Jordan: Administrative Division
Contents: Governorates and Districts
The population of the governorates and districts of Jordan according to census results.
icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, urbanization, nationality).| Name | Status | Native | Population Census 1994-12-10 | Population Census 2004-10-02 | Population Census 2015-11-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Ajlūn [Ajloun] | Governorate | عجلون | 94,548 | 118,725 | 176,080 | → |
| Kufrinjah | District | كفرنجة | 20,809 | 27,107 | 38,260 | → |
| Qaṣabah 'Ajlūn [Ajloun Qasabah] | District | قصبة عجلون | 73,739 | 91,618 | 137,820 | → |
| Al-'Aqabah [Aqaba] | Governorate | العقبة | 79,839 | 102,097 | 188,160 | → |
| Al-Qūaīrah [Quairah] | District | القويره | 12,736 | 17,132 | 29,142 | → |
| Qaṣabah al-'Aqabah [Aqaba Qasabah] | District | قصبة العقبة | 67,103 | 84,965 | 159,018 | → |
| Al-Balqā' [Balqa] | Governorate | البلقاء | 276,082 | 346,354 | 491,709 | → |
| 'Aīn al-Bāshā [Ain al Basha] | District | عين الباشا | ... | 128,949 | 176,726 | → |
| Ash-Shūnah al-Janūbiyah [Shoonah Janoobiyah] | District | الشونة الجنوبية | 33,598 | 38,757 | 52,714 | → |
| Dayr 'Allā [Deir Alla] | District | دير علا | 39,538 | 46,481 | 73,477 | → |
| Māḥiṣ - al-Fuḥaīṣ [Mahes - Fuhais] | District | ماحص والفحيص | ... | 22,290 | 36,670 | → |
| Qaṣabah as-Salṭ [Salt Qasabah] | District | قصبة السلط | ... | 109,877 | 152,122 | → |
| Al-Karak [Karak] | Governorate | الكرك | 169,770 | 204,185 | 316,629 | → |
| Al-Āghwār al-Janūbī [Aghwar Janoobiyah] | District | الاغوار الجنوبية | ... | 32,446 | 54,867 | → |
| Al-Mazār al-Janūbī [Mazar Janoobee] | District | المزار الجنوبي | 42,248 | 57,191 | 95,124 | → |
| Al-Qaṣr [Qasr] | District | القصر | 16,587 | 20,860 | 29,407 | → |
| Al-Qaṭrānah [Qatraneh] | District | القطرانة | ... | 6,949 | 10,896 | → |
| 'Ayy [Ayy] | District | عي | ... | 9,711 | 8,152 | → |
| Faqū' [Faqo'e] | District | فقوع | 10,084 | 12,178 | 16,806 | → |
| Qaṣabah al-Karak [Kerak Qasabah] | District | قصبة الكرك | ... | 64,850 | 101,377 | → |
| Al-Mafraq [Mafraq] | Governorate | المفرق | 178,914 | 244,188 | 549,948 | → |
| Al-Bādīah ash-Shamāliyah [Badiah Shamaliyah] | District | البادية الشمالية | ... | 57,706 | 99,231 | → |
| Al-Bādīah ash-Shamāliyah al-Gharbiyah [Badiah Shamaliyah Gharbiyah] | District | البادية الشمالية الغربية | ... | 74,965 | 247,031 | → |
| Ar-Ruwayshid [Rwaished] | District | الرويشد | 10,032 | 9,805 | 7,490 | → |
| Qaṣabah al-Mafraq [Mafraq Qasabah] | District | قصبة المفرق | ... | 101,712 | 196,196 | → |
| 'Ammān [Amman] | Governorate | العاصمة | 1,576,238 | 1,942,066 | 4,007,526 | → |
| Al-Jāmi'ah [Al-Jami'ah] | District | الجامعة | ... | 279,359 | 743,980 | → |
| Al-Jīzah [Jizeh] | District | الجيزة | 32,446 | 42,051 | 118,004 | → |
| Al-Muwaqqar [Mowaqqar] | District | الموقر | 18,239 | 30,017 | 84,370 | → |
