Demographics



There are approximately 13.3 million Jews worldwide. Jewish population growth is very low at almost zero percent. From 2000- 2001 is rose 0.3% as opposed to 1.4% growth worldwide. About half of the Jews live in the Americas, with 46% in North America. []





===== LANGUAGES OF TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION ===== ===== Rank Language % In the World % In Diaspora ===== 1. English (US, U.K, Canada, S.A., Australia) 50.0 75.3 2. Hebrew (Israel) 34.8 3. Spanish (South America[|[2]], Mexico, Spain) 2.7 3.3 4. Russian (Russia) 2.8 2.8 5. Ukrainian (Ukraine) 1.4 4.0 6. French (France) 4.0 6.2 7. German (Germany) 0.5 0.7 8. Hungarian (Hungary 4.0 0.6