At one point as strong as 6000, the community has dwindled to about 60 after the formation of Israel.
Today, the Jewish community in Iraq has dwindled to just 13 members.
As late as 1820, the community had dwindled to 91 families, a church, a school, and a library.
The communities of smaller fur-bearing animals dwindled in the same way.
As of 2012 this community has dwindled to fewer than 50 daily speakers across three generations.
The community dwindled in size and was forced to hand the hospital over to a charitable trust.
After the war the community dwindled and the synagogue was closed in 1973.
The community in Pakistan, due to departure to Israel, has dwindled to less than 200.
The Jewish community has, alas, dwindled to a few members.
But the community has steadily dwindled in recent years.