Uzbek Jews - Historical Demographics

Historical Demographics

The Jewish population of Uzbekistan (then known as the Uzbek SSR) nearly tripled between 1926 and 1970, then slowly declined between 1970 and 1989, followed by a much more rapid decline since 1989, when the collapse of Communism began to occur. Between 1989 and 2002, over ninety percent of Uzbekistan's Jewish population left Uzbekistan and moved to other countries, mostly to Israel.

Historical Uzbek Jewish population
Year Pop. ±%
1926 37,896 —
1939 50,676 +33.7%
1959 94,488 +86.5%
1970 103,058 +9.1%
1979 100,067 −2.9%
1989 95,104 −5.0%
2002 6,000 −93.7%
2010 4,500 −25.0%
Source:
  • The Jewish population data includes Mountain Jews, Georgian Jews, Bukharan Jews (or Central Asian Jews), Krymchaks (all per the 1959 Soviet census), and Tats.

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