Israel — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Israel had an estimated population of 6,986,639 in 2005, with 232 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Israel today — population now 9,647,689, against 6,986,639 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 6,986,639 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 6,728,206 | 9,647,689 | +43% |
The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | 3,062,773 |
| 2 | Hefa | 1,079,096 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | 714,685 | 971,800 now |
| 2 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | Tel Aviv | 370,478 | — |
| 3 | Haifa | Haifa | 269,960 | 285,316 now |
| 4 | Rishon LeẔiyyon | Hamerkaz | 222,300 | — |
| 5 | Ashdod | Hadarom | 202,680 | 226,838 now |
| 6 | Beʿer Sheva | Hadarom | 187,456 | — |
| 7 | Petaẖ Tiqwa | Hamerkaz | 177,371 | — |
| 8 | Netanya | Hamerkaz | 172,404 | 228,204 now |
| 9 | H̱olon | Tel Aviv | 167,071 | 196,282 now |
| 10 | Bene Beraq | Hamerkaz | 140,849 | — |
| 11 | Bat Yam | Tel Aviv | 130,972 | 129,012 now |
| 12 | Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv | 126,863 | 170,822 now |
| 13 | Ashqelon | Hadarom | 108,342 | — |
| 14 | Reẖovot | Hamerkaz | 103,021 | 149,392 now |
| 15 | Herzeliyya | Tel Aviv | 84,594 | — |
| 16 | Kefar Sava | Hamerkaz | 80,922 | — |
| 17 | H̱adera | Haifa | 77,286 | 97,335 now |
| 18 | Raʿanana | Hamerkaz | 71,681 | 75,421 now |
| 19 | Lod | Hamerkaz | 68,095 | 77,223 now |
| 20 | Bet Shemesh | Jerusalem | 64,835 | 124,957 now |
| 21 | Naz̨erat | Haẕafon | 64,240 | — |
| 22 | Ramla | Hamerkaz | 63,836 | 76,246 now |
| 23 | Modiʿin-Makkabim-Reʿut | Hamerkaz | 56,558 | — |
| 24 | Nahariyya | Haẕafon | 50,880 | 58,096 now |
| 25 | Qiryat Atta | Haifa | 49,548 | — |
| 26 | Qiryat Gat | Hadarom | 48,945 | — |
| 27 | Givʿatayim | Tel Aviv | 47,002 | 60,644 now |
| 28 | Elat | Hadarom | 46,707 | — |
| 29 | ʿAkko | Haẕafon | 45,547 | — |
| 30 | Naz̨erat ʿIllit | Haẕafon | 44,631 | 43,556 now |
| 31 | Karmiel | Haẕafon | 44,035 | 46,252 now |
| 32 | Hod HaSharon | Hamerkaz | 42,996 | 63,175 now |
| 33 | Tiberias | Haẕafon | 41,029 | 44,779 now |
| 34 | Umm Al-Fahm | Haifa | 40,829 | — |
| 35 | Qiryat Motzkin | Haifa | 40,694 | — |
| 36 | ʿAfula | Haẕafon | 39,798 | 44,930 now |
| 37 | Rahat | 38,652 | — | |
| 38 | Qiryat Yam | Haifa | 38,122 | 39,897 now |
| 39 | Qiryat Bialik | Haifa | 37,384 | 43,955 now |
| 40 | Rosh HaAyin | Hamerkaz | 37,338 | 72,881 now |
| 41 | Ramat HaSharon | Tel Aviv | 35,556 | 47,245 now |
| 42 | ʿIr Hahamisha | Haẕafon | 33,853 | — |
| 43 | Dimona | Hadarom | 33,353 | — |
| 44 | Tayibe | Hamerkaz | 32,735 | — |
| 45 | Shefarʿam | Haẕafon | 32,473 | 42,137 now |
