Five Countries with Most Jews by Continent

Enter the names of the countries with the most Jews.

Total population rather than percent of the population

For the purposes of this quiz, one country is in Europe as its population majority is in Europe.

For the most part I used this source.

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Asia
6.7 m	Israel
15,000	Turkey
9,000	Iran
7,800	Azerbaijan
4,700	India

North America
5.7 m	United States
390,000	Canada
40,000	Mexico
10,000	Panama
2,500	Costa Rica

Europe
450,000	France
270,000	United Kingdom
160,000	Russia
106,000	Ukraine
84,000	Germany

South America
180,000	Argentina
92,000	Brazil
18,300	Chile
17,000	Uruguay
9,600	Venezuela

Oceania
92,000	Australia
7,500	New Zealand
150	Guam
~300	Fiji
~10	Palau

Africa
67,000	South Africa
7,200	Uganda
2,200	Morocco
2,000	Tunisia
400	Zimbabwe

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31 Comments

Level 57

Aug 23, 2021

I've made some changes, following the spotlight increased attention (Thank you very much to whoever gave the spotlight). The numbers have changed a fair amount since last update. Only one new country changed as an answer. As Judaism isn't as large a religion as Christianity and Islam, it is a lot more difficult to find data on the number of Jews living in a certain country and continents like Oceania and Africa with heavily dominant Muslim and Christian populations make it very tricky to find accurate data. But I've tried searching across the web for reliable sources. Wikipedia was obviously great but I also used the World Jewish Congress website with countries that had smaller Jewish settlements. (I can't be 100% accurate with the numbers but generally they seemed legit) Anyway, enjoy the quiz, if anyone finds a source that I've perhaps missed then please comment below, I'll be sure to check it and verify it before updating the quiz if necessary.

Level 58

Sep 11, 2016

Guam is given as an answer, yet we still have to type it in.

Level 57

Sep 12, 2016

Do you? I'll figure out what has happened.

Level 57

Sep 16, 2016

I can't seem to solve the problem.

Level 38

Sep 26, 2016

Seems like you still has "Guam" in your answers section.

Level 57

Jan 24, 2017

Finally got around to changing this. Sorry for the long delay, I will be more on the ball next time.

Level 88

Sep 11, 2016

I think "Jewish" is the accepted adjective.

Level 57

Sep 12, 2016

I was thinking the same thing! I will change it.

Level 81

Dec 22, 2016

I guess I know nothing of Fiji, Palau, Uganda and Zimbabwe, lol

Level 79

May 7, 2017

Fiji and Palau are easy enough to guess due to the small number of countries in Oceania. Uganda I guessed due to its proximity to Ethiopia and the historic Jewish population there. Zimbabwe is the only one I missed.

Level 78

May 7, 2017

Wonderful logic, guessing Uganda due to the proximity of Ethiopia, when Ethiopia isn't on the list. Perhaps still thinking of Christianity? ;)

Level 72

Aug 23, 2021

@PjotrL who needs logic when you know history ;) The Beta Israel was a significant Jewish population in Ethiopia in ~500 towns...but only for about 2000 years or so, so perhaps you didn't get the memo. I'm not surprised Ethiopia doesn't make the list because most Ethiopian Jews migrated to Israel and/or fled civil unrest and persecution in the 20th c.; there were notable airlifts of entire communities to Israel (where sadly they faced new discrimination like racism from other Jews). Hope that helps explain why Uganda is an educated guess. There's more on the Beta Israel here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel

Level 72

Aug 23, 2021

For my part, I guessed Uganda because I recalled it was a proposed site for the state of Israel.

Level 71

Aug 23, 2021

Personally, I guessed it because I read recently that Uganda promised to take in 2,000 Afghan refugees. This seemed odd to me, so I looked into it more and Uganda apparently has the third largest refugee population in the world! The country is relatively open to foreigners it seems, which would probably make it easier for Jews to move there than to other African countries.

Level 71

May 7, 2017

For sure thought Lebanon would be on here

Level 57

Jan 25, 2019

This page gives you a nice detailled account of why there are so few Jews in Lebanon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Lebanon

Level 88

Jan 25, 2019

On a 5K screen in a large browser window, the Africa column is obsucred by the "New and Popular" list.

Level 57

Jan 25, 2019

OK, fixed.

Level 82

Nov 30, 2019

I was sure that with a name like Solomon Islands, that would be bound to figure. Alas, not.

Level 76

Dec 19, 2019

Are you sure Ethiopia shouldn't make the list?

According to wikipedia, there are currently around 4000 of Beta Israel, called Ethiopian Jews in Ethiopia.

Level 57

Feb 23, 2020

Just hit 1000 takes on this quiz! 2nd non featured quiz to reach this number!

Level 55

Jun 28, 2020

Source?

Level 51

Nov 22, 2020

In France it's 800 000

Level 60

Aug 23, 2021

What about Ethiopia?

Level 68

Aug 23, 2021

Great quiz. Here's me desperately thinking what country in Asia has 6.7 million Jews... facepalm! Only missed one in the end.

Level 58

Dec 30, 2021

Excellent quiz! I got all except for Uganda, which is a bit embarrassing since I have met Jews from Uganda during my travels in Israel.

Level 80

May 6, 2023

There must be many awkward situations in Argentina.

Level 79

May 6, 2023

Do you mean because of all the Nazi immigration after WWII?

Level 65

May 15, 2023

hmmm..this quiz could also be names most rich countries on every continet. can you suck out of a dry glass..i didnt think so

Level 74

Sep 1, 2023

Aren't there thousands of Jews in Ethiopia?

Level 39

Aug 13, 2025

Those on Palau have a group chat :D