# List of cities in Israel

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This article lists the 73 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. It excludes the 4 Israeli settlements in the West Bank designated as cities, but occupied East Jerusalem is included within Jerusalem.
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. 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.

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Israel has 16 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. In all, there are 77 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") status by the Ministry of the Interior, including four Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Two more cities are planned: Kasif, a planned city to be built in the Negev, and Harish, originally a small town currently being built into a large city. 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. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city with 452,000 residents after Jerusalem with 919,000; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city before West Jerusalem with around 350,000.
The following table lists all Israeli cities by name, district, population, and area, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics:
| Name | District | First settlement | Population estimate 2022 | Population census 2008 | Change 2008– –2022 | Area km$^2$ | Density /km$^2$ | Socio- economic index |
| Acre | North | Bronze Age | 51,420 | 46,100 | +11.54% | 13.5 | 3,362.0 | −0.395 |
| Afula | North | Bronze Age | 61,519 | 40,200 | +53.03% | 26.9 | 1,611.7 | −0.028 |
| Arad | South | 1962 | 28,170 | 23,400 | +20.38% | 93.1 | 195.9 | 0.287 |
| Arraba | North | N/A | 27,115 | 20,600 | +31.63% | 8.25 | 3,097.1 | −0.945 |
| Ashdod | South | 1956 | 226,827 | 204,300 | +11.03% | 47.2 | 4,783.9 | −0.109 |
| Ashkelon | South | Neolithic | 153,138 | 110,600 | +38.46% | 47.8 | 2,964.8 | -0.032 |
| Baqa al-Gharbiyye | Haifa | Middle Ages | 31,397 | N/A | N/A | 16.4 | 3,152.1 | −0.736 |
| Bat Yam | Tel Aviv | 1926 | 128,465 | 130,300 | −1.41% | 8.2 | 15,758.4 | −0.025 |
| Beersheba | South | 1900 | 214,162 | 193,400 | +10.74% | 117.5 | 1,751.7 | 0.035 |
| Beit She'an | North | Neolithic | 19,073 | 16,900 | +12.86% | 7.3 | 2,379.9 | −0.277 |
| Beit Shemesh | Jerusalem | 1950 | 154,694 | 72,700 | +112.78% | 34.3 | 2,866.6 | −1.149 |
| Bnei Brak | Tel Aviv | 1924 | 218,357 | 151,800 | +43.85% | 7.1 | 25,709.4 | −1.304 |
| Dimona | South | 1955 | 36,776 | 32,400 | +13.51% | 29.9 | 193.7 | −0.235 |
| Eilat | South | 1951 | 53,151 | 47,300 | +12.37% | 84.8 | 509.6 | 0.247 |
| El'ad | Center | 1998 | 49,487 | 33,900 | +45.98% | 2.8 | 13,138.6 | −1.493 |
| Giv'at Shmuel | Center | 1944 | 28,994 | 21,000 | +38.07% | 2.6 | 9,978.1 | 1.124 |
| Givatayim | Tel Aviv | 1922 | 61,924 | 52,100 | +18.86% | 3.3 | 18,058.2 | 1.417 |
| Hadera | Haifa | 1891 | 103,041 | 79,400 | +29.77% | 49.4 | 1,809.2 | 0.255 |
| Haifa | Haifa | Antiquity | 290,306 | 264,300 | +9.84% | 63.7 | 4,331.4 | 0.652 |
| Herzliya | Tel Aviv | 1924 | 106,741 | 86,300 | +23.69% | 21.6 | 4,291.0 | 1.373 |
| Hod HaSharon | Center | 1924 | 65,614 | 46,300 | +41.71% | 21.6 | 3,058.9 | 1.485 |
| Holon | Tel Aviv | 1935 | 197,957 | 176,300 | +12.28% | 18.9 | 10,017.7 | 0.509 |
| Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Neolithic (East Jerusalem) mid-1800s (West Jerusalem) | 981,711 | 759,700 | +29.22% | 125.2 | 7,014.1 | −0.802 |
| Kafr Qasim | Center | 19th century | 25,285 | 18,400 | +37.42% | 8.7 | 2,391.5 | −0.841 |
| Karmiel | North | 1964 | 47,317 | 44,200 | +7.05% | 19.2 | 2,056.3 | 0.309 |
| Kfar Saba | Center | 1903 | 101,556 | 82,800 | +22.65% | 14.2 | 6,831.0 | 1.191 |
| Kfar Yona | Center | 1932 | 29,450 | 16,500 | +78.48% | 11.0 | 1,962.4 | 0.786 |
| Kiryat Ata | Haifa | 1925 | 61,142 | 50,400 | +21.31% | 16.7 | 3,253.0 | 0.249 |
