Select Indicators on World Jewry
(Updated January 2012)
Country |
Core Jewish Population |
GDP/Capita ^ |
Jewish School Attendance |
Out-Marriage Rate |
Jews Have Visited Israel |
Aliyah to Israel† |
1970 |
2010 |
2020* |
| World |
12,633,000 |
13,647,500 |
13,917,000 |
-- |
|
|
|
|
| Israel |
2,582,000 |
5,912,600 |
6,543,000 |
30,255 |
97% |
5% |
-- |
-- |
| North America |
5,686,000 |
5,650,000 |
5,581,000 |
-- |
|
|
|
2,525 |
| United States |
5,400,000 |
5,275,000 |
5,200,000 |
48,387 |
25% |
54% |
>35% |
2,339 |
| Canada |
286,000 |
375,000 |
381,000 |
40,107 |
55% |
35% |
>65% |
212 |
| Latin America |
514,000 |
389,600 |
364,000 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
894 |
| Argentina |
282,000 |
182,300 |
162,000 |
16,289 |
50-55% |
45% |
>50% |
220 |
| Brazil |
90,000 |
95,600 |
90,000 |
11,805 |
71% |
45% |
>50% |
157 |
| Mexico |
35,000 |
39,400 |
42,000 |
14,856 |
85% |
10% |
>70% |
-- |
| Other |
107,000 |
72,300 |
70,000 |
-- |
75% |
15-95% |
>50% |
-- |
| Europe ° |
1,331,000 |
1,158,800 |
1,158,800 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2,910 |
| France |
530,000 |
483,500 |
482,000 |
34,945 |
40% |
40-45% |
>70% |
1,653 |
| UK |
390,000 |
292,000 |
278,000 |
35,982 |
60% |
40-45% |
>75% |
569 |
| Germany |
30,000 |
119,000 |
108,000 |
37,208 |
>20% |
>60% |
>50% |
97 |
| Romania |
-- |
9,700 |
-- |
12,127 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
41 |
| Bulgaria |
-- |
2,000 |
-- |
12,516 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
33 |
| Hungary |
70,000 |
48,600 |
34,000 |
19,477 |
>15% |
60% |
-- |
128 |
| Other EU |
171,000 |
163,200 |
134,000 |
-- |
10-25% |
33-75% |
>50% |
-- |
| Non-EU |
140,000 |
40,800 |
34,000 |
-- |
5-20% |
50-80% |
-- |
-- |
| Former USSR |
2,151,000 |
330,000 |
173,000 |
|
|
|
|
7,234 |
| Russia |
808,000 |
205,000 |
130,000 |
16,750 |
>15% |
80% |
-- |
3,678 |
| Ukraine |
777,000 |
71,500 |
25,000 |
7,076 |
>15% |
80% |
-- |
2,051 |
| FSU Europe |
312,000 |
34,900 |
15,000 |
-- |
>15% |
65-75% |
-- |
625 |
| FSU Asia |
254,000 |
18,600 |
3,000 |
-- |
>15% |
50-75% |
-- |
871 |
| Asia ° |
104,000 |
19,200 |
21,000 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
233 |
| Africa |
195,000 |
76,200 |
60,000 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2,933 |
| Ethiopia |
-- |
100 |
-- |
1,088 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2,432 |
| South Africa |
118,000 |
70,800 |
57,000 |
10,880 |
85% |
20% |
>75% |
202 |
| Morocco |
-- |
2,700 |
-- |
5,001 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Other |
-- |
2,600 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
94 |
| Oceania |
70,000 |
115,100 |
105,000 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
97 |
| Australia |
65,000 |
107,500 |
97,000 |
41,089 |
65% |
22% |
>65% |
-- |
| New Zealand |
5,000 |
7,600 |
8,000 |
28,344 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
* - Projected
^- PPP, US$
† - 2012 or most recent
° - Non Former USSR Countries
Sources: The Jewish People Policy Institute |