Jordan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Jordan had an estimated population of 5,788,340 in 2005, with 179 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Jordan today — population now 11,589,532, against 5,788,340 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 5,788,340 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 6,029,587 | 11,589,532 | +92% |
The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irbid | 631,139 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ʿAmmān | ʿAmmān | 1,217,924 | 1,275,857 now |
| 2 | az-Zarqāʿ | az-Zarqāʿ | 473,177 | — |
| 3 | Irbid | Irbid | 295,962 | 569,068 now |
| 4 | ar-Ruşşayfah | az-Zarqāʿ | 261,843 | — |
| 5 | Wādī as-Sīr | ʿAmmān | 193,613 | 181,212 now |
| 6 | al-ʿAqabah | al-ʿAqabah | 101,769 | — |
| 7 | Mādabā | Mādabā | 82,457 | 82,335 now |
| 8 | al-Baqʿah | al-Balqaʿ | 80,231 | — |
| 9 | as-Salţ | al-Balqaʿ | 76,558 | 107,874 now |
| 10 | Şuwaylih̨ | ʿAmmān | 74,363 | 151,016 now |
| 11 | ar-Ramṯa | Irbid | 71,543 | — |
| 12 | al-Mafraq | al-Mafraq | 60,151 | — |
| 13 | Mušayrfat Rās al-ʿAyn | az-Zarqāʿ | 59,608 | — |
| 14 | al-Jubayhah | ʿAmmān | 52,258 | 46,834 now |
| 15 | Šnillar | az-Zarqāʿ | 51,334 | — |
| 16 | H̱alda wa Tilāʿ-al-ʿAlī | ʿAmmān | 50,208 | — |
| 17 | Sah̨āb | ʿAmmān | 44,901 | 40,241 now |
| 18 | al-Quwaysimah | ʿAmmān | 36,148 | — |
| 19 | Ţāriq | ʿAmmān | 34,355 | — |
| 20 | Abū ʿAlandā | ʿAmmān | 33,806 | — |
| 21 | Maʿān | Maʿān | 32,647 | 50,350 now |
| 22 | Jaraš | Jaraš | 29,291 | — |
| 23 | aţ-Ţafīlah | aţ-Ţafīlah | 29,279 | 25,429 now |
| 24 | ʿAyn al-Bāšā | al-Balqaʿ | 29,231 | — |
| 25 | H̱uraybat As-Sūq | ʿAmmān | 29,035 | — |
| 26 | Umm Quşayr wal Muqābalīn | ʿAmmān | 27,004 | — |
| 27 | Askān Abū Nuşayr | ʿAmmān | 26,364 | — |
| 28 | al-Karak | al-Karak | 25,404 | — |
| 29 | al-Juwaydah | ʿAmmān | 23,433 | — |
| 30 | Marj al-H̨ammām | ʿAmmān | 23,162 | — |
| 31 | Kufranjah | ʿAjlūn | 22,822 | — |
| 32 | al-H̨uşun | Irbid | 22,284 | — |
| 33 | ad̨-D̨ulayl | az-Zarqāʿ | 21,974 | — |
| 34 | aş-Şarīh̨ | Irbid | 21,813 | — |
| 35 | al-Mašāriʿa | Irbid | 20,413 | — |
| 36 | Umm As-Summāq | ʿAmmān | 20,390 | 18,274 now |
| 37 | Aydūn | Irbid | 20,041 | — |
| 38 | Muẖayyam al-H̨uşun | Irbid | 19,770 | — |
| 39 | Kuraymah | Irbid | 19,453 | — |
| 40 | al-Hāšimiyah | az-Zarqāʿ | 18,851 | — |
| 41 | ʿAnjarah | ʿAjlūn | 18,627 | 17,634 now |
| 42 | Ġawr aş-Şāfī | al-Karak | 18,413 | — |
| 43 | Muẖayyam Ġazzah | Jaraš | 18,263 | — |
| 44 | aš-Šūnah aš-Šamāliyah | Irbid | 17,311 | — |
| 45 | Naʿūr | ʿAmmān | 17,233 | — |
| 46 | aţ-Ţurrah | Irbid | 15,944 | 14,619 now |
| 47 | Bayt Rās | Irbid | 15,686 | — |
| 48 | Wādī Mūsā | Maʿān | 15,618 | 14,000 now |
| 49 | al-Yadūdah | ʿAmmān | 15,268 | — |
| 50 | al-Mazār aš-Šamāliyah | Irbid | 14,319 | — |
| 51 | Sūf | Jaraš | 14,017 | 12,942 now |
| 52 | al-Fuh̨ayş | al-Balqaʿ | 13,827 | 18,916 now |
