Of the five major world religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam , Judaism is by far the rarest, accounting for just 0. Although Judaism is the oldest of the Abrahamic religions by 1, years, Christianity and Islam account for In other words, there are Christans and Muslims for every Jew.
With over 6. The historic homeland of the Jews, Israel is home to the holy city of Jerusalem , the theorized center of the world where God resides. The United States is second in terms of Jewish population, with around 5. New York City has more Jews than any other city in the world. The Jewish diaspora is the historic dispersion of Jews throughout the world due to exile and persecution, originally from their homeland in Israel.
Upon their exile, Jews spread out across Afro-Eurasia, settling in an array of different areas and developing new cultures. This includes 4. An additional 2. These adults all had at least one Jewish parent or a Jewish upbringing, but most people in this category, 1. About , have no religion and do not consider themselves Jewish in any way. An additional , identify as Jewish by religion but also identify with another religion, which excludes them from the Jewish population for the purposes of this report.
A further 1. Though they lack a Jewish parent or upbringing and do not identify as Jewish by religion, these adults consider themselves Jewish in some other way. About two-thirds identify with a religion other than Judaism, usually Christianity. There are an estimated 2. This includes 1. It also includes roughly , who are being raised both as Jewish by religion and in another religion. About , U. Meanwhile, approximately 1 million children live in households without any Jewish adults but with at least one adult of Jewish background, although , of these children are not being raised Jewish in any way.
Combining 5. In this report, as in the study, children are treated differently from adults: Children who are being raised as Jewish and in some other religion are included in the Jewish population estimate, while adults who identify as Jewish and some other religion are not. This accounts for the uncertainty inherent in projecting how children will identify when they grow up; some children who are raised as Jewish and another religion go on to identify, in adulthood, solely as Jewish.
For example, if adults with a Jewish background who identify religiously both as Jewish and as followers of another religion such as Christianity were included in the Jewish population, it would rise to approximately 7. And if children who are being raised both as Jewish and in another religion were excluded from the Jewish population estimate, it would fall to about 7.
DellaPergola includes Jews of no religion in these figures only if they have two Jewish parents. One other common definition should be mentioned: In traditional Jewish law halakha , Jewish identity is transmitted by matrilineal descent. Additionally, about 1. The share of U. There also has been stability in the broader population that includes adults of Jewish background and of Jewish affinity. An estimated 1. And 0. However, the survey points to a larger population of children living in Jewish households than its predecessor 2.
In , the estimated share of U. In , however, the estimated share of all U. The difference in the estimated size of the child population probably reflects in part some real change, fueled by factors including the high concentration of Orthodox Jews among young adults of childbearing age and their high fertility rates, leading to more Jewish children. Global Anti-Semitism Report. Latest Population Figures. Main Economic Indicators. GDP Growth - Domestic. Life Expectancy. Infant Mortality.
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