| 46 | Yavne | Hamerkaz | 32,394 | 47,585 now |
| 47 | Or Yehuda | Tel Aviv | 30,977 | 36,813 now |
| 48 | Baqa-Jatt | Haifa | 30,908 | — |
| 49 | Pardes H̱anna-Karkur | Haifa | 29,943 | 44,840 now |
| 50 | Modiʿin Illit | 28,584 | — | |
| 51 | Betar Illit | Judea and Samaria | 28,576 | — |
| 52 | Shagor | Haẕafon | 28,535 | — |
| 53 | Maʿale Adummim | Judea and Samaria | 28,526 | — |
| 54 | Nes Ẕiyyona | Hamerkaz | 27,764 | — |
| 55 | Ẕefat | Haẕafon | 27,690 | — |
| 56 | Tamra | Haẕafon | 25,839 | — |
| 57 | Yehud-Newe Efrayim | Hamerkaz | 25,469 | — |
| 58 | Migdal HaʿEmeq | Haẕafon | 25,424 | — |
| 59 | Netivot | Hadarom | 24,932 | 43,732 now |
| 60 | Qiryat Ono | Tel Aviv | 24,906 | — |
| 61 | Ofaqim | Hadarom | 24,633 | — |
| 62 | Sakhnin | Haẕafon | 24,401 | — |
| 63 | ʿArad | Hadarom | 24,222 | — |
| 64 | Daliyat Al Karmel-ʿIsifya | Haifa | 23,817 | — |
| 65 | Qiryat Shemona | Haẕafon | 22,738 | — |
| 66 | Mevasserat Ziyyon | Jerusalem | 22,663 | — |
| 67 | Maʿalot-Tarshiẖa | Haẕafon | 21,878 | — |
| 68 | Nesher | Haifa | 21,811 | — |
| 69 | Sederot | Hadarom | 20,865 | — |
| 70 | Tire | Hamerkaz | 20,736 | — |
| 71 | ʿArrabe | Haẕafon | 19,700 | — |
| 72 | Tirat Karmel | Haifa | 19,234 | — |
| 73 | Mugar | Haẕafon | 19,103 | — |
| 74 | Shoham | Hamerkaz | 18,936 | — |
| 75 | Yoqneʿam Illit | Haẕafon | 18,820 | — |
| 76 | Givʿat Shemuel | Tel Aviv | 18,799 | — |
| 77 | Qiryat Malʿakhi | Hadarom | 18,725 | — |
| 78 | Judeide-Maker | Haẕafon | 17,820 | — |
| 79 | Kafar Kanna | Haẕafon | 17,338 | — |
| 80 | Kafar Qasem | Hamerkaz | 17,189 | — |
| 81 | Ariʿel | Judea and Samaria | 17,133 | — |
| 82 | Qalansawe | Hamerkaz | 16,714 | — |
| 83 | Yafiʿ | 16,638 | — | |
| 84 | Zikhron Yaʿaqov | Haifa | 16,512 | — |
| 85 | Bet Sheʿan | Haẕafon | 16,451 | — |
| 86 | Ẕoran-Qadima | Hamerkaz | 16,374 | — |
| 87 | Reine | Haẕafon | 16,157 | — |
| 88 | Or ʿAqiva | Haifa | 16,156 | — |
| 89 | ʿArʿara | Haifa | 15,437 | — |
| 90 | Gan Yavne | Hadarom | 14,830 | — |
| 91 | Kafar Manda | Haẕafon | 14,771 | — |
| 92 | Gedera | Hamerkaz | 14,267 | — |
| 93 | Kafar Qaraʿ | 14,011 | — | |
| 94 | Qiryat Tivʿon | Haẕafon | 13,580 | — |
| 95 | Tel Sheva | 13,139 | — | |
| 96 | Kefar Yona | Hamerkaz | 12,771 | — |
| 97 | Ganne Tiqwa | Tel Aviv | 12,408 | — |
| 98 | Kokhav Yaʿir | 12,217 | — | |
| 99 | ʿArʿara-BaNegev | 11,764 | — | |
| 100 | Givʿat Zeʿev | Judea and Samaria | 11,590 | — |
| 101 | Maʿale Iron | 11,514 | — | |
| 102 | Iksal | Haẕafon | 11,213 | — |
| 103 | Turʿan | Haẕafon | 11,195 | — |
| 104 | Jisr Az-Zarqa | Haifa | 10,850 | — |
| 105 | ʿEin Mahel | Haẕafon | 10,642 | — |
| 106 | Iʿbillin | Haẕafon | 10,619 | — |
| 107 | Binyamina-Givʿat Ada | Haifa | 10,372 | — |
| 108 | Azur | Tel Aviv | 10,338 | — |
