Damascus
270 km²
Tel Aviv
333 km²
City Map Compare/Damascus vs Tel Avivvs
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Tel Aviv covers 333 km² of contiguous built-up land, 1.2× the built-up area of Damascus (270 km²).
| Damascus | Tel Aviv | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Damascus | Tel Aviv |
| Population (2025) | 3.77 million | 2.63 million |
| Built-up area | 270 km² | 333 km² |
| Density | 13,969 /km² | 7,893 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.