This article lists Jewish population estimates by scope, by year, by country and by geographical area.

Population

All data below, are from the Berman Jewish DataBank at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

in the World Jewish Population (2020) report coordinated by Sergio DellaPergola at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. The Jewish DataBank figures are primarily based on national censuses combined with trend analysis. * ''Core Jewish population'' refers to those who consider themselves Jews to the exclusion of all else. * ''Connected Jewish population'' includes the core Jewish population and additionally those who say they are partly Jewish or that have Jewish background from at least one Jewish parent. * ''Enlarged Jewish population'' includes the Jewish connected population and those who say they have Jewish background but not a Jewish parent, and all non-Jews living in households with Jews. * ''Eligible Jewish population'' includes all those eligible for immigration to Israel under its

Law of Return The Law of Return ( he, חֹוק הַשְׁבוּת, ''ḥok ha-shvūt'') is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews, people with one or more Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Isra ...

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Jews by country As of 2020, the world's "core" Jewish population (those identifying as Jews above all else) was estimated at 15 million, 0.2% of the 8 billion worldwide population. This number rises to 18 million with the addition of the "connected" Jewish pop ...