These are the 100 biggest towns in Israel by population.
Each value is the number of residents in the Bureau's estimate for 2024.
This page shows the first 100 of the 1,221 places that qualify.
- 1Jerusalem1,050,151
- 2Tel Aviv494,900
- 3Haifa297,083
- 4Petah Tikva270,403
- 5Rishon LeZion259,275
- 6Netanya234,812
- 7Bnei Brak229,995
- 8Ashdod228,562
- 9Beer Sheva223,587
- 10Holon191,829
- 11Beit Shemesh176,786
- 12Ramat Gan172,242
- 13Ashkelon166,865
- 14Rehovot155,050
- 15Bat Yam129,495
- 16Herzliya110,885
- 17Hadera107,974
- 18Modi'in100,052
- 19Kfar Saba99,410
- 20Lod94,189
- 21Modi'in Illit89,627
- 22Ramla86,052
- 23Ra'anana82,963
- 24Rosh HaAyin79,023
- 25Rahat77,996
- 26Nazareth75,704
- 27Kiryat Gat72,139
- 28Beitar Illit71,698
- 29Nahariya67,877
- 30Hod HaSharon66,398
- 31Afula66,362
- 32Kiryat Ata62,584
- 33Umm al-Fahm60,210
- 34Givatayim58,600
- 35Yavne58,090
- 36Netivot56,019
- 37Eilat56,004
- 38Acre52,884
- 39Tiberias52,122
- 40Kiryat Motzkin51,488
- 41El'ad50,845
- 42Ramat HaSharon48,860
- 43Karmiel47,941
- 44Ness Ziona47,268
- 45Kiryat Bialik47,072
- 46Taibe46,870
- 47Pardes Hanna-Karkur46,601
- 48Nof HaGalil45,805
- 49Kiryat Ono45,048
- 50Shefa-Amr43,858
- 51Kiryat Yam41,959
- 52Harish41,574
- 53Or Yehuda41,130
- 54Ofakim39,894
- 55Dimona39,590
- 56Safed38,687
- 57Be'er Ya'akov37,493
- 58Sderot37,239
- 59Tamra36,919
- 60Ma'ale Adumim35,845
- 61Sakhnin33,726
- 62Tirat Carmel32,166
- 63Yehud32,145
- 64Gedera31,389
- 65Baqa al-Gharbiyye31,276
- 66Kfar Yona29,820
- 67Arad29,505
- 68Giv'at Shmuel29,405
- 69Migdal HaEmek28,431
- 70Kafr Qasim27,997
- 71Kiryat Malachi27,957
- 72Tira27,680
- 73Arraba27,175
- 74Mevaseret Zion26,534
- 75Or Akiva25,922
- 76Ganei Tikva25,487
- 77Kafr Kanna25,375
- 78Qalansawe25,167
- 79Gan-Yavne25,144
- 80Giv'at Ze'ev25,105
- 81Yokneam Illit24,928
- 82Tel Sheva24,781
- 83Kiryat Shmona24,437
- 84Zichron Yaakov24,200
- 85Shoham23,592
- 86Maghar23,486
- 87Ma'alot-Tarshiha23,042
- 88Hura23,035
- 89Nesher22,897
- 90Tzoran-Kadima22,655
- 91Kafr Manda22,267
- 92Ariel22,190
- 93Kuseife21,849
- 94Ar'arat an-Naqab21,259
- 95Kafr Qara21,067
- 96Ar'ara20,733
- 97Reineh20,654
- 98Beit She'an20,253
- 99Jadeidi-Makr20,232
- 100Lakiya19,361
Source: the Central Bureau of Statistics' file of localities for 2024, read on 5 November 2026.
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