| 109 | Nahef | Haẕafon | 10,077 | — |
| 110 | Qiryat ʿEqron | Hamerkaz | 10,019 | — |
| 111 | Beit Jann | Haẕafon | 10,001 | — |
| 112 | Fureidis | Hamerkaz | 9,805 | — |
| 113 | Kuseife | Hadarom | 9,769 | — |
| 114 | Beʿer Yaʿaqov | Hamerkaz | 9,356 | — |
| 115 | Hura | 9,331 | — | |
| 116 | Kabul | Haẕafon | 9,301 | — |
| 117 | Yeroham | Hadarom | 9,148 | — |
| 118 | Even Yehuda | Hamerkaz | 9,091 | — |
| 119 | Tel Mond | Hamerkaz | 8,939 | — |
| 120 | Majdal Shams | 8,716 | — | |
| 121 | Deir Hanna | Haẕafon | 8,658 | — |
| 122 | Kafar Yasif | Haẕafon | 8,615 | — |
| 123 | Haẕor HaGelilit | Haẕafon | 8,549 | — |
| 124 | Rekhasim | Haifa | 8,521 | — |
| 125 | Elʿad | 8,385 | — | |
| 126 | Dabburiyya | Haẕafon | 8,329 | — |
| 127 | Mazkeret Batya | Hamerkaz | 8,283 | — |
| 128 | Bene Ayish | Hadarom | 8,192 | — |
| 129 | Buʿeine-Nujeidat | Haẕafon | 7,737 | — |
| 130 | Jaljulye | Hamerkaz | 7,579 | — |
| 131 | Efrata | Judea and Samaria | 7,572 | — |
| 132 | Basma | 7,479 | — | |
| 133 | Laqye | 7,398 | — | |
| 134 | Rame | Haẕafon | 7,360 | — |
| 135 | Qiryat Arba | Judea and Samaria | 7,020 | — |
| 136 | Bir El-Maksur | Haẕafon | 6,942 | — |
| 137 | Mashhed | 6,740 | — | |
| 138 | Metar | 6,716 | — | |
| 139 | ʿIlut | Haẕafon | 6,561 | — |
| 140 | Kisra-Sumei | Haẕafon | 6,471 | — |
| 141 | Qazrin | 6,429 | — | |
| 142 | Pardesiyya | Hamerkaz | 6,348 | — |
| 143 | Basmat Tabʿun | Haẕafon | 6,278 | — |
| 144 | Zarzir | 6,131 | — | |
| 145 | ʿOmer | Hadarom | 5,995 | — |
| 146 | Segev-Shalom | Haẕafon | 5,991 | — |
| 147 | Bet Dagan | Hamerkaz | 5,989 | — |
| 148 | Shaʿab | Haẕafon | 5,923 | — |
| 149 | Lehavim | 5,803 | — | |
| 150 | Shelomi | Haẕafon | 5,784 | — |
| 151 | Ramat Yishay | Haẕafon | 5,721 | — |
| 152 | Oranit | Judea and Samaria | 5,702 | — |
| 153 | Abu Ghosh | Jerusalem | 5,569 | — |
| 154 | Kefar Weradim | Haẕafon | 5,559 | — |
| 155 | Alfe Menashe | Judea and Samaria | 5,557 | — |
| 156 | Qarne Shomeron | Judea and Samaria | 5,518 | — |
| 157 | Buqʿata | 5,387 | — | |
| 158 | Hurfeish | Haẕafon | 5,252 | — |
| 159 | Bat Hefer | 5,203 | — | |
| 160 | Peqiʿin | Haẕafon | 5,195 | — |
| 161 | Zemer | 5,172 | — | |
| 162 | Kokhav Yaʿaqov | Judea and Samaria | 5,165 | — |
| 163 | Tuba-Zangariyye | Haẕafon | 5,131 | — |
| 164 | Bet El | Judea and Samaria | 5,039 | — |
| 165 | Shibli-Umm Al-Ghanam | 5,026 | — | |
| 166 | Kefar Habad | Hamerkaz | 4,771 | — |
| 167 | Mizpe Ramon | Hadarom | 4,769 | — |
| 168 | ʿAtlit | Haifa | 4,622 | — |
| 169 | Qesarya | Haifa | 4,300 | — |
| 170 | ʿEilabun | Haẕafon | 4,227 | — |
| 171 | Shaʿare Tiqwa | Judea and Samaria | 3,909 | — |
| 172 | Qazir-Harish | 3,809 | — | |
| 173 | Kaʿabiyye-Tabbash-Hajaj | 3,725 | — | |
