Jewish Populations in the Arab World
(1948 - Present)
|
|
1948 |
1958 |
1968 |
2011 |
2023 |
|
Algeria |
140,000 |
130,000 |
1,500 |
<50 |
<200 |
|
Egypt |
75,000 |
40,000 |
1,000 |
100 |
100 |
|
Iraq |
135,000 |
6,000 |
2,500 |
7 |
4 |
|
Libya |
38,000 |
3,750 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
Morocco |
265,000 |
200,000 |
50,000 |
4,000 |
2,100 |
|
Syria |
30,000 |
5,000 |
4,000 |
100 |
0 |
|
Tunisia |
105,000 |
80,000 |
10,000 |
1,500 |
1,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 500 | ||||
|
Yemen/Aden |
63,000 |
4,300 |
500 |
250 |
0 |
|
Total |
851,000 |
469,060 |
69,600 |
~6,200 |
<4,000 |
Source: Sergio DellaPergola, “World Jewish Population, 2021,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2023, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2024).
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