Rishon LeZion's 2026 population is now estimated at 234,402. In 1983, the population of Rishon LeZion was 104,387. Rishon LeZion experienced a decrease of -4,378 residents over the past year, marking an annual decline of -1.83%. These population values and projections come from Israel city/town census series 1983 1995 2008 via CityPopulation fallback access, Israel city/town estimates 2013 and 2021 via CityPopulation fallback access, Israel Census 2022 population by locality via data.gov.il datastore API and World Population Review Internal Projections .