Districts
The population of the districts of Israel according to census results and latest official estimates.
The figures for the Northern District include the area and total population of the annexed part of Golan (1,154 km², Dec. 2021: pop. 53,700), the figures for Jerusalem District include the area and total population of annexed East Jerusalem, and the total population of Israel additionally includes the Israeli population in the West Bank (Dec. 2021: 465,400) and (before 2005) in Gaza.
Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | Area A-L (km²) | Population Census (C) 1983-06-04 | Population Census (Cp) 1995-11-04 | Population Census (C) 2008-12-27 | Population Estimate (E) 2013-12-31 | Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31 | |||
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Israel | ISR | עברית | Yerushalayim | ... | 4,037,400 | 5,643,500 | 7,412,200 | 8,134,500 | 9,452,975 | → | ||
HaDarom [Southern District] | HAD | מחוז הדרום | Be'er Sheva | 14,185 | 478,700 | 753,500 | 1,067,400 | 1,168,600 | 1,386,000 | 1418500 | → | |
HaMerkaz [Central District] | HAM | מחוז המרכז | Ramla | 1,294 | 830,700 | 1,222,500 | 1,770,400 | 1,976,300 | 2,304,300 | 129400 | → | |
HaZafon [Northern District] | HAZ | מחוז הצפון | Nof HaGalil | 4,473 | 656,000 | 946,800 | 1,242,100 | 1,341,500 | 1,513,600 | 447300 | → | |
Hefa [Haifa] | HEF | מחוז חיפה | Hefa | 866 | 575,300 | 746,800 | 888,300 | 951,900 | 1,092,700 | 86600 | → | |
Tel Aviv | TEL | מחוז תל אביב | Tel Aviv-Yafo | 172 | 1,000,200 | 1,158,000 | 1,258,800 | 1,331,300 | 1,481,400 | 17200 | → | |
Yerushalayim [Jerusalem] | YER | מחוז ירושלים | Yerushalayim | 653 | 472,900 | 682,500 | 904,100 | 1,008,400 | 1,209,700 | 65300 | → |
- (1995) Britannica Book of the Year 1998.
(1983) (2008) (2021) Central Bureau of Statistics, The State of Israel (web).
Major Cities
Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31 | |
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1 | Yerushalayim | YER | 966,210 |
2 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | TEL | 467,875 |
3 | Hefa | HEF | 282,832 |
4 | Rishon LeZiyyon | HAM | 257,128 |
5 | Petah Tiqwa | HAM | 252,270 |
6 | Ashdod | HAD | 225,975 |
7 | Netanya | HAM | 224,066 |
Major Metropolitan Areas
Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31 | |
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1 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | TEL | 2,749,927 |
2 | Yerushalayim | YER | 966,210 |
3 | Hefa | HEF | 637,956 |
Contents: Cities & Urban Localities
The population for all cities and urban localities in Israel with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.
Name | Native | Adm. | Population Census (C) 1983-06-04 | Population Census (Cp) 1995-11-04 | Population Census (C) 2008-12-27 | Population Estimate (E) 2013-12-31 | Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31 | Area | ||
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Afula | עפולה | HAZ | 21,277 | 33,557 | 40,200 | 42,770 | 59,075 | 2917 | → | |
