The Jewish population in the world totaled 12,300,000 by the end of 1959, according to estimates in Israel’s official Statistical Bulletin, published today. Of the total, 15.3 percent of the world’s Jews live in Israel, the figures show.
Israel’s population in 1960, the data shows, was 2,150,000. The population density in this country rose from 41.3 per two square kilometers in 1948 to 106.2 in 1960.
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