There are approximately 40,000 Jews in Mexico.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim matches the figure of about 40,000 given by the World Jewish Congress and demographer Sergio DellaPergola, but other sources in the record give about 50,000, a 2020 census count of about 58,000, and a 67,000 core figure from Wikipedia.
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… So the question is, how does a Roman Catholic country, with men in the millions known for their machismo, come to elect a woman like this, where her big issues are, you know, fags and, and, and drag queens, and claim that it's a fair election? How many Jews are there in Mexico? There's about 40,000, 150 million um population. I remember hearing about her for the first time, and I said, how is this even possible? And I figured the fix has got to be in, and, of course, it was. It was true. And one of the ways I knew it was the media referring to her early on as a winner. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Renee Dayan of Tribuna Israelita, cited by AP in 2024, put the community at about 50,000, a higher estimate than the claimed figure.[1]
Supports. The World Jewish Congress reports Mexico is home to 40,000 Jews (2020) and cites demographer Sergio DellaPergola's estimate of 41,000 for 2024.[2]
Supports. Hebrew University demographer Sergio DellaPergola estimated Mexico's Jewish population at approximately 40,000 in a 2021 report.[3]
Context. A 2026 review cites Mexico's 2020 census recording about 58,000 people who identified as Jewish, and community estimates of about 50,000, and it notes the figures vary by definition.[4]
Context. Wikipedia's core-population figure for Mexico is 67,000, with broader connected and enlarged counts higher still, reflecting different counting criteria.[5]
Context. A 2026 community atlas lists about 40,000 (2020) alongside about 50,000 (2024), shown side by side because the methodologies differ.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1Mexico's likely next president would be its first leader with a Jewish backgroundapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Community in Mexico - World Jewish Congressworldjewishcongress.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Mexican 'City of Torah' to be Latin America's first Orthodox Jewish villagehaaretz.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Four Waves, Five Centuries: How Jewish Mexico Survived and ...x.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Jewish population by country - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Mexico City Jewish Community · baba Atlasitsbaba.com · not rated · cited for: context
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