| Total population | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom: 277,613 – 0.4% (2021/22 Census) England: 269,283 – 0.5% (2021)[1] Scotland: 5,847 – 0.1% (2022)[2] Wales: 2,044 – 0.07% (2021)[1]Northern Ireland: 439 – 0.02% (2021)[3] Other estimates: Core Jewish population: 290,000 (2018)[4] Enlarged Jewish population (includes non-Jewish relatives of Jews): 370,000 (2018)[4] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Gateshead, Brighton, St Albans, Southend; also Hertsmere, Epping Forest and East Renfrewshire | |
| Languages | |
| Primarily English; also Yiddish, largely spoken by Hassidic Jews; historically Spanish and Portuguese among Sephardim; immigrant languages include or have included Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and French amongst many others | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism or irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Jews |
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British Jews (often referred to collectively as British Jewry or Anglo-Jewry) are British citizens who are Jewish. The number of people who identified as Jews in the United Kingdom rose by just under 4% between 2001 and 2021.
- ^ a b "Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Religion'
- ^ "MS-B21: Religion". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b DellaPergola, Sergio (2019), "World Jewish Population, 2018", in Dashefsky, Arnold; Sheskin, Ira M. (eds.), American Jewish Year Book 2018, vol. 118, Springer International Publishing, pp. 361–449, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03907-3_8, ISBN 9783030039066, S2CID 146549764