Jewish Population
World Jewish centers have shifted dramatically in the 20th century, as a result of the Holocaust, emigration, wars, the breakup of nations and the creation of Israel. Today, about 95% of world Jewry is concentrated in 10 countries. The United States, home to more than 5.5 million Jews, tops the list, followed by Israel, with about 4.7 million.
1900 / TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION: 10,671,832
At the outset of a century of upheaval, the great bulk of Jews are concentrated in eastern and central Europe. Immigration has increased U.S. Jewish population fivefold in two decades.
United States: 1,127,268
Russia: 5,189,401
Germany: 586,948
Austria-Hungary: 2,071,254
Romania: 276,493
Turkey: 350,000
1940 / TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION: 15,750,000
United States: 4,831,180
Poland: 3,113,900
Soviet Union: 3,020,141
Romania: 900,000
Hungary: 444,567
Czechoslovakia: 356,830
Germany: 240,000
Palestine: 424,373
1960 / TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION: 12,800,000
United States: 5,531,500
Soviet Union: 2,268,000
Israel: 1,880,000
Britain: 450,000
Argentina: 400,000
France: 350,000
Canada: 250,000
Romania: 225,000
Morocco: 200,000
1995 / TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION: 13,059,000
United States: 5,690,000
Canada: 362,000
Britain: 292,000
France: 525,000
Russia: 360,000
Israel: 4,549,500
Source: The American Jewish Committee
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