| 53 | aţ-Ţayyibah | Irbid | 13,758 | 12,615 now |
| 54 | as-Suẖnah | az-Zarqāʿ | 13,678 | — |
| 55 | an-Nuʿayyimah | Irbid | 13,660 | — |
| 56 | Hawwārah | Irbid | 13,337 | — |
| 57 | Judayta | Irbid | 13,162 | — |
| 58 | Muẖayyam Sūf | Jaraš | 13,069 | — |
| 59 | aš-Šajarah | Irbid | 12,262 | — |
| 60 | al-H̱aldiyah al-Jadīdah | al-Mafraq | 11,869 | — |
| 61 | Jāwā | ʿAmmān | 11,859 | 10,628 now |
| 62 | al-H̨asā | aţ-Ţafīlah | 11,762 | — |
| 63 | Kafr Yūba | Irbid | 11,730 | — |
| 64 | Umm Nuwārah | ʿAmmān | 11,677 | — |
| 65 | Bušrā | Irbid | 11,672 | — |
| 66 | Dayr Abī Saʿīd | Irbid | 11,350 | — |
| 67 | Sākib | Jaraš | 11,339 | 11,586 now |
| 68 | Şaẖrah | ʿAjlūn | 11,214 | — |
| 69 | Mawʿtah | al-Karak | 11,195 | — |
| 70 | Māh̨aş | al-Balqaʿ | 10,955 | — |
| 71 | al-Mazār | al-Karak | 10,475 | — |
| 72 | Kafr āl-Maʿ | Irbid | 10,245 | — |
| 73 | ʿAyn Jannā | ʿAjlūn | 10,126 | 9,586 now |
| 74 | al-Karāmah | al-Balqaʿ | 10,089 | 9,384 now |
| 75 | Şammā | Irbid | 9,736 | 8,926 now |
| 76 | Nuzhat Sah̨āb | ʿAmmān | 9,598 | — |
| 77 | al-Muġayyir | Irbid | 9,587 | — |
| 78 | Šafā Badrān | ʿAmmān | 9,323 | — |
| 79 | al-ʿAyn al-Bayd̨ā | aţ-Ţafīlah | 9,011 | — |
| 80 | Kafr Asad | Irbid | 8,947 | 8,203 now |
| 81 | ʿAjlūn | ʿAjlūn | 8,941 | — |
| 82 | ar-Rawd̨ah | al-Balqaʿ | 8,877 | — |
| 83 | al-Ašrafiyah | Irbid | 8,687 | — |
| 84 | Iskān al-Hāšimiyah | az-Zarqāʿ | 8,615 | — |
| 85 | Balʿamā | al-Mafraq | 8,549 | — |
| 86 | Bayt Yāfā | Irbid | 8,494 | 7,788 now |
| 87 | Manšiyat Banī Hassan | al-Mafraq | 8,469 | — |
| 88 | Jisr aš-Šayẖ H̨ussayn | Irbid | 8,408 | — |
| 89 | al-Quwayrah | al-ʿAqabah | 8,361 | 7,372 now |
| 90 | Buşayrā | aţ-Ţafīlah | 8,238 | 7,154 now |
| 91 | ʿAyy | al-Karak | 8,194 | 7,340 now |
| 92 | Ġawr al-Mazraʿah | al-Karak | 8,157 | — |
| 93 | aţ-Ţīwal āl-Janūbi | al-Balqaʿ | 8,143 | — |
| 94 | Kāfr ʿAwan | Irbid | 7,855 | — |
| 95 | Arh̨ābā | Irbid | 7,834 | — |
| 96 | Kafr Sawm | Irbid | 7,800 | — |
| 97 | H̨akamā | Irbid | 7,717 | — |
| 98 | al-Qādisiyah | aţ-Ţafīlah | 7,687 | — |
| 99 | Sāl | Irbid | 7,521 | — |
| 100 | al-Manšiyah | Irbid | 7,491 | — |
| 101 | Malkā | Irbid | 7,477 | — |
| 102 | Wādī al-Yābas | Irbid | 7,342 | — |
| 103 | ʿAbbīn | ʿAjlūn | 7,295 | — |
| 104 | ʿInbah | Irbid | 7,294 | — |
| 105 | al-Azraq aš-Šamālī | az-Zarqāʿ | 7,067 | — |
| 106 | al-Hāšimiyah | ʿAjlūn | 6,959 | — |
| 107 | Mugayyir as-Sirh̨an | al-Mafraq | 6,913 | — |
| 108 | Kafr Abīl | Irbid | 6,907 | — |
| 109 | Juwafat al-Kafrayn | al-Balqaʿ | 6,897 | — |
| 110 | Đībān | Mādabā | 6,854 | — |
| 111 | al-H̨amrāʿ | al-Mafraq | 6,841 | — |
| 112 | Dayr Yūsuf | Irbid | 6,787 | — |
| 113 | Sah̨am | Irbid | 6,765 | — |
| 114 | Sammuʿ | Irbid | 6,683 | — |
| 115 | Şafūţ | al-Balqaʿ | 6,645 | — |
| 116 | Raymūn | Jaraš | 6,587 | — |
| 117 | D̨irar | al-Balqaʿ | 6,529 | — |
| 118 | Kafr H̱all | Jaraš | 6,396 | — |
| 119 | al-Bunayyat | ʿAmmān | 6,226 | — |
| 120 | Waqqāş | Irbid | 6,192 | — |
