World Factbook
Jordan
Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
97.5% (2023 est.)
female
92.3% (2023 est.)
total population
94.8% (2023 est.)
Languages
Languages
Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)
major-language sample(s)
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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 <0.1%, folk <0.1%, other <0.1%, unaffiliated <0.1% (2020 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.13 male(s)/female
total population
1.1 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.95 male(s)/female
Birth rate
21.9 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
25.5 years
total
25.4 years (2025 est.)
female
24.4 years
Population
male
5,908,853
total
11,312,507 (2025 est.)
female
5,403,654
Nationality
noun
Jordanian(s)
adjective
Jordanian
Tobacco use
male
58.6% (2025 est.)
total
37.1% (2025 est.)
female
13.9% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
92% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
30.9% (male 1,771,840/female 1,678,178)
15-64 years
64.9% (male 3,844,575/female 3,409,164)
65 years and over
4.2% (2024 est.) (male 228,564/female 241,703)
Ethnic groups
Jordanian 69.3%, Syrian 13.3%, Palestinian 6.7%, Egyptian 6.7%, Iraqi 1.4%, other 2.6% (2015 est.)
note: data represent population by self-identified nationality in national census
Child marriage
men married by age 18
0.1% (2018)
women married by age 15
1.5% (2018)
women married by age 18
9.7% (2018)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
53.3 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
46.6 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
14.9 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
6.7 (2025 est.)
Physician density
2.85 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
7.3% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
7.6% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
1.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.83 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 97% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 99% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 99.1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0.9% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
3.5% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
11.7% national budget (2024 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
14.3 deaths/1,000 live births
total
12.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
12.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
1.68% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
1.37 (2025 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
Life expectancy at birth
male
75 years
female
78.1 years
total population
76.5 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
31 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 97.9% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 98.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 98.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 2.1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 1.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 1.1% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
0.06 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
0.25 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
2.232 million AMMAN (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
35.5% (2016)
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
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
56% (2018 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2.5% (2023 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
13 years (2023 est.)
total
13 years (2023 est.)
female
14 years (2023 est.)