Statistics like this boast well for organizations from around the world in their attempt in getting like minded Jewish singles to meet online. One such site, being www.goshalom.com has spearheaded such a call.
The survey on determining accurate Jewish populations from around the globe, took goshalom.com on a journey to literally hundreds of websites in anticipation of finding reliable data to report on.
One site specifically, answers.com clearly identified these populations by geographic region, continent and then sliced up by percentage of Jewish people by total population groups within that region. It is obvious to note that in Israel 80%+ would be Jewish, with the USA thereafter.
Data represented by answers.com depict the following:
Top 50 by population
Rank Country Jews % Jewish % of Total
1 United States
5,914,682 2% 40.5%
2 Israel
5,021,506 80% 34.4%
3 Russia
717,101 0.5% 4.91%
4 France
606,561 1% 4.16%
5 Argentina
395,379 1% 2.71%
6 Canada
393,660 1.2% 2.70%
7 United Kingdom
302,207 0.5% 2.07%
8 Ukraine
142,276 0.3% 0.975%
9 Germany
107,160 0.13% 0.734%
10 Brazil
95,125 0.051% 0.652%
11 Australia
90,406 0.45% 0.619%
12 South Africa
88,688 0.2% 0.608%
13 Belarus
72,103 0.7% <0.5%
14 Hungary
60,041 0.6% <0.5%
15 Mexico
53,101 0.05% <0.5%
16 Belgium
51,821 0.5% <0.5%
17 Spain
48,409 0.12% <0.5%
18 Netherlands
32,814 0.2% <0.5%
19 Moldova
31,187 0.7% <0.5%
20 Uruguay
30,743 0.9% <0.5%
21 Italy
30,213 0.052% <0.5%
22 Venezuela
25,375 0.1% <0.5%
23 Poland
24,999 0.065% <0.5%
24 Chile
20,900 0.131% <0.5%
25 Iran
20,405 0.03% <0.5%
26 Ethiopia
20,000 0.027% <0.5%
27 Sweden
18,003 0.2% <0.5%
28 Uzbekistan
17,453 0.065% <0.5%
29 Turkey
17,415 0.025% <0.5%
30 Switzerland
14,978 0.2% <0.5%
31 Panama
10,029 0.33% <0.5%
32 Latvia
9,092 0.397% <0.5%
33 Austria
8,184 0.1% <0.5%
34 Georgia
7,951 0.17% <0.5%
35 Azerbaijan
7,911 0.1% <0.5%
36 Denmark
7,062 0.13% <0.5%
37 Romania
6,029 0.027% <0.5%
38 New Zealand
5,447 0.135% <0.5%
39 India
5,401 0.0005% <0.5%
40 Greece
5,334 0.05% <0.5%
41 Morocco
5,236 0.016% <0.5%
42 Kazakhstan
4,100 0.027% <0.5%
43 Lithuania
3,596 0.1% <0.5%
44 Colombia
3,436 0.008% <0.5%
45 Czech Republic
3,072 0.03% <0.5%
46 Slovakia
3,041 0.056% <0.5%
47 Peru
2,792 0.01% <0.5%
48 Costa Rica
2,409 0.06% <0.5%
49 Bulgaria
2,300 0.031% <0.5%
50 Estonia
1,818 0.136% <0.5%
It is no wonder that with the advent of technology and dating the quest in finding that special person has just gotten a whole lot easier.
The world of Jewish Singles and Jewish dating has moved into a new era with the help of Jewish dating websites like www.goshalom.com and www.shalom.co.za, as they target Jewish singles from around the world.