^{. COUNTRIES WITH LARGEST JEWISH POPULATIONS, 1/1/2000} From: American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 100, New York,
The American Jewish Committee, 2000.

_____________________________________________________________________

			% of Total Jewish Population
		Jewish	In the World		In the Diaspora
Rank	Country	Population	%	Cumulative %	%	Cumulative %
1	United States	5,700,000	43.2	43.2	68.6	68.6
2	Israel	4,882,000	37.0	80.2	-	-
3	France	521,000	3.9	84.1	6.3	74.8
4	Canada	362,000	2.7	86.9	4.4	79.2
5	Russia	290,000	2.2	89.1	3.5	82.7
6	United Kingdom	276,000	2.1	91.2	3.3	86.0
7	Argentina	200,000	1.5	92.7	2.4	88.4
8	Ukraine	100,000	0.8	93.4	1.2	89.6
9	Brazil	98,000	0.7	94.2	1.2	90.8
10	Australia	97,000	0.7	94.9	1.2	91.9
11	Germany	92,000	0.7	95.6	1.1	93.1
12	South Africa	80,000	0.6	96.3	1.0	94.1
13	Hungary	52,000	0.4	96.7	0.6	94.7
14	Mexico	40,500	0.3	97.0	0.5	95.2
15	Belgium	31,700	0.2	97.2	0.4	95.6

_____________________________________________________________________