| Al-Quwaysimah [Quwaysimah] | District | القويسمة | ... | 257,260 | 582,659 | → |
| Mārkā [Marka] | District | ماركا | ... | 483,819 | 956,104 | → |
| Nā'ūr [Naour] | District | ناعور | 37,281 | 66,220 | 129,650 | → |
| Qaṣabah 'Ammān [Amman Qasabah] | District | قصبة عمان | ... | 552,511 | 855,955 | → |
| Saḥāb [Sahab] | District | سحاب | 49,060 | 57,037 | 169,434 | → |
| Wādī as-Sīr [Wadi Essier] | District | وادي السير | 132,195 | 173,792 | 367,370 | → |
| Aṭ-Ṭafīlah [Tafilah] | Governorate | الطفيلة | 62,783 | 75,267 | 96,291 | → |
| Al-Ḥasā [Hasa] | District | الحسا | 10,082 | 9,032 | 10,243 | → |
| Buṣayrā [Bsaira] | District | بصيرا | 15,370 | 19,343 | 25,245 | → |
| Qaṣabah aṭ-Ṭafīlah [Tafiela Qasabah] | District | قصبة الطفيلة | 37,331 | 46,892 | 60,803 | → |
| Az-Zarqā' [Zarqa] | Governorate | الزرقاء | 639,469 | 764,650 | 1,364,878 | → |
| Al-Hāshimiyah [Hashimiyya] | District | الهاشمية | ... | 46,311 | 80,713 | → |
| Ar-Ruṣayfah [Russeifa] | District | الرصيفة | ... | 268,237 | 481,900 | → |
| Qaṣabah az-Zarqā' [Zarqa] | District | قصبة الزرقاء | ... | 450,102 | 802,265 | → |
| Irbid | Governorate | إربد | 751,634 | 928,292 | 1,770,158 | → |
| Al-Āghwār ash-Shamāliyah [Aghwar Shamaliyah] | District | الأغوار الشمالية | 78,355 | 85,203 | 122,330 | → |
| Al-Kūrah [Koorah] | District | الكورة | 71,513 | 91,050 | 161,505 | → |
| Al-Mazār ash-Shamālī [Mazar Shamali] | District | المزار الشمالي | 35,651 | 44,166 | 78,427 | → |
| Al-Wasṭīyah [Wastiyyah] | District | الوسطية | ... | 24,046 | 42,571 | → |
| Ar-Ramthā [Ramtha] | District | الرمثا | 79,304 | 109,142 | 238,502 | → |
| Aṭ-Ṭaybah [Taybeh] | District | الطيبة | 23,847 | 29,132 | 51,501 | → |
| Banī Kanānah [Bani Kenanah] | District | بني كنانة | 51,868 | 76,398 | 131,797 | → |
| Banī 'Obīd [Bani Obeid] | District | بني عبيد | ... | 93,561 | 204,313 | → |
| Qaṣabah Irbid [Irbid Qasabah] | District | قصبة اربد | ... | 375,594 | 739,212 | → |
| Jarash [Jerash] | Governorate | جرش | 123,190 | 153,602 | 237,059 | → |
| Qaṣabah Jarash [Jerash Qasabah] | District | قصبة جرش | 123,190 | 153,602 | 237,059 | → |
| Ma'ān [Ma'an] | Governorate | معان | 79,670 | 94,253 | 144,082 | → |
| Al-Batrā' [Petra] | District | البتراء | 22,459 | 23,840 | 19,828 | → |
| Al-Ḥusayniyah [Huseiniya] | District | الحسينية | 6,472 | 8,310 | 17,323 | → |
| Ash-Shūbak [Shobak] | District | الشوبك | 9,881 | 11,087 | 19,279 | → |
| Qaṣabah Ma'ān [Ma'an Qasabah] | District | قصبة معان | 40,858 | 51,016 | 87,652 | → |
| Mādabā [Madaba] | Governorate | مادبا | 107,321 | 129,960 | 189,192 | → |
| Dhībān [Dieban] | District | ذيبان | 23,497 | 28,577 | 36,422 | → |
| Qaṣabah Mādabā [Madaba Qasabah] | District | قصبة مادبا | 83,824 | 101,383 | 152,770 | → |
| Al-Urdunn [Jordan] | Kingdom | الأُرْدُنّ | 4,139,458 | 5,103,639 | 9,531,712 |
Source: Department of Statistics, Jordan (web).
Explanation: Area and density figures of districts are computed using geospatial data.