Akko [Acre] | עכו | HAZ | 36,396 | 44,240 | 46,100 | 47,397 | 49,614 | 1422 | → | |
Arad | ערד | HAD | 12,440 | 20,229 | 23,400 | 24,207 | 27,582 | 12613 | → | |
Ar'ara ('Ar'arah) | ערערה | HEF | 7,863 | 11,480 | 21,700 | 23,332 | 25,823 | 919 | → | |
Ar'ara-Banegev | ערערה-בנגב | HAD | 1,300 | 7,400 | 11,500 | 14,798 | 19,682 | 1403 | → | |
Ari'el | אריאל | 1,222 | 12,754 | 17,500 | 18,089 | 19,647 | 1440 | → | ||
Arrabe ('Arrābat) [Arraba] | עראבה | HAZ | 9,737 | 14,037 | 20,600 | 23,038 | 26,641 | 840 | → | |
Ashdod | אשדוד | HAD | 65,738 | 125,820 | 204,300 | 216,511 | 225,975 | 4645 | → | |
Ashqelon [Ashkelon] | אשקלון | HAD | 52,894 | 80,938 | 110,600 | 123,478 | 149,160 | 4536 | → | |
Baqa al-Gharbiyye (Bāqah al-Gharbiyah) | באקה אל-גרבייה | HEF | 11,597 | 15,503 | ... | 27,096 | 30,973 | 893 | → | |
Bat Yam | בת ים | TEL | 128,738 | 136,416 | 130,300 | 128,871 | 126,290 | 818 | → | |
Be'er Sheva [Beersheba] | באר שבע | HAD | 110,813 | 149,404 | 193,400 | 199,334 | 211,251 | 11739 | → | |
Be'er Ya'aqov | באר יעקב | HAM | 4,711 | 7,609 | 9,700 | 17,521 | 29,852 | 946 | → | |
Bene Beraq [Bnei Brak] | בני ברק | TEL | 96,150 | 129,661 | 151,800 | 172,485 | 212,395 | 735 | → | |
Betar Illit [Beitar Illit] | ביתר עילית | ... | 5,326 | 32,900 | 44,927 | 63,220 | 496 | → | ||
Bet Shemesh [Beit Shemesh] | בית שמש | YER | 12,976 | 24,179 | 72,700 | 94,069 | 141,764 | 3829 | → | |
Dimona | דימונה | HAD | 27,026 | 30,869 | 32,400 | 33,188 | 35,892 | 22045 | → | |
El'ad | אלעד | HAM | ... | ... | 33,900 | 42,561 | 49,593 | 349 | → | |
Elat [Eilat] | אילת | HAD | 18,914 | 31,653 | 47,300 | 48,140 | 52,753 | 9859 | → | |
Ganne Tiqwa [Ganei Tikva] | גני תקווה | HAM | 6,201 | 9,516 | 12,500 | 14,959 | 22,694 | 211 | → | |
Gan Yavne | גן יבנה | HAM | 2,795 | 6,574 | 17,400 | 21,231 | 24,251 | 1144 | → | |
Gedera | גדרה | HAM | 6,583 | 9,066 | 20,200 | 25,225 | 30,392 | 1143 | → | |
Giv'atayim | גבעתיים | TEL | 46,744 | 48,851 | 52,100 | 56,159 | 61,281 | 324 | → | |
Giv'at Shemu'el [Giv'at Shmuel] | גבעת שמואל | HAM | 8,320 | 10,422 | 21,000 | 24,084 | 28,162 | 257 | → | |
Giv'at Ze'ev | גבעת זאב | ... | 6,938 | 10,400 | 14,349 | 20,034 | 466 | → | ||
Hadera | חדרה | HEF | 38,711 | 60,445 | 79,400 | 85,397 | 100,631 | 5103 | → | |
Harish | חריש | HEF | ... | 1,500 | 3,300 | 1,001 | 27,006 | 697 | → | |
Hefa [Haifa] | חיפה | HEF | 225,775 | 255,914 | 264,300 | 273,177 | 282,832 | 6456 | → | |
Herzliyya [Herzliya] | הרצליה | TEL | 63,155 | 82,759 | 86,300 | 89,813 | 103,318 | 2170 | → | |
Hod HaSharon | הוד השרון | HAM | 20,597 | 29,018 | 46,300 | 52,437 | 65,363 | 1927 | → | |
Holon | חולון | TEL | 133,460 | 163,082 | 176,300 | 186,399 | 197,464 | 1905 | → | |
Hura (Ḥūrah) | חורה | HAD | ... | 2,532 | 16,000 | 18,271 | 23,943 | 874 | → | |
Judeide-Maker (Makr-Judeīdah) | ג'דיידה-מכר | HAZ | 8,835 | 12,689 | 18,000 | 19,552 | 21,507 | 909 | → | |
Kafar Kanna (Kafr Kanā) | כפר כנא | HAZ | 8,304 | 12,775 | 18,300 | 20,516 | 23,705 | 1006 | → | |
Kafar Manda [Kafr Manda] | כפר מנדא | HAZ | 6,553 | 10,601 | 15,700 | 17,714 | 21,073 | 1103 | → | |
