List of cities in Israel

This article lists the 78 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. It includes occupied East Jerusalem but excludes the four Israeli settlements in the West Bank that are designated as cities.

The list is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Within Israel'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] The term "city" does not generally refer to local councils or urban agglomerations, even though a defined city often contains only a small portion of an urban area or metropolitan area's population.

List of cities

Israel cities and districts

As for 2025, Israel has 18 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. In all, there are 80 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") status by the Ministry of the Interior, including four Israeli settlements in the West Bank.[2] Two more cities, Kasif and Tila, are planned to be built in the Negev.[3] The area and population of Jerusalem includes that of East Jerusalem which has been de facto annexed by Israel and incorporated within Jerusalem's municipal borders under the Jerusalem Law. This, however, is not recognized by the international community who regard East Jerusalem to be Palestinian territory held under Israeli occupation.[4][5] If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city with 494,900 residents after Jerusalem with 1,050,153; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, followed by West Jerusalem with 362,960.[6]

The following table lists Israeli cities, not including the settlements, by name, district, population, area, and the Socio-Economic Index, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics:

Name Photo District Metro
area[7] 		Founded Area
(km2)
[8] 		Population SEI[9]
Estimate
(2024)
[10] 		Census
(2022)
[11] 		Change
(2022–
–2024) 		Density
(per
km2)
Acre[cbs 1] North Haifa Bronze Age 18.09 52,885 50,555 +5% 2,923 −0.467
Afula North N/a Bronze Age 29.17 66,362 60,828 +9% 2,275 −0.327
Arad South N/a 1962 126.13 29,504 27,586 +7% 234 −0.876
Arraba[cbs 2] North N/a Antiquity 8.4 27,175 26,119 +4% 3,235 −0.728
Ashdod South Gush Dan 1956[note 1] 63.9 228,562 227,865 0% 3,577 −0.246
Ashkelon[cbs 3] South N/a Neolithic 52.32 166,864 152,370 +10% 3,189 −0.135
Baqa al-Gharbiyye Haifa N/a Middle Ages 9.18 31,275 29,868 +5% 3,407 −0.560
Bat Yam Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1926 9.41 129,494 128,152 +1% 13,761 −0.219
Be'er Ya'akov[cbs 4] Center Gush Dan 1907 9.46 37,491 31,439 +19% 3,963 0.783
Beersheba[cbs 5] South Beersheba 1900[note 2] 117.39 223,587 217,577 +3% 1,905 −0.111
Beit She'an[cbs 6] North N/a Neolithic 10.97 20,252 19,825 +2% 1,846 −0.392
Beit Shemesh[cbs 7] Jerusalem Jerusalem 1950 38.29 176,786 145,554 +21% 4,617 −1.485
Bnei Brak[cbs 8] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 7.35 229,996 216,869 +6% 31,292 −1.627
Dimona South N/a 1955 220.46 39,590 37,213 +6% 180 −0.387
Eilat[cbs 9] South N/a 1951 101.49 56,004 55,213 +1% 552 0.151
El'ad Center Gush Dan 1998 3.49 50,846 48,825 +4% 14,569 −1.452
Ganei Tikva[cbs 10] Center Gush Dan 1949 2.16 25,488 23,650 +8% 11,800 1.474
Giv'at Shmuel[cbs 11] Center Gush Dan 1944 2.58 29,405 27,472 +7% 11,397 1.135
Givatayim[cbs 12] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1922 3.24 58,601 58,052 +1% 18,087 1.569
Hadera Haifa N/a 1891 56.28 107,974 103,847 +4% 1,919 0.184
Haifa Haifa Haifa Antiquity 72.93 297,082 289,507 +3% 4,074 0.391
Harish Haifa N/a 1982 9 41,574 31,733 +31% 4,619 −0.182
Herzliya[cbs 13] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 24.07 110,884 105,273 +5% 4,607 1.361
Hod HaSharon Center Gush Dan 1924 19.26 66,398 65,020 +2% 3,447 1.567
Holon Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1935 19.04 191,829 192,655 0% 10,075 0.371
Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Neolithic
(East Jerusalem)
mid-1800s
(West Jerusalem) 		125.55 1,050,153 1,005,919 +4% 8,364 −1.196