| 174 | Ẕur Hadassa | Jerusalem | 3,711 | — |
| 175 | Sajur | Haẕafon | 3,547 | — |
| 176 | Mazraʿa | Haẕafon | 3,447 | — |
| 177 | Savyon | Hamerkaz | 3,434 | — |
| 178 | Allon Shevut | Judea and Samaria | 3,269 | — |
| 179 | Elqana | Judea and Samaria | 3,269 | — |
| 180 | Masʿade | 3,267 | — | |
| 181 | Qedummim | Judea and Samaria | 3,133 | — |
| 182 | Muqeible | Haẕafon | 3,090 | — |
| 183 | Mattan | 3,078 | — | |
| 184 | Qiryat Yeʿarim | Jerusalem | 3,066 | — |
| 185 | Kafar Kama | Haẕafon | 2,990 | — |
| 186 | Fassuta | Haẕafon | 2,985 | — |
| 187 | Yavneʿel | Haẕafon | 2,957 | — |
| 188 | Ramat Efʿal | Hamerkaz | 2,836 | — |
| 189 | Merkaz Shappira | Hadarom | 2,785 | — |
| 190 | Elyakhin | Hamerkaz | 2,728 | — |
| 191 | Gan Ner | 2,712 | — | |
| 192 | Miʿelya | Haẕafon | 2,705 | — |
| 193 | Jish | Haẕafon | 2,684 | — |
| 194 | Nof Ayyalon | 2,665 | — | |
| 195 | Kaokab Abu Al-Hija | 2,643 | — | |
| 196 | Newe Deqalim | Judea and Samaria | 2,634 | — |
| 197 | Bet Arye | Judea and Samaria | 2,615 | — |
| 198 | Uzeir | Haẕafon | 2,591 | — |
| 199 | Kafar Bara | 2,590 | — | |
| 200 | ʿOfra | Judea and Samaria | 2,524 | — |
| 201 | ʿImmanuʿel | Judea and Samaria | 2,522 | — |
| 202 | Nofit | 2,514 | — | |
| 203 | Rosh Pinna | Haẕafon | 2,492 | — |
| 204 | Sulam | Haẕafon | 2,426 | — |
| 205 | Hashmonaʿim | 2,421 | — | |
| 206 | Lappid | 2,391 | — | |
| 207 | Kefar Tavor | Haẕafon | 2,323 | — |
| 208 | Sheikh Dannun | Haẕafon | 2,305 | — |
| 209 | Nordiyya | Hamerkaz | 2,264 | — |
| 210 | Kafar Misr | 2,142 | — | |
| 211 | Eli | Judea and Samaria | 2,098 | — |
| 212 | Kefar Adummim | Judea and Samaria | 2,065 | — |
| 213 | Nehalim | Hamerkaz | 2,061 | — |
| 214 | Ibtin | Haifa | 2,020 | — |
| 215 | ʿEin Qiniyye | Judea and Samaria | 1,996 | — |
| 216 | Har Adar | Judea and Samaria | 1,996 | — |
| 217 | Shilo | Judea and Samaria | 1,973 | — |
| 218 | Givʿat Avni | 1,970 | — | |
| 219 | Karme Yosef | 1,970 | — | |
| 220 | Ghajar | 1,939 | — | |
| 221 | Sallama | Haẕafon | 1,800 | — |
| 222 | Givʿat Ela | 1,791 | — | |
| 223 | Timrat | Haẕafon | 1,789 | — |
| 224 | Kefar Shemaryahu | Tel Aviv | 1,774 | — |
| 225 | Talmon | Judea and Samaria | 1,742 | — |
| 226 | ʿEin Naqquba | 1,738 | — | |
| 227 | Adi | 1,728 | — | |
| 228 | Bet Yizhaq | Hamerkaz | 1,674 | — |
| 229 | Geva Binyamin | 1,654 | — | |
| 230 | Naʿura | Haẕafon | 1,651 | — |
| 231 | Nein | Haẕafon | 1,588 | — |
| 232 | Rumat Heib | Haẕafon | 1,588 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamerkaz | 1,673,067 |
| 2 | Haẕafon | 1,197,985 |
| 3 | Tel Aviv | 1,128,842 |
| 4 | Hadarom | 1,031,104 |
| 5 | Haifa | 872,592 |
| 6 | Jerusalem | 838,177 |
| 7 | Judea and Samaria | 244,872 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.