Kafar Qara | כפר קרע | HEF | 7,274 | 10,628 | 15,000 | 17,141 | 19,691 | 781 | → | |
Kafar Qasem (Kafr Qāsim) | כפר קאסם | HAM | 7,538 | 11,809 | 18,400 | 21,036 | 24,757 | 931 | → | |
Karmi'el | כרמיאל | HAZ | 15,629 | 33,145 | 44,200 | 44,715 | 46,311 | 2203 | → | |
Kefar Sava [Kfar Saba] | כפר סבא | HAM | 43,488 | 68,246 | 82,800 | 91,664 | 101,801 | 1449 | → | |
Kefar Yona | כפר יונה | HAM | 3,182 | 6,863 | 16,500 | 20,546 | 27,898 | 1151 | → | |
Kuseife (Kuseīfah) | כסיפה | HAD | 2,075 | 3,813 | 16,200 | 18,124 | 23,219 | 1430 | → | |
Lod | לוד | HAM | 40,436 | 51,319 | 69,400 | 71,642 | 82,629 | 1211 | → | |
Ma'ale Adummim | מעלה אדומים | 3,504 | 17,691 | 33,600 | 37,138 | 37,555 | 4642 | → | ||
Ma'alot-Tarshiha | מעלות-תרשיחא | HAZ | 7,516 | 15,586 | 20,600 | 21,126 | 22,315 | 926 | → | |
Mevasseret Ziyyon [Mevaseret Zion] | מבשרת ציון | YER | 8,074 | 16,592 | 23,800 | 24,638 | 24,943 | 630 | → | |
Migdal HaEmeq | מגדל העמק | HAZ | 13,420 | 21,778 | 23,900 | 24,810 | 26,029 | 872 | → | |
Modi'in Illit | מודיעין עילית | ... | 5,500 | 40,800 | 60,046 | 80,996 | 418 | → | ||
Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut [Maccabim] | מודיעין-מכבים-רעות | HAM | ... | ... | 69,300 | 85,426 | 97,097 | 4832 | → | |
Mughar (Al-Mughār) [Maghar] | מע'אר | HAZ | 10,323 | 15,097 | 19,600 | 21,122 | 23,624 | 2070 | → | |
Nahariyya [Nahariya] | נהריה | HAZ | 27,834 | 36,341 | 51,300 | 53,370 | 60,806 | 1142 | → | |
Nazerat (An-Nāṣirah) [Nazareth] | נצרת | HAZ | 44,779 | 51,946 | 71,700 | 74,363 | 77,925 | 1417 | → | |
Nesher | נשר | HEF | 9,653 | 18,454 | 23,300 | 23,319 | 23,760 | 1294 | → | |
Nes Ziyyona [Ness Ziona] | נס ציונה | HAM | 15,172 | 21,777 | 36,100 | 44,779 | 50,456 | 1567 | → | |
Netanya | נתניה | HAM | 102,257 | 143,446 | 180,100 | 196,978 | 224,066 | 3096 | → | |
Netivot | נתיבות | HAD | 8,107 | 14,838 | 26,100 | 29,529 | 42,039 | 1529 | → | |
Nof HaGalil [Nazerat Illit] | נוף הגליל | HAZ | 23,620 | 37,271 | 41,400 | 40,460 | 42,657 | 3286 | → | |
Ofaqim [Ofakim] | אופקים | HAD | 12,646 | 20,571 | 24,000 | 25,074 | 33,999 | 1038 | → | |
Or Aqiva | אור עקיבא | HEF | 7,663 | 13,426 | 16,000 | 16,560 | 19,902 | 555 | → | |
Or Yehuda | אור יהודה | TEL | 19,259 | 23,132 | 33,900 | 35,526 | 36,815 | 666 | → | |
Pardes Hanna-Karkur | פרדס חנה-כרכור | HEF | 15,970 | 21,900 | 30,400 | 35,774 | 44,210 | 2260 | → | |
Petah Tiqwa [Petah Tikva] | פתח תקווה | HAM | 123,868 | 149,471 | 200,300 | 219,303 | 252,270 | 3562 | → | |
Qadima-Zoran [Kadima-Tzoran] | קדימה-צורן | HAM | 3,535 | 8,102 | 16,500 | 18,624 | 22,920 | 1049 | → | |
Qalansawe (Qalansawah) | קלנסווה | HAM | 7,792 | 11,663 | 18,200 | 20,645 | 23,877 | 840 | → | |
Qiryat Atta (Kefar Ata) [Kiryat Ata] | קריית אתא | HEF | 32,937 | 42,668 | 50,400 | 53,378 | 60,102 | 1741 | → | |
Qiryat Bialik [Kiryat Bialik] | קריית ביאליק | HEF | 30,673 | 34,816 | 37,200 | 38,591 | 43,267 | 858 | → | |
Qiryat Gat [Kiryat Gat] | קריית גת | HAD | 25,482 | 43,809 | 47,500 | 49,352 | 60,582 | 1584 | → | |
Qiryat Mal'akhi [Kiryat Malakhi] | קריית מלאכי | HAD | 12,153 | 18,753 | 20,500 | 21,336 | 25,022 | 460 | → | |
