Businesses in Ma'an

Categories in Ma'an

Mosques Education Cafes Restaurants Apartment Building Shopping Mall Supermarket

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Ma'an

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Shopping	14
Restaurants	13
Apartments	10
Education	8

Ma'an Facts

Area	2209.1 km²
Population	45,963
Male Population	24,488 (53.3%)
Female Population	21,475 (46.7%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+292.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+81.5%
Median Age	19.6 years (Male: 19.9, Female: 19.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$9,598 (2022)
Neighborhoods	حي عليان, حي الشقاريف, حي الشاويش, حي المستشفي
Local Time
Timezone	GMT+03:00
Lat & Lng	30.19624, 35.73405

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Ma'an Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	11,712	18,590	25,329	37,888	45,963	47,843	49,941
Population Density	5.3 / km²	8.4 / km²	11.5 / km²	17.2 / km²	20.8 / km²	21.7 / km²	22.6 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Ma'an Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 81.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Ma'an	+292.4%	+147.2%	+81.5%
Ma'an Governorate	—	—	—
Jordan	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Ma'an Median Age

Median Age: 19.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Ma'an	19.6 yrs	19.2 yrs	19.9 yrs
Ma'an Governorate	19.6 yrs	19.2 yrs	19.9 yrs
Jordan	20.7 yrs	20.6 yrs	20.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Ma'an Population Density

Population Density: 20.8 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Ma'an	45,963	2,209.1 km²	20.8 / km²
Ma'an Governorate	134,062	32,891 km²	4.1 / km²
Jordan	7.6 million	89,119.6 km²	85.1 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Ma'an Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 300 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Ma'an Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$6,698	$7,040	$6,929	$9,395	$11,652	$10,158	$9,008	$9,598
Total GDP	$124.2M	$172.8M	$188.7M	$278.6M	$406.8M	$500.1M	$417.1M	$451.6M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Ma'an CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Ma'an	168,407 tn	3.66 tn	76.2 tons/km²
Ma'an Governorate	493,926 tn	3.68 tn	15 tons/km²
Jordan	28,633,414 tn	3.77 tn	321.3 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Ma'an CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	168,407 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	3.66 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	76.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (3.2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/24/14	7:27 AM	4.1	52 km	20,000 m	24km NW of Petra, Jordan	usgs.gov
2/9/07	10:12 PM	4	97.5 km	2,000 m	Dead Sea region	usgs.gov
12/19/99	8:42 AM	4.1	93.6 km	17,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
10/28/99	3:39 PM	4.3	62.4 km	10,000 m	Dead Sea region	usgs.gov
10/5/99	5:44 AM	4.1	95.8 km	10,000 m	Jordan-Saudi Arabia border region	usgs.gov
12/23/95	6:28 AM	4.4	85.1 km	8,800 m	Jordan-Saudi Arabia border region	usgs.gov
3/28/95	9:12 AM	3	64.7 km	10,000 m	Jordan-Saudi Arabia border region	usgs.gov
2/17/95	4:33 AM	3.5	86.2 km	10,200 m	Jordan-Saudi Arabia border region	usgs.gov
9/5/94	9:53 AM	3.4	56.9 km	10,000 m	Jordan-Saudi Arabia border region	usgs.gov
10/7/92	9:41 PM	4	63.9 km	10,000 m	Dead Sea region	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Ma'an

Ma'an (Arabic: معان‎) is a city in southern Jordan, 218 kilometres (135 mi) southwest of the capital Amman. It serves as the capital of the Ma'an Governorate. Its population approximately 50,000. Civilizations with the name of Ma'an have existed at l..

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