A total world Jewish population of 16,240,000, of whom 5,000,000, or 30 per cent, live in the Americas, was reported by the Jewish Scientific Institute in a statistical survey published in the publication, Yivo Bletter.
The survey, conducted by Jacob Lestschinsky, economist and writer, as of the beginning of 1936, shows the world Jewish population increased 1,300,000 in the last ten years. The natural increase in the Jewish population fell off as a result of a decrease in the birth rate.
The distribution of the Jews has remained stationary. More than 60 per cent of them, about 10,000,000 live in Europe, 5,000,000 in the Americas, more than five per cent, or 500,000, in Asia; and the rest, about 30,000, in Australia.
More than 10,000,000 Jews, or two thirds, live in three countries. The United States has 4,450,000, Poland has 3,150,000 and Soviet Russia, 3,080,000.
The Jews are scattered over thirty countries, of which only four the above three and Rumania–have more than 1,000,000. Seventeen countries have more than 100,000 Jews. The number of Jews shows an increase in every country except Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Turkey.
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