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Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor
Israel, the only officially Jewish country in the world, does not have the largest population of Jews. There are about a million more Jews in the United States than there are in the Jewish state.<p>Israel does have the largest number of Jews per capita, however, with over 25 times as many Jews per 1000 population than Monaco, the next highest country.<p>The World Jewish Congress says there were 14.26 million Jews in the world in 1998, in at least 90 countries. Close to 75 percent of the world’s Jewish population lives in Israel and the United States.<p>Approximately 4,000,000 Jews live in European countries (including Russia). Their populations range from a high of 600,000 in France to a low of 600 in Bosnia-Herzegovina.<p> Argentina and Brazil both have more Jewish inhabitants than all but three of the European countries – France, Russia and Ukraine.
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- United States ranked first for jews amongst High income OECD countries in 1998.
- France ranked first for jews amongst Europe in 1998.
- Russia ranked first for jews amongst Emerging markets in 1998.
- United Kingdom ranked second for jews amongst European Union in 1998.
- Japan ranked last for jews amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 1998.
- Argentina ranked first for jews amongst Former Spanish colonies in 1998.
- Canada ranked second for jews amongst NATO countries in 1998.
- Ukraine ranked second for jews amongst Former Soviet republics in 1998.
- All of the top 2 countries by jews are Former British Colonies'.
- Germany ranked second for jews amongst Eurozone in 1998.
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Ian Graham, Staff Editor