According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of Jews in Israel and around the world at the end of 2019 was 14.8 million • The population of Jews in the world is the same as in 1925
A monument in the Mauthausen inmates' camp in Austria
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Ariel Bolstein
At the end of 2020, the number of people living in Israel recognized by the Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority was about 180,000.
The number of Jews in Israel and around the world stood at 14.8 million at the end of 2019, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics on the eve of Holocaust Martyrs 'and Heroes' Remembrance Day.
These data show that the Jewish population in the world is the same as it was in 1925 and then also stood at 14.8 million.
In 1939, on the eve of World War II, the number of Jews in the world was 16.6 million, of whom 449,000 were in Israel, ie 3%.
In 1948, on the eve of the establishment of the state, the number of Jews in the world was 11.5 million, of which 650,000 were in Israel, ie 6%.
Regarding the number of Jews worldwide: Of the 14.8 million Jews in the world, 6.8 million Jews live in Israel, 5.7 million in the United States, 448,000 in France, 393,000 in Canada, 292,000 in the United Kingdom, 180,000 in Argentina, 155,000 in Russia, 118,000 in Germany and 118 thousand in Australia.
In addition, the Central Bureau of Statistics examined the number of Jews in Israel by continent of origin.
The number of Jews in Israel is 6.8 million with 46% of the Jews in the world, of whom: 5.3 million were born in Israel.
About 1.5 million were born abroad, of which: one million were born in Europe and America, 289,000 were born in Africa and 159,000 were born in Asia.
