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Palestinian Territory: cities by population

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Palestinian Territory has a population of 5,692,790 (UN estimate, 2026), with East Jerusalem as its capital. The 50 largest of its 445 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

+81%
since 2000 (3,151,793)
+48%
projected by 2050 (8,451,891)
946
people per km²
19501975200020252050 945k 8.5M
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
1950944,624
19751,279,321
20003,151,793
20053,557,401
20104,016,916
20154,521,565
20205,069,692
20255,589,623
20265,692,790
2030 projected6,122,314
2050 projected8,451,891

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 Palestinian Territory

#PlaceRegionPopulation
1GazaGaza Strip410,000
2Khān YūnisGaza Strip173,183
3JabālyāGaza Strip168,568
4HebronWest Bank160,470
5NablusWest Bank130,326
6RafaḩGaza Strip126,305
7Dayr al BalaḩGaza Strip59,504
8Bayt LāhyāGaza Strip56,919
9BattirWest Bank56,746
10ŢūlkarmWest Bank44,169
11RamallahWest Bank43,880
12QalqīlyahWest Bank43,212
13YaţţāWest Bank41,425
14Ma‘ale AdummimWest Bank38,193
15Al BīrahWest Bank38,192
16Bayt ḨānūnGaza Strip37,392
17An NuşayrātGaza Strip36,123
18Shu‘fāţWest Bank35,000
19Al BurayjGaza Strip34,951
20JanīnWest Bank34,730
21Banī SuhaylāGaza Strip31,272
22BethlehemWest Bank29,019
23Az̧ Z̧āhirīyahWest Bank27,616
24Bayt ḨanīnāWest Bank27,000
25‘AţārūtWest Bank25,595
26Surif CityWest Bank25,242
27Ar Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al BarīdWest Bank24,838
28ḨalḩūlWest Bank21,076
29DūrāWest Bank20,835
30Banī Na‘īmWest Bank19,783
31JerichoWest Bank19,783
32Al QarārahGaza Strip19,500
33As Samū‘West Bank19,355
34QabāţīyahWest Bank19,127
35IdhnāWest Bank18,727
36‘Abasān al KabīrahGaza Strip18,163
37Sa‘īrWest Bank17,775
38Al ‘AyzarīyahWest Bank17,455
39BalāţahWest Bank17,146
40Az ZuwāydahGaza Strip16,688
41Bayt JālāWest Bank16,183
42Al YāmūnWest Bank16,164
43ŢūbāsWest Bank15,591
44Şūr BāhirWest Bank15,000
45Shokat as-SufiGaza Strip15,000
46Bayt SāḩūrWest Bank14,921
47TarqūmyāWest Bank14,202
48Ya‘badWest Bank13,477
49Wadi al-JozWest Bank13,000
50BaytūnyāWest Bank12,822

Twenty years earlier: Palestinian Territory in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 3,997,861.

Common questions

What is the population of Palestinian Territory?
Palestinian Territory has a population of 5,692,790, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 8,451,891 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Palestinian Territory?
East Jerusalem. The largest place we record there is Gaza, with 410,000 people.

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Gaza
The largest place we record in Palestinian Territory: 410,000 people
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