According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, there were 271,327 Jews in England and Wales, or 0.5% of the overall population, whilst in the 2021 Northern Irish census, there were 439 self-identified Jews comprising just 0.02% of the population, but marking a 31% increase in numbers since the census of 2011.
The majority of the Jews in England live in and around London, with almost 160,000 Jews in London itself and a further 20,800 in nearby Hertfordshire, primarily in Bushey (4,500), Borehamwood (3,900), and Radlett (2,300).
Which country has the largest population of Jews today?
Israel and the United States are the only countries with millions of Jewish residents; 85% of Jews worldwide live in one of these two countries. Nearly half of all Jews live in Israel, which has a 77% Jewish majority and is the only country in which Jews make up more than 2% of the population.
Census 2021 shows that there were 22,546 usual residents that were born in Israel and 4621 usual residents that were born in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in England and Wales.
Main points. 287,360 people identified as Jewish in England and Wales in Census 2021; this was 0.5% of the usual resident population. 219,160 people identified as Jewish through religion only, 16,030 through ethnic group only, and 52,165 through both religion and ethnic group.
Results of the 2021 Census for England and Wales showed that Christianity is the largest religion (though it makes up less than half of the population at 46.2%), followed by the non-religious (37.2%), Islam (6.5%), Hinduism (1.7%), Sikhism (0.9%), Buddhism (0.5%), Judaism (0.5%), and others (0.6%).
88% of British Jews have been to Israel at least once, and 73% say that they feel very or somewhat attached to the country. However, the proportion identifying as 'Zionists' has fallen from 72% to 63% over the past decade.
Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total population in the United Kingdom. London has the largest population and greatest proportion (15%) of Muslims in the country.
With over 450,000 Jews, France is home to the third largest Jewish population after Israel and the United States. Jewish life there is vibrant. There are many day schools, synagogues, and over 250 Kosher restaurants.
The highest value was in Israel: 76.2 percent and the lowest value was in Hungary: 0.2 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2013. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available. Definition: People practicing Judaism as percent of the population.
There is no official Jewish view of Jesus but in one respect Jews are agreed in their attitude towards Jesus. Jews reject the tremendous claim, which is made for Jesus by his Christian followers - that Jesus is the Lord Christ, God Incarnate, the very Son of God the Father.
Before David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, announced Israel's Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948, 600,000 Jews lived in the land. According to estimates, approximately one-fifth – or up to 120,000 Jews were living in Jerusalem – the newly-declared capital of the nascent state.
Before World War II, Italy had a population of about 50,000 Jews, of whom approximately 8,000 were killed in the Holocaust. According the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, approximately 28,000 Jews live in the country today.
Many German and Polish Jews seeking to escape the Nazi Holocaust arrived in Britain before and after the Second World War. Around 80–90% of British Jews today are Ashkenazi. Following de-colonisation, the late twentieth century saw Yemeni Jews, Iraqi Jews, and Baghdadi Jews settle in the United Kingdom.
Anti-Zionist Jews do not represent the vast majority of the American Jewish community. Eight out of 10 American Jews say caring about Israel is an essential or important part of what being Jewish means to them.
In an effort to win the support of Jewish communities in both Allied countries like the United States, and enemy countries like Austria Hungary, the UK foreign secretary signed the Balfour Declaration. Vowing to set up a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
After Christianity, the religions with the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, modern paganism, and the Bahá'í Faith. There are also organisations promoting irreligion, including humanism and atheism. In the 2021 census, Shamanism was the fastest growing religion in England.
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world due to the high birth rate of Muslims across the world compared to non-Muslims. In 1990, 1.1 billion people were Muslims, while in 2010, 1.6 billion people were Muslims.
Today, most Jews in France are of Maghrebi extraction. Most of the recent immigration from France to Israel consists of Jews of North African extraction. Although French Jews have migrated to Israel since the formation of the state in 1948, immigration has increased since 2000 due to antisemitism.
The Institute for Jewish Population Research (JPR) estimates that there are about 40,000 Jewish people living in Ukraine as of 2022. It also reports that Ukraine's core Jewish population's size ranks 13th in the world.
