| Population | 10,909,567 (July 2021 est.) note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees |
| Nationality | noun: Jordanian(s) adjective: Jordanian |
| Ethnic groups | Jordanian 69.3%, Syrian 13.3%, Palestinian 6.7%, Egyptian 6.7%, Iraqi 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes Armenian, Circassian) (2015 est.) note: data represent population by self-identified nationality |
| Languages | Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes) major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim 97.1% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.1% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1, folk <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1, other <0.1 (2020 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 33.05% (male 1,837,696/female 1,738,935) 15-24 years: 19.77% (male 1,126,567/female 1,012,812) 25-54 years: 38.39% (male 2,250,328/female 1,903,996) 55-64 years: 5.11% (male 290,633/female 262,827) 65 years and over: 3.67% (male 194,464/female 202,386) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 58.2 youth dependency ratio: 52 elderly dependency ratio: 6.3 potential support ratio: 16 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 23.5 years male: 23.9 years female: 22.9 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.82% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.79 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -11.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | population heavily concentrated in the west, and particularly the northwest, in and around the capital of Amman; a sizeable, but smaller population is located in the southwest along the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba |
| Urbanization | urban population: 91.6% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 2.182 million AMMAN (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.18 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female total population: 1.11 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 24.6 years (2017/18 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 |
| Maternal mortality rate | 46 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 14.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.75 years male: 74.25 years female: 77.35 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 51.8% (2017/18) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 97.7% of population total: 98.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 2.2% of population total: 1.1% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 7.8% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.32 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.5 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 96.6% of population total: 98.5% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 3.7% of population total: 1.5% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | <1,000 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Jordan; as of 6 April 2021, Jordan has reported a total of 639,444 cases of COVID-19 or 6,267.13 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 71.38 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 7 April 2021, 4% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 35.5% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3% (2012) |
| Education expenditures | 3.1% of GDP (2019) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.6% female: 97.8% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
