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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