Kafr Qara[cbs 14] Haifa N/a ? 7.81 21,066 19,890 +6% 2,697 −0.112
Kafr Qasim[cbs 15] Center Gush Dan 19th century 9.3 27,996 26,389 +6% 3,010 −0.574
Karmiel[cbs 16] North N/a 1964 22.03 47,941 47,450 +1% 2,176 0.020
Kfar Saba[cbs 17] Center Gush Dan 1903 14.48 99,410 100,262 −1% 6,865 1.192
Kfar Yona[cbs 18] Center Gush Dan 1932 11.51 29,820 28,135 +6% 2,591 0.781
Kiryat Ata[cbs 19] Haifa Haifa 1925 24.16 62,585 60,465 +4% 2,590 0.090
Kiryat Bialik[cbs 20] Haifa Haifa 1934 8.48 47,073 44,806 +5% 5,551 0.328
Kiryat Gat[cbs 21] South N/a 1954 15.85 72,140 63,386 +14% 4,551 −0.552
Kiryat Malakhi[cbs 22] South Gush Dan 1950 4.58 27,959 26,362 +6% 6,105 −0.671
Kiryat Motzkin[cbs 23] Haifa Haifa 1934 3.84 51,488 49,057 +5% 13,408 0.402
Kiryat Ono[cbs 24] Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1939 4.6 45,049 41,537 +8% 9,793 1.594
Kiryat Shmona[cbs 25] North N/a 1949 14.38 24,437 23,083 +6% 1,699 −0.163
Kiryat Yam[cbs 26] Haifa Haifa 1941 11.34 41,957 38,906 +8% 3,700 −0.247
Lod Center Gush Dan Neolithic 14.79 94,189 87,430 +8% 6,368 −0.738
Ma'alot-Tarshiha North N/a 1963 9.26 23,042 22,720 +1% 2,488 −0.057
Maghar[cbs 27] North N/a ? 21.11 23,486 22,564 +4% 1,113 −0.793
Migdal HaEmek[cbs 28] North N/a 1953 8.71 28,430 27,045 +5% 3,264 −0.398
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
[cbs 29] 		Center Gush Dan 1985 48.33 100,052 92,307 +8% 2,070 1.420
Nahariya[cbs 30] North Haifa 1935 13.83 67,877 63,318 +7% 4,908 0.143
Nazareth North N/a Bronze Age 14.17 75,704 77,295 −2% 5,343 −0.704
Nesher Haifa Haifa 1923 12.94 22,896 22,911 0% 1,769 0.564
Ness Ziona[cbs 31] Center Gush Dan 1883 15.68 47,267 47,620 −1% 3,014 1.304
Netanya Center Gush Dan 1929 34.75 234,813 223,920 +5% 6,757 0.084
Netivot South N/a 1956 16.22 56,019 45,024 +24% 3,454 −0.762
Nof HaGalil North N/a 1957 32.86 45,805 43,479 +5% 1,394 −0.298
Ofakim[cbs 32] South Beersheba 1955 16.35 39,893 35,355 +13% 2,440 −0.730
Or Akiva[cbs 33] Haifa N/a 1951 5.55 25,922 22,173 +17% 4,671 −0.009
Or Yehuda Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1955 6.73 41,130 36,850 +12% 6,111 0.005
Petah Tikva[cbs 34] Center Gush Dan 1878 35.77 270,403 264,046 +2% 7,559 0.550
Qalansawe Center Gush Dan Middle Ages 8.37 25,167 23,951 +5% 3,007 −0.732
Ra'anana[cbs 35] Center Gush Dan 1922 14.86 82,964 80,155 +4% 5,583 1.280
Rahat South Beersheba 1972 33.48 77,997 71,355 +9% 2,330 −1.845
Ramat Gan Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1921 16.39 172,242 165,155 +4% 10,509 1.099
Ramat HaSharon Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1923 16.73 48,860 48,986 0% 2,921 1.699
Ramla Center Gush Dan 8th century 13.39 86,052 81,126 +6% 6,427 −0.399
Rehovot Center Gush Dan 1890 23.76 155,049 150,471 +3% 6,526 0.601
Rishon LeZion[cbs 36] Center Gush Dan 1882 61.91 259,275 252,413 +3% 4,188 0.727
Rosh HaAyin Center Gush Dan 1949 15.86 79,023 74,572 +6% 4,983 0.781
Safed[cbs 37] North N/a Bronze Age 29.94 38,687 37,801 +2% 1,292 −1.351
Sakhnin North N/a Bronze Age 11.53 33,728 32,355 +4% 2,925 −0.511
Sderot[cbs 38] South N/a 1951 10.66 37,239 31,108 +20% 3,493 −0.132
Shefa-Amr[cbs 39] North Haifa Bronze Age 19.63 43,858 42,713 +3% 2,234 −0.712
Tamra North Haifa ? 29.77 36,918 35,349 +4% 1,240 −0.773
Tayibe Center Gush Dan ? 18.91 46,870 45,071 +4% 2,479 −0.680
Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv Gush Dan Neolithic
(Jaffa)
1887
(Neve Tzedek) 		57.1 494,900 492,872 0% 8,667 1.293
Tiberias North N/a 20 16.19 52,123 48,509 +7% 3,219 −0.779
Tira[cbs 40] Center Gush Dan ? 11.85 27,680 26,567 +4% 2,336 −0.275
Tirat Carmel[cbs 41] Haifa Haifa ? 6.71 32,167 29,069 +11% 4,794 0.108
Umm al-Fahm Haifa N/a ? 26.03 60,209 57,560 +5% 2,313 −1.266
Yavne Center Gush Dan Bronze Age 29.18 58,090 54,981 +6% 1,991 0.514
Yehud-Monosson[cbs 42] Center Gush Dan ? 5.73 32,146 30,977 +4% 5,610 0.963
Yokneam Illit[cbs 43] North Haifa 1950 8.31 24,928 23,729 +5% 3,000 0.795

