Jordan People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
10,998,531 (2022 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):
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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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
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: 57.1
youth dependency ratio: 51.2
elderly dependency ratio: 5.8
potential support ratio: 17.1 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 23.5 years
male: 23.9 years
female: 22.9 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.81% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
22.58 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
3.45 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-11.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 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: 92% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
2.210 million AMMAN (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
24.6 years (2017/18 est.)
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49
Maternal mortality ratio
46 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 13.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.01 years
male: 74.51 years
female: 77.6 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.96 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
51.8% (2017/18)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 99.2% of population
rural: 97.9% of population
total: 99.1% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.8% of population
rural: 2.1% of population
total: 0.9% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
7.6% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
2.66 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
Hospital bed density
1.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 98.8% of population
rural: 97.8% of population
total: 98.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population
rural: 2.2% of population
total: 1.3% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Major infectious diseases
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Jordan; as of 9 December 2022, Jordan has reported a total of 1,746,997 cases of COVID-19 or 17,122.16 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 14,122 cumulative deaths or a rate of 138.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
35.5% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 0.25 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.06 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 34.8% (2020 est.)
male: 56.8% (2020 est.)
female: 12.8% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
3% (2012)
Child marriage
women married by age 15: 1.5%
women married by age 18: 9.7%
men married by age 18: 0.1% (2018 est.)
Education expenditures
3.2% of GDP (2021 est.)
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: 10 years
female: 11 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 43%
male: 40.5%
female: 54.5% (2020 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Jordan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jordan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jordan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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