Governorates
The population of the governorates of Jordan according to census results and latest offcial estimates.
| Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1994-12-10 | Population Census (C) 2004-10-02 | Population Census (C) 2015-11-30 | Population Estimate (E) 2016-12-31 | Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | JOR | الأردن | 'Ammān | 88,794 | 4,139,458 | 5,103,639 | 9,531,712 | 9,798,000 | 11,057,000 | → | ||
| 'Ajlūn [Ajloun] | AJL | عجلون | 'Ajlūn | 420 | 94,548 | 118,725 | 176,080 | 181,000 | 204,000 | 42000 | → | |
| Al-'Aqabah [Aqaba] | AQB | العقبة | Al-'Aqabah | 6,905 | 79,839 | 102,097 | 188,160 | 193,400 | 217,900 | 690500 | → | |
| Al-Balqā' [Balqa] | BLQ | البلقاء | As-Salṭ | 1,120 | 276,082 | 346,354 | 491,709 | 505,400 | 569,500 | 112000 | → | |
| Al-Karak [Karak] | KRK | الكرك | Al-Karak | 3,495 | 169,770 | 204,185 | 316,629 | 325,500 | 366,700 | 349500 | → | |
| Al-Mafraq [Mafraq] | MFQ | المفرق | Al-Mafraq | 26,551 | 178,914 | 244,188 | 549,948 | 565,300 | 637,000 | 2655100 | → | |
| 'Ammān [Amman] | AMM | العاصمة | 'Ammān | 7,579 | 1,576,238 | 1,942,066 | 4,007,526 | 4,119,500 | 4,642,000 | 757900 | → | |
| Aṭ-Ṭafīlah [Tafiela] | TFL | الطفيلة | Aṭ-Ṭafīlah | 2,209 | 62,783 | 75,267 | 96,291 | 99,000 | 111,500 | 220900 | → | |
| Az-Zarqā' [Zarqa] | ZRQ | الزرقاء | Az-Zarqā' | 4,761 | 639,469 | 764,650 | 1,364,878 | 1,403,000 | 1,581,000 | 476100 | → | |
| Irbid | IRB | إربد | Irbid | 1,572 | 751,634 | 928,292 | 1,770,158 | 1,819,600 | 2,050,300 | 157200 | → | |
| Jarash [Jerash] | JRS | جرش | Jarash | 410 | 123,190 | 153,602 | 237,059 | 243,700 | 274,500 | 41000 | → | |
| Ma'ān [Ma'an] | MAN | معان | Ma'ān | 32,832 | 79,670 | 94,253 | 144,082 | 148,100 | 183,500 | 3283200 | → | |
| Mādabā [Madaba] | MDB | مادبا | Mādabā | 940 | 107,321 | 129,960 | 189,192 | 194,500 | 219,100 | 94000 | → |
- The total 2015 population consists of 6,613,587 Jordanians and 2,918,125 persons with other nationalities, among them 1,265,514 Syrians, 636,270 Egytians, and 634,182 Palestinians.
- The quality of the 2021 population estimates (at least) for governorates is low: The Department of Statistics reports the same rate of growth for all governorates. The higher growth of Ma'an governorate between 2015 and 2021 results from a correction for Petra district.
- Department of Statistics, Jordan (web).
Contents: Cities & Urban Localities
The population of all Jordanian cities and urban localities with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results.
