The global Jewish population stands at 15.8 million, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics revealed in its annual report on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
As of 2025, there are 15.8 million Jews worldwide, 7.2 million (about 45%) of whom live in Israel, and about 6.3 million (around 40%) of whom live in the United States. Following these two countries, the next biggest populations (in order) are in the following: France, Canada, the UK, Argentina, Germany, Russia, and Australia.
In 1939, on the eve of World War II, the global Jewish population was 16.6 million, of whom 449,000 (3%) lived in Israel.
In 1948, on the eve of the establishment of the State of Israel, the global Jewish population was 11.5 million, of whom 650,000 (6%) lived in Israel.
As seen, the global Jewish population has not returned to pre-WWII levels.
Holocaust survivors living in Israel
CBS also released statistics about the number of living Holocaust survivors.
As of Monday, approximately 111,000 Holocaust survivors and victims of antisemitic persecution during the Holocaust are living in Israel. Of these, 63% are women, and 37% are men.
CBS noted that 6% immigrated to Israel before the establishment of the state (1933-1947), 30.2% immigrated during the large wave following the establishment of the state (1948-1951), 30.2% immigrated between 1952-1989, and about one-third (33.6%) immigrated since the 1990s, during the most recent wave of immigration from the (former) Soviet Union.
The worldwide Jewish population has risen since 2020, when it stood at 15.2 million. The number of people who live in Israel and are recognized by the Authority for the Rights of Holocaust Survivors has, however, dropped in the last five years from 165,000 in 2021, highlighting the dwindling numbers of those who bore witness to the horrors of the Second World War.