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Jordan People 1996

Population:

4,100,709 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

44% (female 884,462; male 930,266)

15-64 years:

53% (female 1,058,060; male 1,119,347)

65 years and over:

3% (female 53,709; male 54,865) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.69% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

37.32 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

4.02 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

32.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

72.27 years

male:

70.43 years

female:

74.21 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

5.25 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Jordanian(s)

adjective:

Jordanian

Ethnic divisions:

Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%

Religions:

Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 8%

Languages:

Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1991)

total population:

83%

male:

91%

female:

75%

Labor force:

600,000 (1992)

by occupation:

industry 11.4%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 10.5%, construction 10.0%, transport and communications 8.7%, agriculture 7.4%, other services 52.0% (1992)

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