What is the origin of the largest percentage of the Jewish population of Israel?

Jews

Countries of Origin	Population	Percentage
2015	2015
From Israel by paternal country of origin:	2,765,500	44.06\%
From Europe by own or paternal country of origin:	1,648,000	26.26\%
Russia and former USSR	891,700	14.21\%

How many Jews were in the first century?

By the early 13th century, the world Jewish population had fallen to 2 million from a peak at 8 million during the 1st century possibly half this number, with only 250,000 of the 2 million living in Christian lands.

At which Indian business hub did the merchant community of Baghdadi Jews first step their foot on when they arrived around 200 years ago?

Surat
The Baghdadi community in Surat grew and by the end of the 18th century, as many as 100 Jews from Baghdad, Aleppo and Basra made up the Judeo-Arabic speaking merchant colony of Surat. This was to become the first of a string of Baghdadi communities stretching from Bombay to Kobe be established in Asia.

In what year was Israel created?

May 14, 1948
Israel/Founded
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel.

What was the population of Israel in 1947?

In 1947, Mandatory Palestine was partitioned by the UN General Assembly into two states, one Jewish and the other Arab. Three years later, the population of Israel increased to 1.3 million, with 87 percent being Jewish Israelis.

How many Jews were in Rome?

In Rome, Jewish communities thrived economically. Jews became a significant part of the Roman Empire’s population in the first century CE, with some estimates as high as 7 million people.

What percentage of the Roman Empire were Jews?

In spite of that, many scholars have asserted that Jews made up 20\% of the Eastern Roman Empire, claiming also that the diaspora Jewish population was largely urban, with some claiming that this population was economically prosperous too.