| Rank | Name | District | Pop. | Rank | Name | District | Pop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jerusalem  Tel Aviv |
1 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | 966,210a | 11 | Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv | 169,706 |  Haifa  Rishon LeZion |
| 2 | Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | 467,875 | 12 | Ashkelon | Southern | 149,160 | ||
| 3 | Haifa | Haifa | 282,832 | 13 | Rehovot | Central | 147,878 | ||
| 4 | Rishon LeZion | Central | 257,128 | 14 | Beit Shemesh | Jerusalem | 141,764 | ||
| 5 | Petah Tikva | Central | 252,270 | 15 | Bat Yam | Tel Aviv | 126,290 | ||
| 6 | Ashdod | Southern | 225,975 | 16 | Herzliya | Tel Aviv | 103,318 | ||
| 7 | Netanya | Central | 224,066 | 17 | Kfar Saba | Central | 101,801 | ||
| 8 | Bnei Brak | Tel Aviv | 212,395 | 18 | Hadera | Haifa | 100,631 | ||
| 9 | Beersheba | Southern | 211,251 | 19 | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | Central | 97,097 | ||
| 10 | Holon | Tel Aviv | 197,464 | 20 | Lod | Central | 82,629 | ||
^a This number includes East Jerusalem and West Bank areas, which had a total population of 573,330 inhabitants in 2019.[2] Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized.