Elat's 2026 population is now estimated at 66,255. In 1983, the population of Elat was 18,914. Elat has grown by 2,952 in the last year, which represents a 4.66% annual change. 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 .