Jordan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Jordan — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

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 9,956,011, against 5,788,340 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Irbid	631,139

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	ʿAmmān	ʿAmmān	1,217,924
2	az-Zarqāʿ	az-Zarqāʿ	473,177
3	Irbid	Irbid	295,962
4	ar-Ruşşayfah	az-Zarqāʿ	261,843
5	Wādī as-Sīr	ʿAmmān	193,613
6	al-ʿAqabah	al-ʿAqabah	101,769
7	Mādabā	Mādabā	82,457
8	al-Baqʿah	al-Balqaʿ	80,231
9	as-Salţ	al-Balqaʿ	76,558
10	Şuwaylih̨	ʿAmmān	74,363
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
15	Šnillar	az-Zarqāʿ	51,334
16	H̱alda wa Tilāʿ-al-ʿAlī	ʿAmmān	50,208
17	Sah̨āb	ʿAmmān	44,901
18	al-Quwaysimah	ʿAmmān	36,148
19	Ţāriq	ʿAmmān	34,355
20	Abū ʿAlandā	ʿAmmān	33,806
21	Maʿān	Maʿān	32,647
22	Jaraš	Jaraš	29,291
23	aţ-Ţafīlah	aţ-Ţafīlah	29,279
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
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
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
47	Bayt Rās	Irbid	15,686
48	Wādī Mūsā	Maʿān	15,618
49	al-Yadūdah	ʿAmmān	15,268
50	al-Mazār aš-Šamāliyah	Irbid	14,319
51	Sūf	Jaraš	14,017
52	al-Fuh̨ayş	al-Balqaʿ	13,827
53	aţ-Ţayyibah	Irbid	13,758
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
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
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
74	al-Karāmah	al-Balqaʿ	10,089
75	Şammā	Irbid	9,736
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
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
87	Manšiyat Banī Hassan	al-Mafraq	8,469
88	Jisr aš-Šayẖ H̨ussayn	Irbid	8,408
89	al-Quwayrah	al-ʿAqabah	8,361
90	Buşayrā	aţ-Ţafīlah	8,238
91	ʿAyy	al-Karak	8,194
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
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
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
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

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.