1880 ⟶ World Jewish Population Statistics

World Jewish population around 7.7 million, 90% in Europe, m...
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📊 Jewish Population Statistics

Jewish population of Poland reached 450,000 (4% of the 11,000,000 population of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth being Jewish), 40,000 in Bohemia, and 25,000 in Moravia. Worldwide population of Jewry is estimated at 750,000.⟶
DemographicsPopulationPolandBohemiaMoraviaWorld JewrySeventeenth CenturyJewish Diaspora
PolandPoland

🤝 The First Hovevei Zion Groups Are Founded

The first Hovevei Zion ("Lovers of Zion") groups were founded in Eastern Europe⟶
The First Hovevei Zion Groups Are Founded (1878)
ZionismHovevei ZionEarly ZionismOrganization19th CenturyMovementEastern Europe

📊 World Jewish Population Statistics

World Jewish population around 7.7 million, 90% in Europe, mostly Eastern Europe; around 3.5 million in the former Polish provinces.⟶
Jewish DemographicsPopulationEuropeEastern Europe19th CenturyStatistics

📊 Russian Empire Census Reveals Jewish Population

First Russian Empire Census: 5,200,000 of Jews, 4,900,000 in the Pale. The lands of former Poland have 1,300,000 Jews or 14% of population.⟶
Russian Empire Census Reveals Jewish Population (1897)
DemographicsCensusRussian EmpireJewish PopulationPale of SettlementEastern Europe19th Century
RussiaRussiaPolandPolandUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusLithuaniaLithuaniaLatviaLatviaEstoniaEstonia