See also

  • Arab localities in Israel
  • Chronology of Aliyah in modern times
  • Demographics of Israel
  • Districts of Israel
  • Four Holy Cities
  • Jewish population by city
  • List of cities in Palestine
  • List of kibbutzim
  • List of largest cities in the Levant region by population
  • List of modern names for biblical place names
  • List of moshavim
  • List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel
  • List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Lists of cities by country
  • Population displacements in Israel after 1948
  • Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank
  • Urban planning in Israel

Notes

General
  1. ^ Tel Ashdod, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.
  2. ^ Tel Be'er Sheva, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.
Official spellings
  1. ^ Akko
  2. ^ Arrabe
  3. ^ Ashqelon
  4. ^ Be'er Ya'aqov
  5. ^ Be'er Sheva
  6. ^ Bet She'an
  7. ^ Bet Shemesh
  8. ^ Bene Beraq
  9. ^ Elat
  10. ^ Ganne Tiqwa
  11. ^ Giv'at Shemu'el
  12. ^ Giv'atayim
  13. ^ Herzliyya
  14. ^ Kafar Qara
  15. ^ Kafar Qasem
  16. ^ Karmi'el
  17. ^ Kefar Sava
  18. ^ Kefar Yona
  19. ^ Qiryat Atta
  20. ^ Qiryat Bialik
  21. ^ Qiryat Gat
  22. ^ Qiryat Mal'akhi
  23. ^ Qiryat Motzkin
  24. ^ Qiryat Ono
  25. ^ Qiryat Shemona
  26. ^ Qiryat Yam
  27. ^ Mughar
  28. ^ Migdal HaEmeq
  29. ^ Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut
  30. ^ Nahariyya
  31. ^ Nes Ziyyona
  32. ^ Ofaqim
  33. ^ Or Aqiva
  34. ^ Petah Tiqwa
  35. ^ Ra'annana
  36. ^ Rishon LeZiyyon
  37. ^ Zefat
  38. ^ Sederot
  39. ^ Shefar'am
  40. ^ Tire
  41. ^ Tirat Karmel
  42. ^ Yehud-Monoson
  43. ^ Yoqne'am Illit

References

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  3. ^ "Government approves new ultra-Orthodox city in the northern Negev, addressing housing crisis". The Jerusalem Post. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
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