Well, the answer to that is not easy to give. After all, must we first define who we call a Jew? Do we study the issue in a religious sense, that is, do we consider only Jews on the mother's side to be Jewish, or anyone on the basis of lineage? Culturally or religiously? So the answer has many dimensions now let's see Figures based on the latest 2023 research conducted by Word Population Review.
It is a well-known fact that the bulk of the world's Jews live in Israel and the United States, that is, the opposite is more correct, because in 2023 most of the Jews were already living in the United States, so then – it is true that it will not be long – but the United States has become a country More Jewish than the Jewish state, Israel. In 2023, there were 7,460,600 Jews living in the United States (primarily New York, California, Florida, and New Jersey) and 7,427,000 Jews living in Israel.
Last year, just over 16.5 million people practiced the world's oldest religion, but if we examine it by origin, there are more than 20 million people of Jewish descent.
Fine, but how many Jews live in Hungary? Well, according to research by World Population Review, 46,000 Jews lived in Hungary in 2023, which is a very large number compared to the 7,635 people who declared themselves Jewish in the 2022 Hungarian census. However, it is a fairly small number compared to estimates of 100,000 Or even more than 150,000 people of Jewish origin live in the country. Either way, according to WPR data, the Hungarian Jewish population has declined by a thousand people since 2019, but Hungary still ranks 12th in the world's Jewish population distribution, as follows:
First place: United States – with 7,460,600 people.
Second place: Israel – with a population of 7,427,000 people.
Third place: France – with 440 thousand people.
Fourth place: Canada – with 398 thousand people.
Fifth place: The United Kingdom – with a population of 312 thousand people.
Sixth place: Argentina – with 171 thousand people.
Seventh place: Russia – with 132 thousand people.
Eighth place: Germany – with 125 thousand people.
Ninth place: Australia – with 117 thousand people.
Tenth place: Brazil – with 90,500 people.
Eleventh place: Republic of South Africa – 50 thousand people.
Twelfth place: Hungary – with 46 thousand people.
Thirteenth place: Mexico – 40 thousand people.
14th place: Ukraine – with 33,000 people (WPR here counted 43,000 people in 2021).
Fifteenth place: Netherlands – with 29,700 people.
Sixteenth place: Belgium – 29 thousand people.
Seventeenth place: Italy – with 26,900 people.
Eighteenth place: Switzerland – with 20,500 people.
Nineteenth place: Uruguay – 16,200 people.
Twentieth place: Chile – 15,700 people.
According to 2019 estimates by the Jewish Federations of North America, fewer than a hundred Jews live in the following countries: North Macedonia, Bermuda, Botswana, Cyprus, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Philippines, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Malta, Namibia, Nigeria, Armenia, El Salvador, Syria, Slovenia and Taiwan.
