The 15 most populous cities in Israel
This article lists the 78 localities inIsrael that theIsraeli Ministry of Interior has designated as acity council . It includesoccupied East Jerusalem but excludesthe four Israeli settlements in the West Bank that are designated as cities.
The list is based on the current index of theIsrael Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) . WithinIsrael's system of local government , an urban municipality can be granted a city council by the Interior Ministry when its population exceeds 20,000.[ 1] local councils orurban agglomerations , even though a defined city often contains only a small portion of an urban area ormetropolitan area 's population.
List of cities As for 2025, Israel has 18 cities with populations over 100,000, includingJerusalem andTel Aviv-Yafo . In all, there are 80 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") status by the Ministry of the Interior, includingfour Israeli settlements in the West Bank .[ 2] Kasif andTila , areplanned to be built in theNegev . The area and population ofJerusalem includes that ofEast Jerusalem which has beende facto annexed by Israel and incorporated within Jerusalem's municipal borders under theJerusalem Law . This, however, is not recognized by the international community who regard East Jerusalem to be Palestinian territoryheld under Israeli occupation .[ 3] [ 4] West Jerusalem with 362,960.[ 5]
The following table lists Israeli cities, not includingthe settlements , by name, district, population, area, and the Socio-Economic Index, according to theIsrael Central Bureau of Statistics :
Name Photo District Metro [ 6] Founded Area2 )[ 7] Population SEI [ 8] Estimate[ 9] Census[ 10] Change Density2 ) Acre [ cbs 1] North Haifa Bronze Age 18.09 53,422 50,555 +6% 2,953 −0.467 Afula North — Bronze Age 29.17 64,578 60,828 +6% 2,214 −0.327 Arad South — 1962 126.13 29,323 27,586 +6% 232 −0.876 Arraba [ cbs 2] North — Antiquity 8.4 26,810 26,119 +3% 3,192 −0.728 Ashdod South Gush Dan 1956[ note 1] 63.9 229,173 227,865 +1% 3,586 −0.246 Ashkelon [ cbs 3] South — Neolithic 52.32 161,744 152,370 +6% 3,091 −0.135 Baqa al-Gharbiyye Haifa — Middle Ages 9.18 30,750 29,868 +3% 3,350 −0.560 Bat Yam Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1926 9.41 131,099 128,152 +2% 13,932 −0.219 Be'er Ya'akov [ cbs 4] Center Gush Dan 1907 9.46 34,601 31,439 +10% 3,658 0.783 Beersheba [ cbs 5] South Beersheba 1900[ note 2] 117.39 218,995 217,577 +1% 1,866 −0.111 Beit She'an [ cbs 6] North — Neolithic 10.97 20,249 19,825 +2% 1,846 −0.392 Beit Shemesh [ cbs 7] Jerusalem Jerusalem 1950 38.29 167,318 145,554 +15% 4,370 −1.485 Bnei Brak [ cbs 8] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 7.35 223,785 216,869 +3% 30,447 −1.627 Dimona South — 1955 220.46 39,230 37,213 +5% 178 −0.387 Eilat [ cbs 9] South — 1951 101.49 57,339 55,213 +4% 565 0.151 El'ad Center Gush Dan 1998 3.49 49,766 48,825 +2% 14,260 −1.452 Ganei Tikva [ cbs 10] Center Gush Dan 1949 2.16 25,093 23,650 +6% 11,617 1.474 Giv'at Shmuel [ cbs 11] Center Gush Dan 1944 2.58 28,628 27,472 +4% 11,096 1.135 Givatayim [ cbs 12] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1922 3.24 58,557 58,052 +1% 18,073 1.569 Hadera Haifa — 1891 56.28 106,765 103,847 +3% 1,897 0.184 Haifa Haifa Haifa Antiquity 72.93 298,312 289,507 +3% 4,090 0.391 Harish Haifa — 1982 9 39,001 31,733 +23% 4,333 −0.182 Herzliya [ cbs 13] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 24.07 108,650 105,273 +3% 4,514 1.361 Hod HaSharon Center Gush Dan 1924 19.26 65,393 65,020 +1% 3,395 1.567 Holon Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1935 19.04 192,980 192,655 10,136 0.371 Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Neolithic (East Jerusalem ) mid-1800s (West Jerusalem ) 125.55 1,028,366 1,005,919 +2% 8,191 −1.196 Kafr Qara [ cbs 14] Haifa — ? 