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Israel: cities by population

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Israel has a population of 9,647,689 (UN estimate, 2026), with Jerusalem as its capital. The 50 largest of its 713 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

+58%
since 2000 (6,111,190)
+36%
projected by 2050 (13,092,722)
446
people per km²
19501975200020252050 1.3M 13.1M
UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.
Full UN series, 1950 to 2050
YearPopulation
19501,289,236
19753,318,089
20006,111,190
20056,728,206
20107,336,735
20158,052,908
20208,800,376
20259,517,181
20269,647,689
2030 projected10,175,954
2050 projected13,092,722

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Israel

#PlaceRegionPopulation
1JerusalemJerusalem971,800
2Tel AvivTel Aviv432,892
3HaifaHaifa285,316
4Rishon LeTsiyyonCentral District258,535
5Petaẖ TiqvaCentral District253,529
6NetanyaCentral District228,204
7AshdodSouthern District226,838
8Bnei BrakTel Aviv214,444
9H̱olonTel Aviv196,282
10BeershebaSouthern District186,600
11Ramat GanTel Aviv170,822
12ReẖovotCentral District149,392
13AshkelonSouthern District144,073
14Bat YamTel Aviv129,012
15Bet ShemeshJerusalem124,957
16Kfar SabaCentral District110,456
17HerzliyaTel Aviv97,470
18HaderaHaifa97,335
19Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘utCentral District93,277
20NazarethNorthern District77,445
21LodCentral District77,223
22Modiin IlitJerusalem76,374
23RamlaCentral District76,246
24Ra'ananaCentral District75,421
25Rosh Ha‘AyinCentral District72,881
26Hod HaSharonCentral District63,175
27Kiryat GatSouthern District61,817
28GivatayimTel Aviv60,644
29Qiryat AtaHaifa59,030
30NahariyyaNorthern District58,096
31Umm el FaḥmHaifa56,109
32EilatSouthern District52,299
33AcreNorthern District51,420
34Ness ZionaCentral District50,351
35El‘adCentral District48,763
36YavnéCentral District47,585
37Ramat HaSharonTel Aviv47,245
38Karmi’elNorthern District46,252
39AfulaNorthern District44,930
40Pardés H̱anna KarkurHaifa44,840
41TiberiasNorthern District44,779
42Eṭ ṬaiyibaCentral District43,957
43Qiryat BialikHaifa43,955
44NetivotSouthern District43,732
45Naẕerat ‘IllitNorthern District43,556
46Qiryat MotsqinHaifa43,303
47Shefar‘amNorthern District42,137
48Kiryat OnoTel Aviv39,986
49Qiryat YamHaifa39,897
50Or YehudaTel Aviv36,813

Twenty years earlier: Israel in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 6,986,639.

Common questions

What is the population of Israel?
Israel has a population of 9,647,689, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 13,092,722 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem
The largest place we record in Israel: 971,800 people
Israel in 2005
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