Israel Urban Population 1960-2023

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Israel urban population for 2021 was 8,677,993, a 1.71% increase from 2020.
  • Israel urban population for 2020 was 8,531,985, a 1.87% increase from 2019.
  • Israel urban population for 2019 was 8,375,041, a 2.02% increase from 2018.
  • Israel urban population for 2018 was 8,209,306, a 2.04% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Urban Population
United States 275,050,303
Japan 115,459,909
Germany 64,513,567
United Kingdom 56,656,654
France 55,041,156
Argentina 42,248,949
Italy 42,172,384
South Korea 42,127,573
Spain 38,433,310
Canada 31,229,095
Saudi Arabia 30,380,961
Poland 22,676,585
Australia 22,184,739
Chile 17,118,329
Netherlands 16,230,689
Belgium 11,374,657
Sweden 9,190,703
Israel 8,677,993
Greece 8,517,020
UAE 8,175,678
Czech Republic 7,796,754
Hong Kong 7,413,100
Hungary 7,014,911
Portugal 6,902,258
Switzerland 6,440,172
Singapore 5,453,566
Austria 5,283,472
Denmark 5,167,981
Finland 4,742,889
Norway 4,506,374
New Zealand 4,445,853
Kuwait 4,250,114
Oman 3,934,799
Uruguay 3,275,607
Ireland 3,216,796
Puerto Rico 3,054,454
Panama 2,992,584
Slovak Republic 2,931,708
Qatar 2,668,826
Croatia 2,256,663
Lithuania 1,911,545
Bahrain 1,311,407
Latvia 1,289,387
Slovenia 1,168,445
Estonia 923,866
Cyprus 831,814
Trinidad and Tobago 812,644
Macao 686,607
Luxembourg 586,759
Malta 491,624
Iceland 349,960
Brunei 349,858
Bahamas 340,051
New Caledonia 194,938
French Polynesia 188,701
Guam 162,033
Curacao 135,666
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 101,678
Barbados 87,864
Andorra 69,438
Cayman Islands 68,136
Bermuda 63,867
Seychelles 57,542
Channel Islands 53,552
Greenland 49,575
Aruba 46,734
Northern Mariana Islands 45,468
Isle of Man 44,723
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 42,846
Turks and Caicos Islands 42,332
Monaco 36,686
San Marino 32,942
Gibraltar 32,669
Antigua and Barbuda 22,727
Faroe Islands 22,522
British Virgin Islands 15,225
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,713
Palau 14,686
Liechtenstein 5,649
Israel Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 8,677,993 92.67 1.70%
2020 8,531,985 92.59 1.86%
2019 8,375,041 92.50 2.00%
2018 8,209,306 92.42 2.02%
2017 8,045,513 92.34 2.03%
2016 7,884,198 92.26 2.04%
2015 7,724,692 92.18 2.06%
2014 7,566,988 92.10 2.00%
2013 7,417,238 92.03 1.94%
2012 7,274,496 91.96 1.92%
2011 7,136,149 91.89 1.92%
2010 7,000,447 91.83 1.90%
2009 6,869,011 91.76 2.46%
2008 6,702,316 91.70 1.84%
2007 6,579,915 91.64 1.84%
2006 6,459,778 91.58 1.84%
2005 6,342,289 91.52 1.83%
2004 6,227,239 91.46 1.84%
2003 6,113,918 91.39 1.87%
2002 6,000,381 91.33 2.08%
2001 5,876,682 91.27 2.43%
2000 5,735,757 91.20 2.71%
1999 5,582,264 91.14 2.62%
1998 5,438,029 91.07 2.36%
1997 5,311,285 91.01 2.57%
1996 5,176,476 90.94 2.70%
1995 5,038,520 90.87 2.78%
1994 4,900,510 90.77 2.70%
1993 4,769,938 90.67 2.77%
1992 4,639,645 90.57 3.57%
1991 4,477,014 90.46 6.13%
1990 4,210,729 90.36 3.21%
1989 4,077,721 90.26 1.81%
1988 4,004,463 90.15 1.77%
1987 3,934,022 90.04 1.74%
1986 3,866,349 89.94 1.67%
1985 3,802,419 89.83 1.89%
1984 3,731,413 89.72 1.43%
1983 3,678,408 89.61 2.18%
1982 3,599,159 89.29 2.27%
1981 3,518,466 88.94 2.39%
1980 3,435,249 88.58 2.82%
1979 3,339,820 88.22 3.00%
1978 3,241,222 87.84 2.55%
1977 3,159,569 87.45 2.69%
1976 3,075,582 87.05 2.70%
1975 2,993,516 86.64 2.77%
1974 2,911,784 86.22 3.48%
1973 2,812,295 85.79 4.56%
1972 2,686,849 85.35 3.20%
1971 2,602,174 84.79 3.85%
1970 2,503,959 84.20 4.05%
1969 2,404,654 83.58 3.36%
1968 2,325,145 82.95 2.88%
1967 2,259,135 82.30 5.14%
1966 2,146,053 81.63 3.39%
1965 2,074,492 80.94 4.37%
1964 1,985,742 80.23 4.87%
1963 1,891,353 79.50 4.63%
1962 1,805,829 78.75 5.81%
1961 1,703,972 77.99 4.77%
1960 1,624,582 76.85 %