 According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ghabaghib had a population of 11,802 in the 2004 census.The town is also the administrative center of the Ghabaghib "nahiyah" which consists of thirteen villages with a combined population of 45,793.On 16 January 1192 news reached Jerusalem that Alam al-Din Sulayman, an "emir" ("commander") of Ayyubid general Saladin, had died in Ghabaghib on his way to Aleppo.