The Jewish population is approaching zero growth, warned a new study on the global state of Jews which will be presented to the cabinet this Sunday by the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI).

The comprehensive study showed that Jews are well off physically. Some 92 percent of the Jewish population lives in countries that are in the top 20 percentiles of standards of living. While this allows them many advantages, it also increases the likelihood that they will assimilate into those countries and lose their Jewish identity, the study said.

"Jewish population growth approached zero, at 13 million people in 2004. Between 1970 and 2003 the world's total population grew by nearly 2.5 billion, an increase of over 70 percent. In contrast, the total Jewish population increased by only 250,000, or 2 percent," said the study.