People > Jewish population > By country > Jews Stats: compare key data on Afghanistan & Israel
Definitions
- % Jewish: Jew population in countries as percentage of total Jew population in the world.
- Estimated number of Jews: Total Jew population by country.
- Estimated number of Jews per 1000: Total Jew population by country. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Population > 2005E: Population by country in 2005.
- Population > 2005E per 1000: Population by country in 2005. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
SOURCES: US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 and Jewish Population Tables; US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 and Jewish Population Tables. 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.; Census.gov; Census.gov. 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.
