The Central Bureau of Statistics revealed that the world Jewish population had reached 15.2 million by end of 2020.
The latest statistics showed that the countries with the most Jews are Israel with 6.9 million and the United States with six million.
Sources said the number of Jews in Israel had increased 10-fold since the establishment of the state in 1948, when there were 650,000 Jews in the country.
According to reports, of the Jews living in Israel, 5.4 million were born in Israel, and 1.5 million immigrated.
The data also showed that two-thirds of the Jews who made aliyah came from the US or Europe, and most of the rest came from Africa or Asia.
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