The number of Jews worldwide stands at roughly 15.2 million, according to statistics released by the Jewish Agency for Israel on the eve of the Jewish new year 5782.
That number is up from 15.1 million the last Jewish new year (5781).
The percentage of Jews living in Israel out of all the Jews in the world stands at 45.3 percent, an increase of half a percent over the previous year. The estimated number of Jews in the United States increased by 300,000 following a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
When also including those who are eligible for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, the world total rises to 25.3 million people, of which 7.3 million are in Israel and 18 million live outside Israel.
The updated estimates by Professor Sergio Della Pergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be published in the American Jewish Year Book 2021.
Updated Jewish population figures from additional countries include:
France: 446,000
Canada: 393,000
Great Britain: 292,000
Argentina: 175,000
Russia: 150,000
Germany: 118,000
Australia: 118,000
Brazil: 91,500
South Africa: 52,000
Ukraine: 43,000
Hungary: 47,000
Mexico: 40,000
The Netherlands: 30,000
Belgium: 29,000
Italy: 27,000
Switzerland: 18,500
Chile: 16,000
Uruguay: 16,000
Sweden: 15,000
Turkey: 14,500
Spain: 13,000
Austria: 10,000
Panama: 10,000
An estimated 27,000 Jews live in Arab and Muslim states: 14,500 in Turkey, 9,500 in Iran, 2,000 in Morocco and around 1,000 in Tunisia.
Another 38 countries have Jewish populations of 500 or fewer.