Jordan - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Jordan. Strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba; the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the West Bank; the Dead Sea, the lowest point in Asia and the second saltiest body of water in the world (after Lac Assal in Djibouti), lies on Jordan's western border with Israel and the West Bank; Jordan is almost landlocked but does have a 26 km southwestern coastline with a single port, Al 'Aqabah (Aqaba). Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
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
People and Society
In Jordan, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Jordanian 69.3%, Syrian 13.3%, Palestinian 6.7%, Egyptian 6.7%, Iraqi 1.4%, other 2.6% (2015 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 1.68% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 21.9 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.83 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1.37 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Jordanian | Jordanian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| 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) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 53.3 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 46.6 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 6.7 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 14.9 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 25.4 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 25.5 years |
| Female | 24.4 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 92% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.232 million AMMAN (capital) (2023). |
| 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 |
| 65 years and over | 0.95 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 1.1 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 12.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 12.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 76.5 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 75 years |
| Female | 78.1 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 99.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 97% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 99% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 98.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 97.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 98.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 1.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 2.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 1.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| 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 | 37.1% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 58.6% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 13.9% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 1.5% (2018) |
| Women married by age 18 | 9.7% (2018) |
| Men married by age 18 | 0.1% (2018) |
Demographic profile
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