Urban population rose 1.71% to 8.68 mil in Israel in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Israel reached an all time high of 8.68 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.62 mil in 1960. When compared to Israel's main peers, urban population in Egypt amounted to 46.8 mil, 10.2 mil in Jordan, 4.98 mil in Lebanon and 12.0 mil in Syria in 2021.
Israel has been ranked 69th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cyprus | mil | 0.795 | 0.801 | 0.808 | 0.814 | 0.821 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | mil | 41.8 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 44.3 | 45.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | mil | 7.72 | 7.88 | 8.05 | 8.21 | 8.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 8.57 | 9.02 | 9.27 | 9.52 | 9.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | mil | 5.64 | 5.52 | 5.40 | 5.27 | 5.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 4.91 | 5.00 | 5.09 | 5.19 | 5.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 27.2 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 29.4 | 30.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 58.6 | 60.1 | 61.3 | 62.2 | 63.1 |
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