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Contents: Governorates and Districts

The population of the governorates and districts of Jordan according to census results.

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NameStatusNativePopulation
Census
1994-12-10
Population
Census
2004-10-02
Population
Census
2015-11-30
'Ajlūn [Ajloun]Governorateعجلون94,548118,725176,080
KufrinjahDistrictكفرنجة20,80927,10738,260
Qaṣabah 'Ajlūn [Ajloun Qasabah]Districtقصبة عجلون73,73991,618137,820
Al-'Aqabah [Aqaba]Governorateالعقبة79,839102,097188,160
Al-Qūaīrah [Quairah]Districtالقويره12,73617,13229,142
Qaṣabah al-'Aqabah [Aqaba Qasabah]Districtقصبة العقبة67,10384,965159,018
Al-Balqā' [Balqa]Governorateالبلقاء276,082346,354491,709
'Aīn al-Bāshā [Ain al Basha]Districtعين الباشا...128,949176,726
Ash-Shūnah al-Janūbiyah [Shoonah Janoobiyah]Districtالشونة الجنوبية33,59838,75752,714
Dayr 'Allā [Deir Alla]Districtدير علا39,53846,48173,477
Māḥiṣ - al-Fuḥaīṣ [Mahes - Fuhais]Districtماحص والفحيص...22,29036,670
Qaṣabah as-Salṭ [Salt Qasabah]Districtقصبة السلط...109,877152,122
Al-Karak [Karak]Governorateالكرك169,770204,185316,629
Al-Āghwār al-Janūbī [Aghwar Janoobiyah]Districtالاغوار الجنوبية...32,44654,867
Al-Mazār al-Janūbī [Mazar Janoobee]Districtالمزار الجنوبي42,24857,19195,124
Al-Qaṣr [Qasr]Districtالقصر16,58720,86029,407
Al-Qaṭrānah [Qatraneh]Districtالقطرانة...6,94910,896
'Ayy [Ayy]Districtعي...9,7118,152
Faqū' [Faqo'e]Districtفقوع10,08412,17816,806
Qaṣabah al-Karak [Kerak Qasabah]Districtقصبة الكرك...64,850101,377
Al-Mafraq [Mafraq]Governorateالمفرق178,914244,188549,948
Al-Bādīah ash-Shamāliyah [Badiah Shamaliyah]Districtالبادية الشمالية...57,70699,231
Al-Bādīah ash-Shamāliyah al-Gharbiyah [Badiah Shamaliyah Gharbiyah]Districtالبادية الشمالية الغربية...74,965247,031
Ar-Ruwayshid [Rwaished]Districtالرويشد10,0329,8057,490
Qaṣabah al-Mafraq [Mafraq Qasabah]Districtقصبة المفرق...101,712196,196
'Ammān [Amman]Governorateالعاصمة1,576,2381,942,0664,007,526
Al-Jāmi'ah [Al-Jami'ah]Districtالجامعة...279,359743,980
Al-Jīzah [Jizeh]Districtالجيزة32,44642,051118,004
Al-Muwaqqar [Mowaqqar]Districtالموقر18,23930,01784,370
Al-Quwaysimah [Quwaysimah]Districtالقويسمة...257,260582,659
Mārkā [Marka]Districtماركا...483,819956,104
Nā'ūr [Naour]Districtناعور37,28166,220129,650
Qaṣabah 'Ammān [Amman Qasabah]Districtقصبة عمان...552,511855,955
Saḥāb [Sahab]Districtسحاب49,06057,037169,434
Wādī as-Sīr [Wadi Essier]Districtوادي السير132,195173,792367,370
Aṭ-Ṭafīlah [Tafilah]Governorateالطفيلة62,78375,26796,291
Al-Ḥasā [Hasa]Districtالحسا10,0829,03210,243
Buṣayrā [Bsaira]Districtبصيرا15,37019,34325,245
Qaṣabah aṭ-Ṭafīlah [Tafiela Qasabah]Districtقصبة الطفيلة37,33146,89260,803
Az-Zarqā' [Zarqa]Governorateالزرقاء639,469764,6501,364,878
Al-Hāshimiyah [Hashimiyya]Districtالهاشمية...46,31180,713
Ar-Ruṣayfah [Russeifa]Districtالرصيفة...268,237481,900
Qaṣabah az-Zarqā' [Zarqa]Districtقصبة الزرقاء...450,102802,265
IrbidGovernorateإربد751,634928,2921,770,158
Al-Āghwār ash-Shamāliyah [Aghwar Shamaliyah]Districtالأغوار الشمالية78,35585,203122,330
Al-Kūrah [Koorah]Districtالكورة71,51391,050161,505
Al-Mazār ash-Shamālī [Mazar Shamali]Districtالمزار الشمالي35,65144,16678,427
Al-Wasṭīyah [Wastiyyah]Districtالوسطية...24,04642,571
Ar-Ramthā [Ramtha]Districtالرمثا79,304109,142238,502
Aṭ-Ṭaybah [Taybeh]Districtالطيبة23,84729,13251,501
Banī Kanānah [Bani Kenanah]Districtبني كنانة51,86876,398131,797
Banī 'Obīd [Bani Obeid]Districtبني عبيد...93,561204,313
Qaṣabah Irbid [Irbid Qasabah]Districtقصبة اربد...375,594739,212
Jarash [Jerash]Governorateجرش123,190153,602237,059
Qaṣabah Jarash [Jerash Qasabah]Districtقصبة جرش123,190153,602237,059
Ma'ān [Ma'an]Governorateمعان79,67094,253144,082
Al-Batrā' [Petra]Districtالبتراء22,45923,84019,828
Al-Ḥusayniyah [Huseiniya]Districtالحسينية6,4728,31017,323
Ash-Shūbak [Shobak]Districtالشوبك9,88111,08719,279
Qaṣabah Ma'ān [Ma'an Qasabah]Districtقصبة معان40,85851,01687,652
Mādabā [Madaba]Governorateمادبا107,321129,960189,192
Dhībān [Dieban]Districtذيبان23,49728,57736,422
Qaṣabah Mādabā [Madaba Qasabah]Districtقصبة مادبا83,824101,383152,770
Al-Urdunn [Jordan]Kingdomالأُرْدُنّ4,139,4585,103,6399,531,712

Source: Department of Statistics, Jordan (web).

Explanation: Area and density figures of districts are computed using geospatial data.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2015)
Males5,046,824
Females4,484,888
Urbanization (C 2015)
Rural920,389
Urban8,611,323
Citizenship (C 2015)
Jordanian6,613,587
Foreign Citizenship2,918,125