Jordan
Population 2026
11,589,538
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.60%
- Density
- 131 per km²
- Land area
- 88,794 km²
- Capital
- Amman
- Currency
- Dinar (JOD)
- Official languages
- AR-JO, EN
- Urban population
- 93.2%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 222,9122026
- Deaths
- 37,6612026
- Birth rate
- 20.5per 1,000
- Death rate
- 3.1per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.60
- Life expectancy
- 78.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 24.9
- Net migration
- -303,267
Age distribution
- 0–1430.2%
- 15–6465.1%
- 65+4.8%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $61.6B
- GDP per capita
- $5.3K
- GDP growth
- +2.8%
- Inflation
- 1.8%
- Unemployment
- 16.5%
- Exports
- $9.3B
- Imports
- $15.7B
- Tourism receipts
- 16.7%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture5.6%
- Industry27.4%
- Manufacturing17.4%
- Services56.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture3.1%
- Industry16.1%
- Services80.8%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AmmanAmman | 1,275,8572019 |
| 2 | ZarqaZarqa | 792,6652013 |
| 3 | IrbidIrbid | 569,0682022 |
| 4 | RusseifaZarqa | 268,2372025 |
| 5 | Khuraybat as SūqAmman | 186,1582026 |
| 6 | Wādī as SīrAmman | 181,2122026 |
| 7 | Ar RamthāIrbid | 155,6932026 |
| 8 | ṢuwayliḥBalqa | 151,0162026 |
| 9 | ‘AjlūnAjloun | 125,5572024 |
| 10 | As SalţBalqa | 107,8742023 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11,589,538 | 223K | 37.7K |
| 2020 | 10,865,232 | 236K | 37.9K |
| 2010 | 7,297,046 | 205K | 27.1K |
| 2000 | 5,386,945 | 157K | 20.1K |
| 1990 | 3,621,915 | 130K | 15.0K |
| 1980 | 2,234,192 | 98.1K | 13.6K |
| 1970 | 1,565,172 | 76.1K | 15.8K |
| 1960 | 853,471 | 42.8K | 13.3K |
| 1950 | 438,808 | 20.5K | 10.9K |