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Jordan: cities by population

Jordan has a population of 9,956,011, with Amman as its capital. The 50 largest of its 91 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Amman	Amman	1,275,857
2	Zarqa	Zarqa	792,665
3	Irbid	Irbid	569,068
4	Russeifa	Zarqa	268,237
5	Khuraybat as Sūq	Amman	186,158
6	Wādī as Sīr	Amman	181,212
7	Ar Ramthā	Irbid	155,693
8	Ṣuwayliḥ	Balqa	151,016
9	‘Ajlūn	Ajloun	125,557
10	As Salţ	Balqa	107,874
11	Aqaba	Aqaba	95,048
12	Rukban	Mafraq	85,000
13	Marj Al Hamam	Amman	82,788
14	Mādabā	Madaba	82,335
15	Mafraq	Mafraq	57,118
16	Az̧ Z̧ulayl	Zarqa	50,931
17	Ma'an	Ma’an	50,350
18	Al Jubayhah	Amman	46,834
19	Saḩāb	Amman	40,241
20	Jarash	Jerash	27,046
21	Aţ Ţafīlah	Tafielah	25,429
22	‘Izrā	Karak	22,756
23	Qīr Moāv	Ma’an	22,581
24	Karak City	Karak	21,678
25	Judita	Irbid	20,000
26	Al Fuḩayş	Balqa	18,916
27	Umm as Summāq	Amman	18,274
28	Kurayyimah	Irbid	17,837
29	Māḩiş	Balqa	17,754
30	‘Anjarah	Ajloun	17,634
31	Safi	Karak	15,200
32	Al Azraq ash Shamālī	Zarqa	14,800
33	Aţ Ţurrah	Irbid	14,619
34	Wādī Mūsá	Ma’an	14,000
35	Sūf	Jerash	12,942
36	Aţ Ţayyibah	Irbid	12,615
37	Sakib	Jerash	11,586
38	Ash Shajarah	Irbid	11,243
39	Jāwā	Amman	10,628
40	Şakhrah	Ajloun	10,616
41	Ruwaished	Mafraq	9,805
42	‘Ayn Jannā	Ajloun	9,586
43	Al Karāmah	Balqa	9,384
44	Al Mazār al Janūbī	Karak	9,383
45	Şammā	Irbid	8,926
46	Kafr Asad	Irbid	8,203
47	Bayt Yāfā	Irbid	7,788
48	Al Quwayrah	Ma’an	7,372
49	‘Ayy	Karak	7,340
50	Buşayrā	Tafielah	7,154

Twenty years earlier: Jordan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 5,788,340.