,World Jewish Population, 1994

World Jewish Population, 1994


 

Publication Date: January 1996

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Sergio DellaPergola; Uziel O. Schmelz

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics

Keywords: Demography; Population Estimate; World Jewry; Study

Type: Report

Abstract:

The article presents updates (as of the end of 1994) on the Jewish population of various countries. The population estimates given below reflect a prolonged and ongoing effort to study scientifically the demography of contemporary world Jewry. Data collection and comparative research have benefited from the collaboration of scholars and institutions in many countries, including replies to direct inquiries regarding current estimates.

In American Jewish Year Book 1996, pp. 434-463.