Biggest Cities of Israel and Palestine by Year

Over the course of a century, there were many demographic, urban and population changes throughout Israel and Palestine. For each year listed (1922-2022), can you name the 10 biggest cities in modern-day Israel or Palestine?

One of these cities, marked in gold, has been integrated into a larger city

Including camps for Palestinian cities. By city proper population otherwise

Years are sorted vertically!

Sources for population data can be found here

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1922

Jerusalem
62,578

Jaffa
47,799

Haifa
24,600

Gaza
17,480

Hebron
16,577

Nablus
15,947

Tel Aviv
15,185

Safed
8,761

Lod
8,103

Nazareth
7,424



1931

Jerusalem
90,053

Jaffa
51,866

Haifa
50,403

Tel Aviv
46,101

Hebron
17,531

Nablus
17,181

Gaza
17,046

Lod
11,250

Ramla
10,347

Safed
9,441



1938

Tel Aviv
140,000

Jerusalem
125,000

Haifa
99,000

Jaffa
71,000

Gaza
20,500

Hebron
20,400

Nablus
19,200

Petah Tikva
16,027

Lod
12,750

Ramla
11,950



1945

Tel Aviv
166,660

Jerusalem
157,080

Haifa
128,800

Jaffa
94,310

Gaza
34,250

Hebron
25,560

Nablus
23,250

Petah Tikva
17,200

Lod
16,780

Ramla
15,160

1961

Tel Aviv
386,100

Jerusalem
227,700

Haifa
183,000

Gaza
100,000

Ramat Gan
90,800

Petah Tikva
54,000

Holon
49,000

Khan Yunis
48,000

Bnei Brak
47,000

Nablus
45,658



1972

Tel Aviv
363,800

Jerusalem
313,900

Haifa
219,600

Gaza
120,000

Ramat Gan
118,000

Bat Yam
100,100

Holon
98,800

Petah Tikva
93,000

Beersheba
85,300

Bnei Brak
75,700



1983

Jerusalem
428,715

Tel Aviv
327,265

Haifa
225,776

Holon
133,460

Bat Yam
128,738

Petah Tikva
123,868

Ramat Gan
117,072

Beersheba
110,813

Rishon LeZion
104,387

Netanya
102,257



1997

Jerusalem
617,042

Gaza
353,632

Tel Aviv
348,245

Haifa
255,914

Rishon LeZion
163,245

Holon
163,081

Petah Tikva
149,471

Beersheba
149,404

Netanya
143,446

Bat Yam
136,416

2008

Jerusalem
759,700

Gaza
483,869

Tel Aviv
402,600

Haifa
264,300

Rishon LeZion
226,800

Ashdod
204,300

Petah Tikva
200,300

Beersheba
193,400

Khan Yunis
180,342

Netanya
180,100



2017

Jerusalem
829,863

Gaza
631,215

Tel Aviv
418,590

Haifa
273,177

Rishon LeZion
257,128

Khan Yunis
246,307

Jabalia
222,166

Petah Tikva
219,303

Netanya
216,511

Rafah
208,449



2022

Jerusalem
966,210

Gaza
707,254

Tel Aviv
467,875

Khan Yunis
283,135

Haifa
282,832

Jabalia
259,237

Rishon LeZion
257,128

Petah Tikva
252,270

Rafah
238,535

Hebron
226,774