
Sweden	14,900	15,000
Turkey	14,500	14,500
Spain	12,900	13,000
Austria	10,300	10,000
Panama	10,000	10,000
Iran	9,400
Romania	8,800
New Zealand	7,500
Belarus	7,200
Azerbaijan	7,000
Denmark	6,400
Venezuela	5,000
India	4,800
Poland	4,500
Latvia	4,300
Greece	4,100
Czech Republic	3,900
Portugal	3,300
China	3,000
Uzbekistan	2,800
Ireland	2,700
Slovakia	2,600
Costa Rica	2,600
Kazakhstan	2,400
Lithuania	2,300
Morocco	2,100
Bulgaria	2,000
Peru	1,900
Estonia	1,800
Croatia	1,700
Moldova	1,700
Puerto Rico	1,500
Serbia	1,400
Georgia	1,400
Finland	1,300
Norway	1,300
Paraguay	1,100
Japan	1,000
Tunisia	1,000
Guatemala	900
Singapore	900
Gibraltar	800
Luxembourg	700
Monaco	700
Ecuador	600
Bolivia	500	500
Cuba	500	500
Bosnia and Herzegovina	500
Jamaica	500	500
United States Virgin Islands	400	500
Kenya	300	500
United Arab Emirates	300	500
Kyrgyzstan	300	500
Cyprus	300	500
Thailand	200	500
Zimbabwe	200	500
Turkmenistan	200	500
Suriname	200	500
Bahamas	200	500
Indonesia	100	500
Nigeria	100	500
Ethiopia	100
Philippines	100	500
Egypt	100	500
DR Congo	100	500
South Korea	100	500
Madagascar	100	500
Taiwan	100	500
Syria	100	500
Dominican Republic	100	500
El Salvador	100	500
Armenia	100	500
Botswana	100	500
Namibia	100	500
Slovenia	100	500
North Macedonia	100	500
Malta	100	500
Barbados	100	500
Bermuda	100	500
Yemen		500
Tajikistan		500
Albania		500
Bahrain		500
Curacao		500

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Where is the largest Jewish population in the world?

With 6.89 million Jews as of April 2023, Israel is home to the highest population of Jewish people in the world. The United States is second with approximately 5.7 million Jewish people.

How many countries have large Jewish populations?

There are Jewish families living in just about every country around the world, but only two countries are home to over a million Jewish people; Israel and the US.