Data show that about 6,930,000 Jews live in Israel, which is about 45% of the world’s Jewish population and about 79% of the population of Israel.
The majority of Jews live outside Israel. About six million of this diaspora live in the United States.
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In the Islamic world, Turkey is the country with the largest Jewish population with a population of 14,500. It is followed by Iran with 9,500, Morocco with 2,000, and Tunisia with 1,000.
Professor Sergio Della Pergola at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
However, this data, compiled by Professor Sergio della Pergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, includes only those who identify as Jewish and have no other religious identity, according to Lala. If it were to include all those identified as Jews by virtue of their entitlement to Israel’s Law of Return, the world’s Jewish population would be 25.3 million.
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