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People > Immigration > Destination countries of nationalities and ethnic groups Stats: compare key data on Sweden & United States

Definitions

  • Jews > Enlarged Jewish population:

    Jewish population by country. The enlarged Jewish community includes Jews, non-Jews with Jewish ancestry and non-Jewish members of Jewish households.   

  • Jews > Enlarged Jewish population per thousand people:

    Jewish population by country. The enlarged Jewish community includes Jews, non-Jews with Jewish ancestry and non-Jewish members of Jewish households.   

    . Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Jews > Percent Jewish: Proportion of country’s population that is Jewish.
  • Lebanese: Number of residents who are Lebanese-born or of Lebanese descent.
  • Percent of population of African descent: Percentage of each country's population that is of African descent. These numbers include people mixed with African descent as well.
  • Russians: Number of residents who are ethnic Russians and maintain a feeling of Russian national identity.
STAT Sweden United States HISTORY
Jews > Enlarged Jewish population 25,000
Ranked 22nd.
8.3 million
Ranked 1st. 332 times more than Sweden
Jews > Enlarged Jewish population per thousand people 2.63
Ranked 21st.
26.44
Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than Sweden
Jews > Percent Jewish 0.263%
Ranked 21st.
2.64%
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Sweden
Lebanese 20,000
Ranked 26th.
3.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 165 times more than Sweden
Percent of population of African descent 0.8%
Ranked 27th.
13.6%
Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Sweden
Russians 8,900
Ranked 40th.
3.16 million
Ranked 3rd. 355 times more than Sweden

SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Rv2hLhme008J:www.jewishdatabank.org/Reports/World_Jewish_Population_2010.pdf+world+jewish+population+2010&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShFmlEo2XYeBjYVUGgz_STm8ZXvaFqIMHdpfxUC8uWpDuLqb9l7GvJbF2piXHqxgDaGkOY3jfCA_RkpUlKLSByoSQC3cLV-5LcpxgXggqUIYwzK9hdfmwVv4Sz0BdeFMxJ_-2To&sig=AHIEtbT5tVUek4PSi_N_5f0Dwe-11sBzMg, Number 2 - 2010. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sergio DellaPergola. p. 60.; https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Rv2hLhme008J:www.jewishdatabank.org/Reports/World_Jewish_Population_2010.pdf+world+jewish+population+2010&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShFmlEo2XYeBjYVUGgz_STm8ZXvaFqIMHdpfxUC8uWpDuLqb9l7GvJbF2piXHqxgDaGkOY3jfCA_RkpUlKLSByoSQC3cLV-5LcpxgXggqUIYwzK9hdfmwVv4Sz0BdeFMxJ_-2To&sig=AHIEtbT5tVUek4PSi_N_5f0Dwe-11sBzMg, Number 2 - 2010. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sergio DellaPergola. p. 60. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html, Jewish Population of the World. 2012.; Wikipedia: Lebanese people (Diaspora); Wikipedia: African diaspora (Estimated population and distribution); Wikipedia: Russian diaspora (Statistics)

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