According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ma'adan had a population of 8,663 in the 2004 census.

[1] Ma'adan was captured by rebel forces in the Raqqa campaign (2012–13) during the Syrian Civil War.

However, on 24 August ISIL forces launched a large-scale operation west of Ma'adan alongside the western bank of the Euphrates, capturing seven villages from the Syrian Army and allied tribal fighters.

[4][5] Nearly a month later, on 23 September 2017, Ma'adan was liberated by the Syrian government's Tiger Forces during their offensive from the south east.

This removed the last of ISIL's territory on the west bank of the Euphrates, north of Deir ez-Zor.