Jordan

Official name:
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Name in native language:
الأردن / Al Urdun
Capital:
Amman
ISO country code
JO
Nat. statistical agency:
Department of Statistics
Region:
Western Asia

Census Results

1952-09-08 :
1961-11-18 : 1,706,226
1979-11-10 : 2,100,019
1994-10-10 : 4,139,458
2004-10-02 : 5,100,981
2014-xx-xx :

the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Administrative units

governorate
district		native namecapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1994-10-12
census		population
2004-10-02
census		population
2008-12-31
estimate
source: Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan.
note: total land area is given as 88,802 sq.km., with 540 sq.km. of territorial waters, giving a total area of 89,342 sq.km.
Central Regionالمنطقة الوسطى 14,3992,599,1103,183,0303,674,900
Amman Governorateمحافظة العاصمة 7,5791,576,2381,942,0662,265,100
Balqa Governorateمحافظة البلقاء 1,119276,082346,354391,900
Zarqa Governorateمحافظة الزرقاء 4,761639,469764,650871,600
Madaba Governorateمحافظة مادبا 940107,321129,960146,300
North Regionالمنطقة الشمالية 28,9431,148,2861,444,8071,626,300
Irbid Governorateمحافظة اربد 1,572751,634928,2921,041,300
Mafraq Governorateمحافظة المفرق 26,541178,914244,188275,000
Jarash Governorateمحافظة جرش 410123,190153,602175,500
Ajlun Governorateمحافظة عجلون 42094,548118,725134,500
South Regionالمنطقة الجنوبية 45,436392,062475,802548,800
Karak Governorateمحافظة الكرك 3,495169,770204,185228,200
Tafiela Governorateمحافظة الطفيلة 2,20962,78375,26781,900
Ma'an Governorateمحافظة معان 32,83279,67094,253111,200
Aqaba Governorateمحافظة العقبة 6,90079,839102,097127,500
total  88,7784,139,4585,103,6395,850,000

Main cities

namenative namepopulation
2004-10-02
census		latitude /
longitude
Ammanالعاصمة1,812,94131.90/35.98
Zarqaالزرقاء395,22732.08/36.10
Irbidاربد250,64532.56/35.85
Russeifaالرصيفة227,73536.02/32.01
Wadi Essierوادي السير122,03231.95/35.82
Aqabaالعقبة80,05929.53/35.01
source: Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan.