The number of Jewish people in the world is almost the same as it was before the Holocaust, according to Israeli think-tank, the Jewish People Policy Institute.

Before the Holocaust – in which six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis – there were 16.5 million Jews in the world.

Now, the institute – which presented its report to the Israeli cabinet on Sunday - has said there are 14.2 million Jews, with a further 2.3 million identifying as “partially Jewish”, including those with one Jewish parent.

The report attributed the rise to population growth in Israel, which has one of the highest fertility rates in western countries.

It also attributed the growth to people identifying as “Jewish” if they have one Jewish parent.

According to the report, there are 6.1 million Jewish living in Israel, 5.7 million in America and 475,000 in France – which has the third-highest population of Jews in the world.