List of cities in Jordan explained

List

Cities and urban localities with a population of higher than 20,000 are listed below.^{[1] [2]}

Note that the first three population columns are based on censuses, while the last column is from an estimate.

Rank	Name	Arabic name	1994	2004	2015	2021	Governorate
1.		عمان	1,439,212	1,746,741	3,506,068	4,061,150	Amman
2.		الزرقاء	350,849	395,227	635,160	735,744	Zarqa
3.		إربد	208,329	250,645	502,714	582,276	Irbid
4.		الرصيفة	137,247	227,735	472,604	547,442	Zarqa
5.	Sahab	سحاب	49,060	57,037	169,434	196,260	Amman
6.		الرمثا	55,022	71,433	155,693	180,335	Irbid
7.	Aqaba	العقبة	62,773	80,059	148,398	171,848	Aqaba
8.	Mafraq	المفرق	38,393	47,764	106,008	122,785	Mafraq
9.	Madaba	مأدبا	55,749	70,338	105,353	122,008	Madaba
10.	As-Salt	السلط	56,458	73,528	99,890	115,695	al-Balqa
11.		الجيزة	32,446	35,357	95,045	110,097	Amman
12.	Ain Al-Basha	عين الباشا	21,347	37,222	60,191	69,716	al-Balqa
13.	Aydoun	ايدون	14,661	18,586	58,565	67,835	Irbid
14.	Ad-Dhlail	الضليل	15,353	27,643	50,931	58,997	Zarqa
15.	Jerash	جرش	21,278	31,652	50,745	58,760	Jerash
16.	As-Sarih	الصريح	15,957	19,210	46,003	53,284	Irbid
17.	Al-Hashimiyah	الهاشمية	13,171	25,475	44,730	51,812	Zarqa
18.	Ma'an	معان	22,989	26,461	41,055	47,640	Ma'an
19.	Beit Ras	بيت راس	11,475	18,023	40,871	47,339	Irbid
20.	Al Husn	الحصن	16,302	20,485	35,085	40,638	Irbid
21.	At-Turrah	الطرة	11,664	14,844	33,136	38,380	Irbid
22.	Naour	ناعور	12,340	15,439	32,337	37,457	Amman
23.	Karak	الكرك	18,633	20,280	32,216	37,314	Karak
24.	Kufranjah	كفرنجة	16,908	21,734	31,015	35,936	Ajloun
25.	Der Abi Saeed	دير ابي سعيد	8,303	13,792	29,590	34,272	Irbid
26.	No'ayymeh	النعيمة	9,993	12,441	29,128	33,738	Irbid
27.	Ash-Shajarah	الشجرة	8,970	11,523	27,902	32,318	Irbid
28.	Tafilah	الطفيلة	20,881	23,512	27,559	31,907	Tafilah
29.	Mu'tah	مؤتة	8,211	11,910	27,426	31,762	Karak
30.	Ghor es-Safi	غور الصافي	13,505	16,756	27,304	31,624	Karak
31.	Anjara	عنجرة	13,800	17,618	25,981	30,100	Ajloun
32.	Al Mashar'e	المشارع	14,933	18,282	24,117	27,930	Irbid
33.	Huwwarah	حواره	9,757	12,753	23,929	27,716	Irbid
34.	Kafr Yubah	كفر يوبا	8,581	11,249	22,943	26,574	Irbid
35.	Kuraymeh	كريمة	14,231	15,733	22,081	25,576	Irbid
36.	At-Taybeh	الطيبة	10,065	12,712	21,938	25,409	Irbid
37.	Al-Mazar Ash-Shamali	المزار الشمالي	10,475	12,114	21,201	24,556	Irbid
38.	As-Sukhneh	السخنة	9,557	12,687	20,693	23,969	Zarqa
39.	Al-Khalidiyah Al-Jadeedah	الخالدية الجديدة	7,812	10,334	19,608	22,710	Mafraq
40.	Bushra	بشرى	8,539	11,377	19,444	22,521	Irbid
41.	Um Al-Sumaq Al-Janoubi	ام السماق الجنوبي	2,913	5,410	19,034	22,048	Amman
42.	Judayteh	جديتا	9,629	11,409	18,991	21,996	Irbid
43.	Fuheis	الفحيص	10,098	11,641	18,961	21,908	Balqa
44.	Al-Mazar Al-Janoubi	المزار الجنوبي	N/A	10,384	18,821	21,796	Karak
45.	Shuna Ash-Shamaliyeh	شونة الشمالية	12,664	14,365	18,821	21,306	Irbid
46.	Kafr Al-Ma’	كفر الماء	N/A	9,839	17,919	20,754	Irbid
47.	Mahis	ماحص	8,000	10,649	17,754	20,562	Balqa

See also

• Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan
• Zaatari refugee camp
• Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp
• List of twin towns and sister cities in Jordan
• Governorates of Jordan
• Districts of Jordan

Notes and References

1. http://www.citypopulation.de/Jordan.html City Population, Jordan
2. http://dosweb.dos.gov.jo/DataBank/Population_Estimares/PopulationEstimatesbyLocality.pdf Population estimates by locality