| 121 | aţ-Ţālbiyah | ʿAmmān | 6,160 | — |
| 122 | al-H̨ussayniyah | Maʿān | 6,156 | — |
| 123 | al-Kittah | Jaraš | 6,093 | — |
| 124 | al-Balāwinah | Irbid | 6,090 | — |
| 125 | H̨ātim | Irbid | 6,045 | — |
| 126 | H̱arjā | Irbid | 5,997 | — |
| 127 | ar-Ruwayšid | al-Mafraq | 5,857 | — |
| 128 | Şabhā | al-Mafraq | 5,854 | — |
| 129 | aţ-Ţayyibah | al-Karak | 5,839 | 12,615 now |
| 130 | Kitim | Irbid | 5,771 | — |
| 131 | Tibnah | Irbid | 5,703 | — |
| 132 | Dayr as-Siʿnah | Irbid | 5,700 | — |
| 133 | H̨alāwah | ʿAjlūn | 5,678 | — |
| 134 | Balīlā | Jaraš | 5,639 | — |
| 135 | Faqqūʿ | al-Karak | 5,620 | — |
| 136 | Qumaym | Irbid | 5,574 | — |
| 137 | aţ-Ţayyibah | ʿAmmān | 5,564 | 12,615 now |
| 138 | Mulayh̨ | Mādabā | 5,414 | — |
| 139 | al-Buwayd̨ah | Irbid | 5,374 | — |
| 140 | ʿIrjan | ʿAjlūn | 5,344 | — |
| 141 | Suknat aš-Šūnah | al-Balqaʿ | 5,328 | — |
| 142 | Māʿīn | Mādabā | 5,320 | — |
| 143 | H̨arṯā | Irbid | 5,317 | — |
| 144 | Bāyir | Maʿān | 5,314 | — |
| 145 | al-Mabrūkah | al-Mafraq | 5,286 | — |
| 146 | Sūm | Irbid | 5,188 | — |
| 147 | Bayt Īdis | Irbid | 5,151 | — |
| 148 | Yarqā | al-Balqaʿ | 5,146 | — |
| 149 | aţ-Ţayyibah | Maʿān | 5,142 | 12,615 now |
| 150 | H̱irbat al-Wahadināh | ʿAjlūn | 5,130 | — |
| 151 | Burmā | Jaraš | 5,128 | — |
| 152 | az-Zaʿtarī | al-Mafraq | 4,968 | — |
| 153 | Adar | al-Karak | 4,957 | — |
| 154 | al-Qiţrānah | al-Karak | 4,935 | — |
| 155 | Duwaqarah | Irbid | 4,929 | — |
| 156 | al-Jīzah | ʿAmmān | 4,906 | — |
| 157 | aş-Şawālh̨ah | al-Balqaʿ | 4,862 | — |
| 158 | ʿAlʿāl | Irbid | 4,851 | — |
| 159 | Kāfr Rakib | Irbid | 4,832 | — |
| 160 | al-Fayşaliyah | Mādabā | 4,793 | — |
| 161 | Qafqafā | Jaraš | 4,767 | — |
| 162 | Umm al-Basātīn | ʿAmmān | 4,733 | — |
| 163 | ar-Rabbah | al-Karak | 4,721 | — |
| 164 | Bādiyat ar-Ruwayšid | al-Mafraq | 4,685 | — |
| 165 | Umm Qays | Irbid | 4,683 | — |
| 166 | Umm al-Qiţţayn | al-Mafraq | 4,654 | — |
| 167 | Samā as-Sarh̨ān | al-Mafraq | 4,631 | — |
| 168 | ar-Rawd̨ah | ʿAmmān | 4,581 | — |
| 169 | Zah̨ar | Irbid | 4,526 | — |
| 170 | Maʿaddī | al-Balqaʿ | 4,475 | — |
| 171 | Şirfā | al-Karak | 4,454 | — |
| 172 | aţ-Ţīwal aš-Šamāli | al-Balqaʿ | 4,427 | — |
| 173 | al-Fayşaliyah | ʿAmmān | 4,425 | — |
| 174 | al-ʿAbdaliyah | ʿAmmān | 4,424 | — |
| 175 | aš-Šahābiyah | al-Karak | 4,332 | — |
| 176 | aş-Şubayh̨ī | al-Balqaʿ | 4,322 | — |
| 177 | al-Jafr | Maʿān | 4,289 | — |
| 178 | al-Qaşr | al-Karak | 4,287 | — |
| 179 | al-H̨ussayniyah | al-Karak | 4,191 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ʿAmmān | 2,201,208 |
| 2 | Irbid | 1,027,456 |
| 3 | az-Zarqāʿ | 915,225 |
| 4 | al-Balqaʿ | 378,045 |
| 5 | al-Mafraq | 271,822 |
| 6 | al-Karak | 231,464 |
| 7 | Jaraš | 169,583 |
| 8 | Mādabā | 146,936 |
| 9 | ʿAjlūn | 127,617 |
| 10 | al-ʿAqabah | 117,810 |
| 11 | Maʿān | 113,140 |
| 12 | aţ-Ţafīlah | 88,034 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.