| Name | Native | Adm. | Population Census (C) 1994-12-10 | Population Census (C) 2004-10-02 | Population Census (C) 2015-11-30 | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aḍ-Ḍulaīl [Dhlail, Dulayl] | الضليل | ZRQ | 15,353 | 27,643 | 50,931 | 4648 | → | |
| 'Āīdūn [Dion, Aydoun] | إيدون | IRB | 14,661 | 18,586 | 58,565 | 1454 | → | |
| 'Aīn al-Bāshā [Ain al Basha] | عين الباشا | BLQ | 21,347 | 37,222 | 60,191 | 1752 | → | |
| 'Ajlūn [Ajloun] | عجلون | AJL | 6,624 | 7,289 | 9,990 | 722 | → | |
| Al-'Aqabah [Aqaba] | العقبة | AQB | 62,773 | 80,059 | 148,398 | 28488 | → | |
| Al-Baq'ah [Baqa'a Camp] | البقعة | BLQ | 58,592 | 62,508 | 68,816 | 172 | → | |
| Al-Fuḥayṣ [Fuheis] | الفحيص | BLQ | 10,098 | 11,641 | 18,916 | 1350 | → | |
| Al-Hāshimiyah [Hashimiyya] | الهاشمية | ZRQ | 13,171 | 25,475 | 44,730 | 4083 | → | |
| Al-Ḥiṣn [Husn, Hoson] | الحصن | IRB | 16,302 | 20,485 | 35,085 | 4028 | → | |
| Al-Jīzah [Jizeh] | الجيزة | AMM | 3,513 | ... | 95,045 | 53752 | → | |
| Al-Jubayhah [Jubeiha] | الجبيهة | AMM | 37,421 | 64,200 | 197,160 | 2472 | → | |
| Al-Karak [Kerak] | الكرك | KRK | 18,633 | 20,280 | 32,216 | 1321 | → | |
| Al-Khālidiyah al-Jadīdah [Khaldiyah Al-Jadeeda] | الخالدية الجديدة | MFQ | 7,812 | 10,334 | 19,608 | 4638 | → | |
| Al-Mafraq | المفرق | MFQ | 38,393 | 47,764 | 106,008 | 5124 | → | |
| Al-Mashāri' [Mashari'e] | المشارع | IRB | 14,933 | 18,282 | 24,117 | 1896 | → | |
| Al-Mazār ash-Shamālī [Mazar Shamali] | المزار الشمالي | IRB | 10,475 | 12,114 | 21,201 | 1057 | → | |
| Al-Quwaysimah - Al-Juwaydah - Abū 'Alandā - Ar-Rajīb [Quwaysimah - Jweideh - Abu Alanda - Rajeeb] | القويسمة - الجويدة - ابو علندا - الرجيب | AMM | 68,517 | 135,500 | 296,763 | 4586 | → | |
| 'Ammān (incl. Mārkā district) [Amman] | عمان | AMM | 994,199 | 1,036,330 | 1,812,059 | 15137 | → | |
| 'Anjarah [Anjara] | عنجرة | AJL | 13,800 | 17,618 | 25,981 | 1522 | → | |
| An-Na'īmah [No'ayymeh] | النعيمة | IRB | 9,993 | 12,441 | 29,128 | 7746 | → | |
| Ar-Ramthā [Ramtha] | الرمثا | IRB | 50,022 | 71,433 | 155,693 | 16381 | → | |
| Ar-Ruṣayfah (incl. Mushayrfat Rās al-'Ayn) [Russeifa] | الرصيفة | ZRQ | 178,895 | 227,735 | 472,604 | 4449 | → | |
| Ash-Shajarah | الشجرة | IRB | 8,970 | 11,523 | 27,902 | 1950 | → | |
| Askān Abū Nuṣaīr [Askan Abu Nushayr] | اسكان أبو نصير | AMM | 18,879 | 24,680 | 72,489 | 675 | → | |
| As-Salṭ [Salt] | السلط | BLQ | 56,458 | 73,528 | 99,890 | 7479 | → | |
| Aṣ-Ṣarīḥ [Sarieh] | الصريح | IRB | 15,957 | 19,210 | 46,003 | 2866 | → | |
| As-Sukhnah [Sokhneh] | السخنة | ZRQ | 9,557 | 12,687 | 20,693 | 1337 | → | |
| Aṭ-Ṭafīlah [Tafiela, Tafilah] | الطفيلة | TFL | 20,881 | 23,512 | 27,559 | 1439 | → | |
| Aṭ-Ṭaybah [Taybeh] | الطيبة | IRB | 10,065 | 12,712 | 21,938 | 1701 | → | |
