Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Who We Are (2/12) Previous Document: Question 2.21: How many Jews are there today in the U.S.A.? Next Document: Question 2.23: Who was the first Jew? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: Any count of Jews in the world is just an estimate, due to the difficulties of defining exactly who is a Jew and the lack of formal surveys. However, according to the [5]Information Please ([6]http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001484.html), a 1998 estimate is as follows: Latin North Europe/ Rank Religion Total % Africa Asia America America Russia Oc eania 1 Christians 1,943.0M 32.8% 356.3M 283.7M 462.9M 256.9M 558.7M 24.5M 2 Affiliated 1,835.4M 31.0% 323.8M 275.8M 456.9M 222.7% 536.1M 20.0M Christians 3 Muslims 1,164.6M 19.6% 315.0M 812.0M 1.6M 4.3M 31.4M 0.2M 4 Roman 1,026.5M 17.3% 114.3M 106.4M 442.8M 69.5M 286.1M 7.3M Catholics 5 Hindus 761.7M 12.8% 2.4M 755.5M 0.8M 1.3M 1.4M 0.3M 6 Nonreligious 759.7M 12.8% 4.9M 600.8M 15.3M 27.5M 108.0M 3.2M 7 Chinese 379.2M 6.4% 0.03M 377.8M 0.2M 0.8M 0.25M 0.06M Folk Rel. 8 Other 373.8M 6.3% 74.8M 143.0M 44.3M 83.5M 25.6M 2.5M Christians 9 Buddhists 353.8M 6.0% 0.1M 348.8M 0.6M 2.4M 1.5M 0.3M 10 Protestants 316.4M 5.3% 74.4M 44.0M 45.3M 69.4M 76.8M 6.5M 11 Ethnic Rel. 248.6M 4.2% 97.2M 148.2M 1.2M 0.4M 1.3M 0.26M 12 Orthodox 213.7M 3.6% 33.7M 15.2M 0.5M 4.9M 158.8M 0.68M Christians 13 Atheists 149.9M 2.5% 0.4M 121.5M 2.7M 1.6M 23.4M 0.36M 14 Unaffil. 107.7M 1.8% 32.5M 7.9M 6.0M 34.2M 22.6M 4.4M 15 New Age 100.2M 1.7% 0.03M 98.5M 0.60M 0.76M 0.15M 0.05M 16 Anglicans 63.7M 1.1% 27.96M 0.86M 0.85M 3.2M 25.6M 5.2M 17 Sikhs 22.3M 0.4% 0.05M 21.5M -- 0.5M 0.24M 0.01M 18 Jews 14.1M 0.2% 0.23M 4.14M 1.12M 5.99M 2.53M 0.1M As one can see, Jews make up a very small percentage of the people in the world. User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Who We Are (2/12) Previous Document: Question 2.21: How many Jews are there today in the U.S.A.? Next Document: Question 2.23: Who was the first Jew? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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