What is the population of Irbid?
Irbid has a city population of 569,068. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Jordan · Asia
Irbid
Irbid · Jordan
City population
569,068
#3
in Jordan
#1
in Irbid
#979
worldwide
32.556, 35.850 · 67 km from Amman
About Irbid
The third-largest city in Jordan holds 4.9% of the national population. Located 67 km from Amman, Irbid has 569,068 residents and sits at 570 m elevation. Several cities of substantial size lie nearby: Ar Ramthā (155,693 people, 15 km away), 'Ajlūn (125,557, 26 km), and Dar'ā (97,969, 25 km).
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Irbid
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
570 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Amman
Coordinates
32.556, 35.850
Record updated
2022-09-27
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 31 in JordanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Irbid | 569K |
Irbid Population FAQ
Where is Irbid?
Irbid is in Irbid, Jordan, 67 km from the capital, Amman. Its coordinates are 32.556, 35.850.
How big is Irbid compared with other cities in Jordan?
It is the 3rd largest of the 31 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Jordan, holding 4.9% of the national population.