World Jewish Population

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1 World A HE 1982 AMERIAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK (AJYB) ONTAINE new estimates of the population in various countries of the world at the end of 1980, as well as background information and analysis. The statistical tables are reprinted here, without the accompanying text. hanges have been made in one respect only. While the estimates for Jews in the 1982 AJYB related to the end of 1980, the data for the general population of the respective countries reproduced the United Nations estimates as of mid-year This time the updated United Nations estimates as of mid-year 1980 have been used for the total population,' and the proportion of of the respective country's total population has been recomputed accordingly. The 1984 AJYB will present updated and, where necessary, revised population estimates for the countries of the world at the end of In Tables 4-8 the following rating of the population estimates has been given: (A) basefigurederived from countrywide census or reliable population survey; updated on the basis of full or partial information on population movements in intervening period; (B) base figure derived from somewhat less accurate countrywide population investigation; partial information on population movements in intervening period; () base figure derived from less recent sources and/or partial geographical coverage of population in country; updating according to demographic information illustrative of regional demographic trends; and () base figure essentially conjectural; no reliable updating procedure. In categories (A) and (B) the year for which the principal base figure was obtained is also reported. The time elapsed since that date provides an additional yardstick to assess reliability of data. U. O. SHMELZ SERGIO ELLAPERGOLA 'United Nations, epartment of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, and Vital Statistics Report: ata Available as of January 1, (ST/ESA/ STAT/SER. A/139). 273

2 274 / A M E R I A N J E W I S H Y E A R B O O K, TABLE 1. WORL JEWISH POPULATION, (ROUGH ESTIMATES) iaspora Israel World ,242 2,582 12,824 In Thousands ,020 2,959 12, ,745 3,283 13,028 Per < ent % hange TABLE 2. HANGES IN WORL JEWISH POPULATION, Type of hange (ROUGH ESTIMATES) iaspora, total change Natural and affiliative Net aliyah Israel, total change Natural Net aliyah World, total change a In Thousands a I.e., natural change in iaspora and Israel, affiliative change in iaspora

3 WORL JEWISH POPULATION / 275 TABLE 3. ESTIMATE JEWISH POPULATION, BY ONTINENTS AN MAJOR GEOGRAPHIAL REGIONS, 1980 Region Number Per ent America, a 6,491, Northb 5,998, entral 44,050 South 449, 3.4 Europe, a 2,969, West 1,119, East & Balkansc 1,848, Asia, 3,327, Israel 3,282, 25.2 Restc 45, Africa, 164, North 21,050 South 109, Restd 33,950 Oceania 74, World 13,027, including " countries." U.S.A. and anada. c The Asian territories of USSR and Turkey are included in "East Europe and Balkans." ^Including Ethiopia.

4 276 / AMERIAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, 1983 TABLE 4. ESTIMATE JEWISH POPULATION ISTRIBUTION IN THE AMERIAS, 1980 ountry anada U.S.A. Northern America Bahamas osta Rica uba ominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Trinidad entral America 8 Argentina Bolivia Brazil hile olombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Surinam Uruguay Venezuela Southern America 8 23,94 227,658, ,000 2,24 9,833,000 5,43 4,813,000 7,262,000 5,009,000 2,192,000 71,91 266,000 1,837,000 1,139,000 27,064,000 5,600, ,032,000 11,104,000 27,093,000 8,354,000 3,067,000 17,780, ,000 2,899,000 13,913,000 a of countries reported in detail. 308,000 5,690,000 5,998, , , , , , , , ,000 17, , 6,491, B 1971 B 1970 B 1960 B 1960 B 1977

5 WORL JEWISH POPULATION / 277 TABLE 5. ESTIMATE JEWISH POPULATION ISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE, 1980 ountry Austria Belgium Bulgaria zechoslovakia enmark Finland France Germany, East Germany, West Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Rumania Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey a USSRa Yugoslavia a Including Asian 7,50 9,857,000 8,862,000 15,312,000 5,123,000 4,779,000 53,713,000 16,737,000 61,56 33,000 55,94 9,559,000 10,713,000 3,40 57,042, ,000 14,144,000 4,086,000 35,578,000 9,933,000 22,20 37,430,000 8,31 6,373,000 44,438, ,542,000 22,344,000 regions. 8,000 33,000 3,500 9,000 7,000 1, 53 33, , ,000 32, , ,000 12, ,000 1,,000 1,500 2,969, B 1965 A 1976 B A 1970 S A 1970 A 1978 B 1971 B 1965 B 1966 A 1970 B A 1970 B 1965 B 1979 B

6 278 / AMERIAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, 1983 TABLE 6. ESTIMATE JEWISH POPULATION ISTRIBUTION IN ASIA, 1980 ountry Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Japan Lebanon Philippines Singapore Syria Yemen ,068, ,596,000 37,447,000 13,084,000 3,921,* 116,782,000 3,16 48,400,000 2,39 8,979,000 5,926, ,500 32,000 3,282, 450 4,500 1, 3,327, B 1971 A 1980 TABLE 7. ESTIMATE JEWISH POPULATION ISTRIBUTION IN AFRIA, 1980 ountry Algeria Egypt Ethiopia Kenya Morocco South Africa Tunisia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe 18,594,000 42,20 31,06 16,402,000 20,242,000 29,28 6,369,000 28,29 5,834,000 7,360, , , ,000 2, , , B 1976 B 1970 A

7 WORL JEWISH POPULATION / 279 TABLE 8. ESTIMATE JEWISH POPULATION ISTRIBUTION IN IOEANIA, 1980 ountry Australia New Zealand 14,616,000 3,100,000 70,000 4,000 74, TABLE 9. OUNTRIES WITH LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION (100,000 JEWS AN ABOVE), 1980 Rank ountry United States Israel Soviet Union France Great Britain anada Argentina Brazil South Africa Largest iaspora ommunities 9 Largest World ommunities 5,690,000 3,282, 1,, , , , , ,000 9,083,000 12,365, % of : In the iaspora In the World