Jordan

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 :

governorate district	area (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 Region	14,399	2,599,110	3,183,030	3,674,900
Amman Governorate	7,579	1,576,238	1,942,066	2,265,100
Balqa Governorate	1,119	276,082	346,354	391,900
Zarqa Governorate	4,761	639,469	764,650	871,600
Madaba Governorate	940	107,321	129,960	146,300
North Region	28,943	1,148,286	1,444,807	1,626,300
Irbid Governorate	1,572	751,634	928,292	1,041,300
Mafraq Governorate	26,541	178,914	244,188	275,000
Jarash Governorate	410	123,190	153,602	175,500
Ajlun Governorate	420	94,548	118,725	134,500
South Region	45,436	392,062	475,802	548,800
Karak Governorate	3,495	169,770	204,185	228,200
Tafiela Governorate	2,209	62,783	75,267	81,900
Ma'an Governorate	32,832	79,670	94,253	111,200
Aqaba Governorate	6,900	79,839	102,097	127,500
total	88,778	4,139,458	5,103,639	5,850,000

name	population 2004-10-02 census	latitude / longitude
Amman	1,812,941	31.90/35.98
Zarqa	395,227	32.08/36.10
Irbid	250,645	32.56/35.85
Russeifa	227,735	36.02/32.01
Wadi Essier	122,032	31.95/35.82
Aqaba	80,059	29.53/35.01
source: Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan.