🌆 Largest Cities in Israel
Israeli cities ranked by estimated population (2024).
Jerusalem14%
Tel Aviv-Yafo6.7%
Haifa4%
Petah Tikva3.7%
Rishon LeZion3.5%
Netanya3.2%
Bnei Brak3.1%
Ashdod3.1%
Beersheba3%
Holon2.6%
Beit Shemesh2.4%
Ramat Gan2.3%
Ashkelon2.3%
Rehovot
Bat Yam
Herzliya
Hadera
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
Kfar Saba
Lod
Ramla
Ra'anana
Rosh HaAyin
Rahat
Nazareth
Kiryat Gat
Nahariya
Hod HaSharon
Afula
Kiryat Ata
Umm al-Fahm
Givatayim
Yavne
Netivot
Eilat
Acre
38 others17%
1
JerusalemJerusalem
1,050,153
2
Tel Aviv-YafoTel Aviv
494,900
3
HaifaHaifa
297,082
4
Petah TikvaCenter
270,403
5
Rishon LeZionCenter
259,275
6
NetanyaCenter
234,813
7
Bnei BrakTel Aviv
229,996
8
AshdodSouth
228,562
9
BeershebaSouth
223,587
10
HolonTel Aviv
191,829
11
Beit ShemeshJerusalem
176,786
12
Ramat GanTel Aviv
172,242
13
AshkelonSouth
166,864
14
RehovotCenter
155,049
15
Bat YamTel Aviv
129,494
16
HerzliyaTel Aviv
110,884
17
HaderaHaifa
107,974
18
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'utCenter
100,052
19
Kfar SabaCenter
99,410
20
LodCenter
94,189
21
RamlaCenter
86,052
22
Ra'ananaCenter
82,964
23
Rosh HaAyinCenter
79,023
24
RahatSouth
77,997
25
NazarethNorth
75,704
26
Kiryat GatSouth
72,140
27
NahariyaNorth
67,877
28
Hod HaSharonCenter
66,398
29
AfulaNorth
66,362
30
Kiryat AtaHaifa
62,585
31
Umm al-FahmHaifa
60,209
32
GivatayimTel Aviv
58,601
33
YavneCenter
58,090
34
NetivotSouth
56,019
35
EilatSouth
56,004
36
AcreNorth
52,885
37
TiberiasNorth
52,123
38
Kiryat MotzkinHaifa
51,488
39
El'adCenter
50,846
40
Ramat HaSharonTel Aviv
48,860
41
KarmielNorth
47,941
42
Ness ZionaCenter
47,267
43
Kiryat BialikHaifa
47,073
44
TayibeCenter
46,870
45
Nof HaGalilNorth
45,805
46
Kiryat OnoTel Aviv
45,049
47
Shefa-AmrNorth
43,858
48
Kiryat YamHaifa
41,957
49
HarishHaifa
41,574
50
Or YehudaTel Aviv
41,130
51
OfakimSouth
39,893
52
DimonaSouth
39,590
53
SafedNorth
38,687
54
Be'er Ya'akovCenter
37,491
55
SderotSouth
37,239
56
TamraNorth
36,918
57
SakhninNorth
33,728
58
Tirat CarmelHaifa
32,167
59
Yehud-MonossonCenter
32,146
60
Baqa al-GharbiyyeHaifa
31,275
61
Kfar YonaCenter
29,820
62
AradSouth
29,504
63
Giv'at ShmuelCenter
29,405
64
Migdal HaEmekNorth
28,430
65
Kafr QasimCenter
27,996
66
Kiryat MalakhiSouth
27,959
67
TiraCenter
27,680
68
ArrabaNorth
27,175
69
Or AkivaHaifa
25,922
70
Ganei TikvaCenter
25,488
71
QalansaweCenter
25,167
72
Yokneam IllitNorth
24,928
73
Kiryat ShmonaNorth
24,437
74
MagharNorth
23,486
75
Ma'alot-TarshihaNorth
23,042
76
NesherHaifa
22,896
77
Kafr QaraHaifa
21,066
78
Beit She'anNorth
20,252
Highlights
Within Israel, Jerusalem ranks first in 2024 with 1,050,153, followed by Tel Aviv-Yafo (494,900) and Haifa (297,082).
Jerusalem is 2.1 times higher than Tel Aviv-Yafo, the runner-up.
Across 78 entries, values run from 1,050,153 (Jerusalem) to 20,252 (Beit She'an), with a median of 49,853.
Source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2024) (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: people.
Source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2024) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026