JEWISH POPULATION

 I began this blog some years ago writing about Judaism and religion in general as well as Zionism, Jews in general, and other related ideas. The past year has been devoted almost exclusively to American politics because of the urgent problems in American government in the past 4 years. Now that the American government has returned to normality, although the problems created by the Trump era still need to be corrected by the new Biden administration, I can return at least part of my attention to Jewish issues and issues of religion in general.

Let’s start with what is the Jewish population in the world now, and where do we Jews live in the world? That depends on who is included in the count. The number of people who consider themselves Jewish more than anything else is about 15 million. The number of those who consider themselves at least partially Jewish is about 20 million. About 40% of the Jews in the world live in Israel and another 40% in the USA. France, Canada, and Russia each have about 3%. Britain has about 2%. Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Germany, Ukraine, and Hungary each have about 1%. Everywhere else has about 2% altogether. By continent, about 40+% of Jews live in North America, about 40+% in Asia (mostly Israel), about 14% in Europe (including Britain), about 1% Australia, and less than 1% in Africa.