The global Jewish population is estimated to have risen by approximately 100,000 since this time last year, according to the latest study.

Writing in the American Jewish Year Book, Professor Sergio Della Pergola of the Hebrew University – who regularly conducts research into the population of Jews – expects the population of Jews to be at 14.8 million by Rosh Hashanah 2019.

This is up from the 14.7 million figure reported last Rosh Hashanah.

The numbers include those who define themselves as Jews and no other religion.

The largest population of Jews remains in Israel, which has 6.7 million Jews living there (compared to 6.6 million last year), followed by the United States, which has 5.7 million Jews. Britain has a Jewish population of 292,000, after France and Canada.

Countries with a Jewish population of less than 500 include Bermuda, Slovenia and Zimbabwe.