| Kiryat Bialik | Haifa | 1934 | 44,620 | 37,200 | +19.95% | 8.2 | 4,650.1 | 0.567 |
| Kiryat Gat | South | 1954 | 64,437 | 47,500 | +35.66% | 16.3 | 3,328.2 | −0.378 |
| Kiryat Malakhi | South | 1950 | 25,705 | 20,500 | +25.39% | 4.6 | 4,741.2 | −0.594 |
| Kiryat Motzkin | Haifa | 1934 | 48,001 | 38,100 | +25.99% | 3.8 | 10,612.0 | 0.590 |
| Kiryat Ono | Tel Aviv | 1939 | 43,241 | 30,000 | +44.14% | 4.1 | 8,557.8 | 1.513 |
| Kiryat Shmona | North | 1949 | 22,492 | 23,200 | −3.05% | 14.2 | 1,595.8 | −0.014 |
| Kiryat Yam | Haifa | 1941 | 41,095 | 37,700 | +9.01% | 4.3 | 8,568.6 | 0.018 |
| Lod | Center | Neolithic | 85,351 | 69,400 | +22.98% | 12.2 | 6,078.3 | −0.448 |
| Ma'alot-Tarshiha | North | 1963 | 22,521 | 20,600 | +9.33% | 6.8 | 2,303.0 | 0.024 |
| Migdal HaEmek | North | 1953 | 27,088 | 23,900 | +13.34% | 7.6 | 2,876.6 | −0.273 |
| Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | Center | 1985 | 99,171 | 69,300 | +43.10% | 50.2 | 1,862.5 | 1.351 |
| Nahariya | North | 1935 | 63,947 | 51,300 | +24.65% | 10.2 | 4,941.8 | 0.436 |
| Nazareth | North | Bronze Age | 78,007 | 71,700 | +8.80% | 14.1 | 5,357.9 | −0.558 |
| Nesher | Haifa | 1923 | 23,761 | 23,300 | +1.98% | 12.8 | 1,828.9 | 0.783 |
| Ness Ziona | Center | 1883 | 50,341 | 36,100 | +39.45% | 15.6 | 3,071.5 | 1.265 |
| Netanya | Center | 1929 | 233,104 | 180,100 | +29.43% | 29.0 | 6,807.7 | 0.240 |
| Netivot | South | 1956 | 46,374 | 26,100 | +77.68% | 5.6 | 2,874.7 | −0.760 |
| Nof HaGalil | North | 1957 | 44,184 | 41,400 | +6.72% | 32.5 | 1,224.4 | 0.055 |
| Ofakim | South | 1955 | 35,506 | 24,000 | +47.94% | 10.3 | 2,565.0 | −0.757 |
| Or Akiva | Haifa | 1951 | 20,874 | 16,000 | +30.46% | 3.5 | 3,165.3 | −0.097 |
| Or Yehuda | Tel Aviv | 1955 | 38,854 | 33,900 | +14.61% | 5.1 | 5,477.7 | 0.133 |
| Petah Tikva | Center | 1878 | 255,387 | 200,300 | +27.50% | 35.9 | 6,626.5 | 0.655 |
| Qalansawe | Center | Middle Ages | 24,205 | 18,200 | +32.99% | 8.4 | 2,603.2 | −1.011 |
| Ra'anana | Center | 1922 | 80,260 | 68,300 | +17.51% | 14.9 | 4,833.8 | 1.462 |
| Rahat | South | 1972 | 79,064 | 50,000 | +58.13% | 19.6 | 3,283.9 | −1.848 |
| Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv | 1921 | 172,486 | 143,600 | +20.12% | 13.2 | 9,376.1 | 1.041 |
| Ramat HaSharon | Tel Aviv | 1923 | 48,181 | 39,000 | +23.54% | 16.8 | 2,708.3 | 1.796 |
| Ramla | Center | 8th century | 79,132 | 65,700 | +20.44% | 11.9 | 6,252.2 | −0.333 |
| Rehovot | Center | 1890 | 150,748 | 111,100 | +35.69% | 23.0 | 5,712.4 | 0.629 |
| Rishon LeZion | Center | 1882 | 260,453 | 226,800 | +14.84% | 58.7 | 4,212.6 | 0.886 |
| Rosh HaAyin | Center | 1949 | 73,678 | 37,900 | +94.40% | 24.4 | 2,868.0 | 0.578 |
| Safed | North | Bronze Age | 38,029 | 29,600 | +28.48% | 29.2 | 1,123.5 | −1.011 |
| Sakhnin | North | Bronze Age | 33,188 | 25,100 | +32.22% | 9.8 | 3,062.2 | −0.740 |
| Sderot | South | 1951 | 33,002 | 20,700 | +59.43% | 4.5 | 3,788.0 | −0.223 |
| Shefa-'Amr | North | Bronze Age | 43,543 | 35,700 | +21.97% | 19.8 | 2,065.0 | −0.784 |
| Tamra | North | N/A | 35,834 | 28,100 | +27.52% | 29.3 | 1,118.1 | −0.983 |
| Tayibe | Center | N/A | 46,020 | 35,700 | +28.91% | 18.7 | 2,198.7 | −0.878 |
| Tel Aviv-Yafo | Tel Aviv | Neolithic (Jaffa) 1887 (Neve Tzedek) | 474,530 | 402,600 | +17.87% | 51.8 | 8,473.0 | 1.221 |
| Tiberias | North | 20 | 48,472 | 41,600 | +16.52% | 10.9 | 2,663.5 | −0.379 |
| Tira | Center | N/A | 27,802 | 22,200 | +25.23% | 11.9 | 2,128.7 | −0.469 |
| Tirat Carmel | Haifa | N/A | 28,753 | 18,600 | +54.59% | 5.6 | 3,425.4 | −0.138 |
| Umm al-Fahm | Haifa | N/A | 58,665 | 45,000 | +30.37% | 22.3 | 2,053.4 | −1.294 |
| Yavne | Center | Bronze Age | 56,232 | 32,800 | +71.44% | 10.7 | 2,690.9 | 0.455 |
| Yehud-Monosson | Center | N/A | 31,405 | 26,200 | +19.87% | 5.0 | 5,862.3 | 1.034 |
| Yokneam Illit | North | 1950 | 24,617 | 19,000 | +29.56% | 7.4 | 2,649.1 | 0.800 |