Population Chart
Jewish Population in Arab Countries 1948-2001
|
1948
|
1958
|
1968
|
1976
|
2001
|
Aden |
8,000
|
800
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Algeria |
140,000
|
130,000
|
1,500
|
1,000
|
0
|
Egypt |
75,000
|
40,000
|
1,000
|
400
|
100
|
Iraq |
135,000
|
6,000
|
2,500
|
350
|
100
|
Lebanon
|
5,000
|
6,000
|
3,000
|
400
|
100
|
Libya |
38,000
|
3,750
|
100
|
40
|
0
|
Morocco |
265,000
|
200,000
|
50,000
|
18,000
|
5,700
|
Syria |
30,000
|
5,000
|
4,000
|
4,500
|
100
|
Tunisia |
105,000
|
80,000
|
10,000
|
7,000
|
1,500
|
Yemen |
55,000
|
3,500
|
500
|
500
|
200
|
TOTAL |
856,000
|
475,050
|
72,600
|
32,190
|
7,800
|
Estimates based
on UN document “Trends and Characteristics of International
Migration since 1950 – Refugee Movements and Population Transfers”
(UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, Demographic Study
No. 64 ST/ESA/Ser. A/64).
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