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Israel has 1,221 localities, and this page finds any of them.

Each locality has a page with its population, ages, wages, offences and road accidents, set beside Israel's own figures.

These are the biggest towns in Israel by population.

Each circle on the map is a place, as big as its number of residents.

Kiryat Shmona 24,437Safed 38,687Nahariya 67,877Haifa 297,083Tiberias 52,122Afula 66,362Hadera 107,974Netanya 234,812Tel Aviv 494,900Ashdod 228,562Jerusalem 1,050,151Ashkelon 166,865Beer Sheva 223,587Dimona 39,590Mitzpe Ramon 5,842Eilat 56,004

Source: the Central Bureau of Statistics' file of localities for 2024, read on 5 November 2026.

These are the 16 ranked lists of towns.

These are the biggest places that have a photograph.

These are the kinds of place in the Bureau's file.

  • Cities82
  • Local councils121
  • Kibbutzim268
  • Moshavim410
  • Cooperative moshavim43
  • Community settlements110
  • Villages46
  • Rural localities53
  • Other localities56
  • Institutions32

Source: the Central Bureau of Statistics' file of localities for 2024, read on 5 November 2026.

These are the 54 regional councils and their places.

Frequently asked questions

How many towns and villages does Israel have?

The Central Bureau of Statistics' file of localities for 2024 gives 1,221 localities a page here, and Jerusalem is the biggest with 1,050,151 residents.

What do the ranked lists rank?

Each of the 16 lists ranks towns by one figure from the Bureau, the register of residents or the police, and each list says which and gives the day it was read.

Why are small places missing from some lists?

A share of a few hundred people moves with a few families, so the lists of shares and rates take places of 2,000 residents or more, and the list of offences takes places of 20,000 or more.

Where do the figures on these pages come from?

They come from the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Population and Immigration Authority's register of residents and the Israel Police, and each page names its source and the day it was read.

Sources: the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Population and Immigration Authority and the Israel Police, each read on 5 November 2026.

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