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Most Jewish Nations (2005)

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Nations (population 200,000+) with the most Jews according to the World Christian Database (2005).

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Ranking	Nation	Adherents	Percent
1	Israel	5,282,757	72.5
3	United States (General)	5,241,553	1.7
8	France	626,370	1.0
2	Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine)	521,188	11.8
5	Argentina	504,271	1.2
4	Canada	478,038	1.4
12	United Kingdom	290,057	0.5
16	Germany	223,343	0.3
22	Russia	183,235	0.1
14	Ukraine	176,653	0.4
27	Brazil	147,406	0.1
23	Mexico	136,516	0.1
11	Australia	107,053	0.5
9	Hungary	96,638	1.0
20	South Africa	82,403	0.2
22	Spain	57,099	0.1
18	Venezuela	56,975	0.2
18	Uzbekistan	55,058	0.2
6	Uruguay	41,307	1.2
28	Italy	39,695	0.1
15	Azerbaijan	28,733	0.3
16	Belgium	28,457	0.3
10	Moldova	27,356	0.8
20	Netherlands	26,312	0.2
16	Belarus	25,504	0.3
32	Turkey	24,551	0.0
23	Chile	20,665	0.1
32	Iran	19,355	0.0
17	Switzerland	18,213	0.2
19	Sweden	16,802	0.2
33	Ethiopia	16,188	0.0
26	Zimbabwe	11,772	0.1
16	Georgia	11,391	0.3
33	Colombia	11,268	0.0
35	India	10,924	0.0
31	Peru	10,441	0.0
32	Poland	9,529	0.0
13	Latvia	9,150	0.4
25	Austria	8,287	0.1
28	Czech Republic	7,236	0.1
22	Denmark	7,005	0.1
32	Romania	6,429	0.0
31	Kazakhstan	5,710	0.0
30	Greece	5,578	0.1
34	Morocco	4,825	0.0
24	New Zealand	4,819	0.1
21	Lithuania	4,671	0.1
22	Panama	4,641	0.1
32	Ecuador	4,178	0.0
31	Bolivia	3,739	0.0
30	Bulgaria	3,561	0.1
7	Belize	3,380	1.1
34	Uganda	3,380	0.0
29	Turkmenistan	3,239	0.1
30	Paraguay	3,210	0.1
31	Serbia	3,016	0.0
29	Costa Rica	2,881	0.1
28	Puerto Rico	2,773	0.1
35	China	2,661	0.0
23	Namibia	2,548	0.1
31	Slovakia	2,435	0.0
34	Kenya	2,426	0.0
29	Lebanon	2,425	0.1
30	Ireland	2,093	0.1
35	Sudan	1,983	0.0
31	Kyrgyzstan	1,961	0.0
33	Tunisia	1,849	0.0
34	Zambia	1,715	0.0
35	Japan	1,523	0.0
24	Estonia	1,500	0.1
34	Yemen	1,455	0.0
35	Egypt	1,368	0.0
34	Guatemala	1,281	0.0
33	Finland	1,272	0.0
35	Philippines	1,229	0.0
35	Nigeria	1,139	0.0
33	Tajikistan	1,081	0.0
35	Pakistan	1,018	0.0
30	Macedonia	970	0.1
19	Suriname	962	0.2
33	Singapore	919	0.0
33	Norway	893	0.0
34	Cuba	823	0.0
34	Papua New Guinea	813	0.0
25	Bahrain	807	0.1
20	Luxembourg	797	0.2
33	Croatia	794	0.0
34	Dominican Republic	736	0.0
34	Honduras	705	0.0
34	Hong Kong	705	0.0
30	Trinidad and Tobago	628	0.1
35	Algeria	567	0.0
34	El Salvador	557	0.0
33	Jamaica	541	0.0
33	Armenia	539	0.0
35	Portugal	473	0.0
33	Botswana	411	0.0
35	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	406	0.0
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	375	0.0
25	Bahamas, The	346	0.1
34	Albania	304	0.0
35	Madagascar	302	0.0
35	Tanzania	294	0.0
35	Malawi	282	0.0
35	Haiti	243	0.0
35	Mozambique	234	0.0
35	Nicaragua	228	0.0
35	Bangladesh	197	0.0
35	Taiwan	190	0.0
35	Indonesia	185	0.0
29	French Polynesia	160	0.1
33	Cyprus	158	0.0
35	Libya	131	0.0
30	French Guiana	125	0.1
34	Slovenia	122	0.0
34	Fiji	114	0.0
31	New Caledonia	109	0.0
35	Syria	108	0.0
35	Thailand	92	0.0
34	Cape Verde	66	0.0
34	Malta	60	0.0
34	Guyana	58	0.0
34	Barbados	31	0.0
34	Macau	29	0.0
35	Burma (Myanmar)	25	0.0
35	Iraq	22	0.0
35	Afghanistan	1	0.0
35	Angola	0	0.0
35	Benin	0	0.0
35	Bhutan	0	0.0
35	Brunei	0	0.0
35	Burkina Faso	0	0.0
35	Burundi	0	0.0
35	Cambodia	0	0.0
35	Cameroon	0	0.0
35	Central African Republic	0	0.0
35	Chad	0	0.0
35	Comoros	0	0.0
35	Congo, Republic of the	0	0.0
35	Cote d'Ivoire	0	0.0
35	Djibouti	0	0.0
35	Equatorial Guinea	0	0.0
35	Eritrea	0	0.0
35	Gabon	0	0.0
35	Gambia, The	0	0.0
35	Ghana	0	0.0
35	Guadeloupe	0	0.0
35	Guinea	0	0.0
35	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.0
35	Iceland	0	0.0
35	Jordan	0	0.0
35	Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of	0	0.0
35	Korea, (South) Republic of	0	0.0
35	Kosovo	0	0.0
35	Kuwait	0	0.0
35	Laos	0	0.0
35	Lesotho	0	0.0
35	Liberia	0	0.0
35	Malaysia	0	0.0
35	Maldives	0	0.0
35	Mali	0	0.0
35	Martinique	0	0.0
35	Mauritania	0	0.0
35	Mauritius	0	0.0
35	Mongolia	0	0.0
35	Montenegro	0	0.0
35	Nepal	0	0.0
35	Niger	0	0.0
35	Oman	0	0.0
35	Qatar	0	0.0
35	Reunion	0	0.0
35	Rwanda	0	0.0
35	Saudi Arabia	0	0.0
35	Senegal	0	0.0
35	Sierra Leone	0	0.0
35	Solomon Islands	0	0.0
35	Somalia	0	0.0
35	Sri Lanka	0	0.0
35	Swaziland	0	0.0
35	Timor-Leste	0	0.0
35	Togo	0	0.0
35	United Arab Emirates	0	0.0
35	Vanuatu	0	0.0
35	Vietnam	0	0.0
35	Western Sahara	0	0.0

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The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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