| Aṭ-Ṭurrah [Torrah] | الطرة | IRB | 11,664 | 14,844 | 33,136 | 2794 | → | |
| Az-Zarqā' [Zarqa] | الزرقاء | ZRQ | 350,849 | 395,227 | 635,160 | 13276 | → | |
| Bayt Rās [Beit Ras, Capitolias] | بيت راس | IRB | 11,475 | 18,023 | 40,871 | 1032 | → | |
| Bushrā [Boshra] | بشرى | IRB | 8,539 | 11,377 | 19,444 | 901 | → | |
| Dayr Abī Sa'īd [Der Abi Saeed] | دير ابي سعيد | IRB | 8,303 | 13,792 | 29,590 | 848 | → | |
| Ghawr aṣ-Ṣāfī [Ghawr ash-Shafi] | غور الصافي | KRK | 13,505 | 16,756 | 27,304 | 3962 | → | |
| Ḥuwārah [Huwwarah] | حواره | IRB | 9,757 | 12,753 | 23,929 | 1830 | → | |
| Irbid | إربد | IRB | 208,329 | 250,645 | 502,714 | 3664 | → | |
| Jarash [Jerash, Gerasa] | جرش | JRS | 21,278 | 31,652 | 50,745 | 2710 | → | |
| Kafr Yūbā [Kafr Yooba] | كفر يوبا | IRB | 8,581 | 11,249 | 22,943 | 953 | → | |
| Khraībat as-Sūq - Jāwā - Al-Yadūdah [Khraibet Essooq - Jawa - Yadoodeh] | خربیه السوق - جاوا - اليادودة | AMM | 40,216 | 84,975 | 186,158 | 5163 | → | |
| Kufrinjah | كفرنجة | AJL | 16,908 | 21,734 | 31,015 | 1805 | → | |
| Kurayyimah [Krayymeh] | كريمه | IRB | 14,231 | 15,733 | 22,081 | 1902 | → | |
| Ma'ān [Ma'an] | معان | MAN | 22,989 | 26,461 | 41,055 | 10774 | → | |
| Mādabā [Madaba] | مادبا | MDB | 55,749 | 70,338 | 105,353 | 2679 | → | |
| Marj al-Ḥamām [Marj al-Hamam] | مرج الحمام | AMM | 16,586 | 30,173 | 82,788 | 1542 | → | |
| Mukhayyam al-Azraq [Azraq Camp] | مخيم الأزرق | ZRQ | ... | ... | 34,946 | 1044 | → | |
| Mukhayyam ash-Shahīd 'Azmī al-Muftī [Husn Camp] | مخيم الشهيد عزمي المفتي | IRB | 14,463 | 16,615 | 25,034 | 95 | → | |
| Mukhayyam az-Za'atarī [Zaatari Camp] | مخيم الزعتري | MFQ | ... | ... | 113,119 | 694 | → | |
| Mukhayyam Ghazzah [Jerash Camp] | مخيم غزة | JRS | 13,267 | 14,222 | 37,176 | 66 | → | |
| Mukhayyam Ḥiṭīn [Marka Camp] | لسيم حطين | ZRQ | 35,867 | 38,501 | Ar-Ruṣayfah | 0 | ||
| Mu'tah | مؤتة | KRK | 8,211 | 11,910 | 27,426 | 3112 | → | |
| Nā'ūr [Naour] | ناعور | AMM | 12,340 | 15,439 | 32,337 | 884 | → | |
| Saḥāb [Sahab] | سحاب | AMM | 32,153 | 43,909 | 169,434 | 17789 | → | |
| Shafā Badrān [Shafa Badran] | شفا بدران | AMM | 6,676 | 15,333 | 72,315 | 4249 | → | |
| Ṣuwayliḥ [Sweileh] | صويلح | AMM | 53,250 | 61,949 | 151,016 | 2468 | → | |
| Tilā' al-'Alī - Khildā - Umm as-Summāq [Khilda - Umm Essommaq] | تلاع العلي - خلدا - ام السماق | AMM | 50,554 | 113,197 | 251,000 | 1970 | → | |
| Umm as-Summāq (in: Nā'ūr district) [Umm Essommaq] | ام السماق | AMM | ... | 5,410 | 19,034 | 589 | → | |
| Umm Quṣayr - Al-Muqābalīn [Muqabalayn] | ام قصير - المقابلين | AMM | 19,337 | 36,785 | 99,738 | 2326 | → | |
| Wādī as-Sīr [Wadi Essier] | وادي السير | AMM | 89,104 | 122,032 | 241,830 | 3381 | → |
- Department of Statistics, Jordan (web).