List of largest cities in the Levant region by population

List of cities

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 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

List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East List of cities of the ancient Near East List of largest cities in the Arab world Demographics of Israel

Demographics of Jordan Demographics of Lebanon Demographics of Palestine Demographics of Syria

Notes

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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.
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