7.81 20,580 19,890 +3% 2,635 −0.112 Kafr Qasim [ cbs 15] Center Gush Dan 19th century 9.3 27,121 26,389 +3% 2,916 −0.574 Karmiel [ cbs 16] North — 1964 22.03 48,675 47,450 +3% 2,209 0.020 Kfar Saba [ cbs 17] Center Gush Dan 1903 14.48 100,013 100,262 6,907 1.192 Kfar Yona [ cbs 18] Center Gush Dan 1932 11.51 29,548 28,135 +5% 2,567 0.781 Kiryat Ata [ cbs 19] Haifa Haifa 1925 24.16 62,134 60,465 +3% 2,572 0.090 Kiryat Bialik [ cbs 20] Haifa Haifa 1934 8.48 46,417 44,806 +4% 5,474 0.328 Kiryat Gat [ cbs 21] South — 1954 15.85 69,762 63,386 +10% 4,401 −0.552 Kiryat Malakhi [ cbs 22] South Gush Dan 1950 4.58 27,396 26,362 +4% 5,982 −0.671 Kiryat Motzkin [ cbs 23] Haifa Haifa 1934 3.84 51,349 49,057 +5% 13,372 0.402 Kiryat Ono [ cbs 24] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1939 4.6 43,310 41,537 +4% 9,415 1.594 Kiryat Shmona [ cbs 25] North — 1949 14.38 24,254 23,083 +5% 1,687 −0.163 Kiryat Yam [ cbs 26] Haifa Haifa 1941 11.34 42,246 38,906 +9% 3,725 −0.247 Lod Center Gush Dan Neolithic 14.79 90,814 87,430 +4% 6,140 −0.738 Ma'alot-Tarshiha North — 1963 9.26 23,133 22,720 +2% 2,498 −0.057 Maghar [ cbs 27] North — ? 21.11 23,184 22,564 +3% 1,098 −0.793 Migdal HaEmek [ cbs 28] North — 1953 8.71 28,545 27,045 +6% 3,277 −0.398 Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut [ cbs 29] Center Gush Dan 1985 48.33 97,566 92,307 +6% 2,019 1.420 Nahariya [ cbs 30] North Haifa 1935 13.83 68,316 63,318 +8% 4,940 0.143 Nazareth North — Bronze Age 14.17 77,208 77,295 5,449 −0.704 Nesher Haifa Haifa 1923 12.94 22,760 22,911 −1% 1,759 0.564 Ness Ziona [ cbs 31] Center Gush Dan 1883 15.68 47,534 47,620 3,032 1.304 Netanya Center Gush Dan 1929 34.75 233,485 223,920 +4% 6,719 0.084 Netivot South — 1956 16.22 52,877 45,024 +17% 3,260 −0.762 Nof HaGalil North — 1957 32.86 45,587 43,479 +5% 1,387 −0.298 Ofakim [ cbs 32] South Beersheba 1955 16.35 37,837 35,355 +7% 2,314 −0.730 Or Akiva [ cbs 33] Haifa — 1951 5.55 24,203 22,173 +9% 4,361 −0.009 Or Yehuda Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1955 6.73 40,143 36,850 +9% 5,965 0.005 Petah Tikva [ cbs 34] Center Gush Dan 1878 35.77 267,196 264,046 +1% 7,470 0.550 Qalansawe Center Gush Dan Middle Ages 8.37 24,728 23,951 +3% 2,954 −0.732 Ra'anana [ cbs 35] Center Gush Dan 1922 14.86 83,145 80,155 +4% 5,595 1.280 Rahat South Beersheba 1972 33.48 75,684 71,355 +6% 2,261 −1.845 Ramat Gan Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1921 16.39 167,794 165,155 +2% 10,238 1.099 Ramat HaSharon Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1923 16.73 49,002 48,986 2,929 1.699 Ramla Center Gush Dan 8th century 13.39 84,312 81,126 +4% 6,297 −0.399 Rehovot Center Gush Dan 1890 23.76 153,416 150,471 +2% 6,457 0.601 Rishon LeZion [ cbs 36] Center Gush Dan 1882 61.91 258,680 252,413 +2% 4,178 0.727 Rosh HaAyin Center Gush Dan 1949 15.86 77,104 74,572 +3% 4,862 0.781 Safed [ cbs 37] North — Bronze Age 29.94 39,179 37,801 +4% 1,309 −1.351 Sakhnin North — Bronze Age 11.53 33,201 32,355 +3% 2,880 −0.511 Sderot [ cbs 38] South — 1951 10.66 35,477 31,108 +14% 3,328 −0.132 Shefa-Amr [ cbs 39] North Haifa Bronze Age 19.63 43,408 42,713 +2% 2,211 −0.712 Tamra North Haifa ? 29.77 36,251 35,349 +3% 1,218 −0.773 Tayibe Center Gush Dan ? 18.91 46,194 45,071 +2% 2,443 −0.680 Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv Gush Dan Neolithic (Jaffa ) 1887 (Neve Tzedek ) 57.1 495,230 492,872 8,673 1.293 Tiberias North — 20 16.19 51,476 48,509 +6% 3,179 −0.779 Tira [ cbs 40] Center Gush Dan ? 11.85 27,228 26,567 +2% 2,298 −0.275 Tirat Carmel [ cbs 41] Haifa Haifa ? 6.71 31,896 29,069 +10% 4,754 0.108 Umm al-Fahm Haifa — ? 26.03 59,319 57,560 +3% 2,279 −1.266 Yavne Center Gush Dan Bronze Age 29.18 57,725 54,981 +5% 1,978 0.514 Yehud-Monosson [ cbs 42] Center Gush Dan ? 5.73 32,071 30,977 +4% 5,597 0.963 Yokneam Illit [ cbs 43] North Haifa 1950 8.31 24,910 23,729 +5% 2,998 0.795
See also
Notes General ^ Tel Ashdod , remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.^ Tel Be'er Sheva , remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.Official spellings ^ Akko ^ Arrabe ^ Ashqelon ^ Be'er Ya'aqov ^ Be'er Sheva ^ Bet She'an ^ Bet Shemesh ^ Bene Beraq ^ Elat ^ Ganne Tiqwa ^ Giv'at Shemu'el ^ Giv'atayim ^ Herzliyya ^ Kafar Qara ^ Kafar Qasem ^ Karmi'el ^ Kefar Sava ^ Kefar Yona ^ Qiryat Atta ^ Qiryat Bialik ^ Qiryat Gat ^ Qiryat Mal'akhi ^ Qiryat Motzkin ^ Qiryat Ono ^ Qiryat Shemona ^ Qiryat Yam ^ Mughar ^ Migdal HaEmeq ^ Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut ^ Nahariyya ^ Nes Ziyyona ^ Ofaqim ^ Or Aqiva ^ Petah Tiqwa ^ Ra'annana ^ Rishon LeZiyyon ^ Zefat ^ Sederot ^ Shefar'am ^ Tire ^ Tirat Karmel ^ Yehud-Monoson ^ Yoqne'am Illit
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