| People | Jordan |
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Population:
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6,508,271 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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74 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 79% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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AMMAN (capital) 1.088 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 35.3% (male 1,180,595/female 1,114,533)
15-64 years: 59.9% (male 1,977,075/female 1,921,504)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 153,918/female 160,646) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 22.1 years
male: 21.8 years
female: 22.4 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.984% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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26.79 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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2.69 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-14.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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59 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 16.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.98 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.05 years
male: 78.73 years
female: 81.45 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.39 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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4.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.45 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.8 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 96% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 4% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 97% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 3% of population
total: 2% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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600 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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19.5% (2004) |
Nationality:
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noun: Jordanian(s)
adjective: Jordanian |
Ethnic groups:
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Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1% |
Religions:
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Sunni Muslim 92% (official), Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shia Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.) |
Languages:
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Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 84.7% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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