The number of Jews around the world is lower than before World War II, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics says ahead of the Jewish state’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.
According to the CBS, there are approximately 14.6 million Jews in the world, compared to 16.6 million in 1939 when World War II began.
The compilation uses census figures from 2017.
Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which begins Wednesday evening on the Jewish calendar, commemorates the six million Jewish victims murdered by the Nazis during World War II.
Nearly half of the world’s Jews — 6.55 million — live in Israel, with the United States home to the second largest population of 5.7 million.
The CBS says 212,300 Holocaust survivors are currently living in Israel as of last year.
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