Amman — UN urban centre
Amman: 6,403,666 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #62 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 850; territory: Jordan (JOR). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 31.9836, 35.9602. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 831,541 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,095,835 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,360,940 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,737,803 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 2,282,432 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 2,639,506 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 3,031,596 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 3,728,209 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 4,700,895 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 6,156,049 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 6,403,666 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 6,798,702 | Projection |
| 2035 | 7,217,753 | Projection |
| 2040 | 7,666,025 | Projection |
| 2045 | 8,066,188 | Projection |
| 2050 | 8,393,062 | Projection |
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