Jordan Facts & Figures

Jordan Facts & Figures

Population:

11,200,320 (July 2022 est.)

Country's rank compared to the world: 83

Age structure:

0-14 years: 34.68% (male 1,827,554/female 1,726,691)
15-24 years: 20.07% (male 1,103,042/female 953,704)
25-54 years: 37.36% (male 2,073,211/female 1,755,290)
55-64 years: 4.44% (male 236,435/female 218,469)
65 years and over: 3.45% (male 174,470/female 179,203) (2017 est.)

Median age:

total: 22.5 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 22 years (2017 est.)

Population growth rate: 

2.05% (2017 est.)

Birth rate:

17.9 births/1,000 population ( 2021 est.)

Death rate:

3.6 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate:

-310 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Urbanization:

urban population: 84.1% of total population (2017)
rate of urbanization: 1.26% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Major cities - population:

Amman (capital) 1,812,059 - Zarqa 635,160 - Irbid 502,714 (2015)

Gender ratio: 

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 

Total: 13.534 deaths per 1000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 74.8 years
male: 73.4 years
female: 76.3 years (2017 est.)

Total fertility rate: 

3.19 children born/woman (2017 est.)

HIV/aids - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% (2018 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 129

HIV/Aids - deaths: 

100 deaths (2020)

Country comparison to the world: 146

Major infectious diseases: 

The degree of risk: intermediate 

Food or waterborne diseases: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, and Typhoid fever

Vector-borne disease: Malaria, Dengue fever, Yellow fever, Japanese Encephalitis, African Trypanosomiasis, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Plague, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya

Water contact disease: Schistosomiasis and Leptospirosis 

Aerosolized dust or soil contact disease: Lassa fever

Respiratory disease: Meningococcal meningitis

Animal contact disease: Rabies

Nationality: 

Noun: Jordanian(s) 
Adjective: Jordanian

Religions: 

Islam 97%, Christionity 2.5% and other 0.5%

Languages: 

Arabic (official) and English 

Literacy: 

Definition: people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Total population: 99.23% 
Male: 99.11%
Female: 99.37%

Education expenditures: 

3% of GDP (2019)