List of largest cities in the Levant region by population

List of cities

Modern Levant map
Modern Levant borders

This is a list of cities in the Levant with a population of 500,000 or more. For the purposes of this list, the region includes the Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and the Hatay Province of Turkey.

Rank City Country Population Metropolitan area
1 Amman  Jordan 4,642,000[1] 6,708,860[2]
2 Damascus Syria 2,503,000[3] 2,800,000[4]
3 Aleppo Syria 2,098,210[5] 2,438,000[6]
4 Tel Aviv  Israel 1,388,400 4,156,900[7]
5 Jerusalem  Israel /  Palestine 1,005,900 1,253,900[8]
6 Hama Syria 996,000[9] 1,079,000[10]
7 Zarqa  Jordan 929,300[1] 6,708,860[2]
8 Homs Syria 775,404[11] 1,564,000[12]
9 Haifa  Israel 600,000 1,050,000[13]
10 Gaza City  Palestine 590,481[14] 2,050,000
11 Irbid  Jordan 569,068[1] 2,050,300[2]
12 Beirut  Lebanon 560,000[15] 2,402,000[16]
13 Russeifa  Jordan 558,210[1] 6,708,860[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Population estimates by locality dos.gov.jo
  2. ^ a b c d "Wayback Machine" (PDF). dosweb.dos.gov.jo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Questions & Answers: Water Supply Augmentation Project, Lebanon". The World Bank. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Damascus, Syria Metro Area Population (1950-2025) | MacroTrends". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Syrian Arab Republic: Aleppo Situation Report No. 14 (20 January 2017) – Highlights of the Report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs". 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Aleppo, Syria Metro Area Population (1950-2025) | MacroTrends". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Tel Aviv-Yafo: City in numbers". Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Localities, Population and Density per Sq. Km., by Metropolitan Area and Selected Localities". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  9. ^ "2023 official census". cbss. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Hamah, Syria Metro Area Population (1950-2025) | MacroTrends". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Syria Population 2020 (Live)". World Population Review. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Homs, Syria Metro Area Population | Historical Data | 1950-2025 | MacroTrends". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Localities, Population and Density Per Sq. Km., by Metropolitan Area and Selected Localities" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Questions & Answers: Water Supply Augmentation Project, Lebanon". World Bank. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  16. ^ "[1]". World Population Review. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
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