Qiryat Motzkin [Kiryat Motzkin] | קריית מוצקין | HEF | 26,614 | 33,350 | 38,100 | 39,228 | 46,565 | 384 | → | |
Qiryat Ono [Kiryat Ono] | קריית אונו | TEL | 21,770 | 23,813 | 30,000 | 35,546 | 41,900 | 452 | → | |
Qiryat Shemona [Kiryat Shmona] | קריית שמונה | HAZ | 15,210 | 19,280 | 23,200 | 23,114 | 22,336 | 1438 | → | |
Qiryat Yam [Kiryat Yam] | קריית ים | HEF | 29,654 | 38,311 | 37,700 | 38,681 | 39,441 | 1019 | → | |
Ra'annana | רעננה | HAM | 38,461 | 56,848 | 68,300 | 69,320 | 78,562 | 1485 | → | |
Rahat (Rahaṭ) | רהט | HAD | 9,214 | 22,456 | 50,000 | 58,690 | 76,237 | 3241 | → | |
Ramat Gan | רמת גן | TEL | 117,072 | 127,985 | 143,600 | 149,594 | 169,706 | 1639 | → | |
Ramat HaSharon | רמת השרון | TEL | 32,485 | 36,285 | 39,000 | 43,847 | 47,970 | 1663 | → | |
Ramla | רמלה | HAM | 42,244 | 57,356 | 65,700 | 69,034 | 77,798 | 1199 | → | |
Rehovot | רחובות | HAM | 67,935 | 84,143 | 111,100 | 124,988 | 147,878 | 2376 | → | |
Rishon LeZiyyon [Rishon LeZion] | ראשון לציון | HAM | 104,387 | 163,245 | 226,800 | 237,639 | 257,128 | 5926 | → | |
Rosh HaAyin | ראש העין | HAM | 11,368 | 29,489 | 37,900 | 41,451 | 71,651 | 1586 | → | |
Sakhnin (Sakhnīn) | סח'נין | HAZ | 12,880 | 18,365 | 25,100 | 28,136 | 32,743 | 1153 | → | |
Sederot [Sderot] | שדרות | HAD | 9,014 | 16,600 | 20,700 | 21,881 | 30,553 | 631 | → | |
Shefar'am (Shafā A'mr) [Shefa-'Amr] | שפרעם | HAZ | 16,879 | 24,223 | 35,700 | 38,717 | 43,023 | 1963 | → | |
Shoham | שוהם | HAM | ... | 3,148 | 17,900 | 19,631 | 21,441 | 718 | → | |
Tamra (Ṭamrah) | טמרה | HAZ | 13,314 | 19,121 | 28,100 | 31,146 | 35,405 | 2977 | → | |
Tayibe (Aṭ-Ṭayibah) | טייבה | HAM | 17,231 | 23,976 | 35,700 | 39,559 | 45,388 | 1891 | → | |
Tel Aviv-Yafo [Tel Aviv-Jaffa] | תל אביב-יפו | TEL | 327,265 | 348,245 | 402,600 | 418,590 | 467,875 | 5179 | → | |
Tel Sheva [Tel as-Sabi] | תל שבע | HAD | 2,544 | 6,135 | 14,600 | 17,529 | 22,187 | 942 | → | |
Teverya [Tiberias] | טבריה | HAZ | 28,237 | 35,291 | 41,600 | 41,984 | 46,698 | 1620 | → | |
Tirat Karmel | טירת כרמל | HEF | 15,529 | 17,346 | 18,600 | 18,747 | 26,806 | 593 | → | |
Tire (Aṭ-Ṭīrah) | טירה | HAM | 11,083 | 15,565 | 22,200 | 24,046 | 27,392 | 1187 | → | |
Umm al-Fahm (Umm al-Faḥm) | אום אל-פחם | HEF | 20,074 | 29,010 | 45,000 | 50,597 | 57,677 | 2596 | → | |
Yavne | יבנה | HAM | 13,913 | 27,445 | 32,800 | 36,506 | 53,595 | 1636 | → | |
Yehud | יהוד | HAM | 13,100 | 18,547 | 26,200 | 28,200 | 30,619 | 575 | → | |
Yerushalayim (Al-Quds) [Jerusalem] | ירושלים | YER | 428,716 | 617,042 | 759,700 | 829,863 | 966,210 | 12606 | → | |
Yoqne'am Illit [Yokneam] | יקנעם עילית | HAZ | 5,048 | 9,506 | 19,000 | 20,760 | 24,158 | 831 | → | |
Zefat [Safed] | צפת | HAZ | 15,853 | 21,480 | 29,600 | 32,901 | 37,472 | 2994 | → | |
Zikhron Ya'aqov | זכרון יעקב | HEF | 4,983 | 9,330 | 18,300 | 21,432 | 23,857 | 3153 | → |
- The tabulated population figures of metropolitan areas do not include the population of outer rings. Jerusalem includes annexed East Jerusalem.
- Central Bureau of Statistics, The State of Israel (web).