The Ugandan president Idi Amin said that he feels so relieved that
Uganda did not wind up being the state of the Jews. The president
of Madagascar expressed the same view because Madagascar was
seriously considered to make it the state of the Jews. But more
than these two countries, Argentina was seriously considered – and
had the Jews made Argentina their state, this man will be singing
a different tune.
Jewish population of Argentina
Year ———— Argentina
1900 ————- 5,385
1905 ———— 22,500
1910 ———— 30,000
1915 ———— 55,000
1920 ———– 110,000
1925 ———– 100,000
1930 ———– 200,000
1935 ———– 215,000
1940 ———– 260,000
1945 ———– 260,000
1950 ———– 360,000
1955 ———– 360,000
1960 ———– 450,000
2024 ———– 170,000