| People | Jordan |
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Population:
 | 6,342,948 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 78% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
 | 69 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 31.3% (male 1,014,183/female 973,538) 15-64 years: 64.5% (male 2,183,638/female 1,904,420) 65 years and over: 4.2% (male 128,759/female 138,410) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 24.3 years male: 25 years female: 23.6 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 2.264% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 19.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 2.72 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | 5.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 14.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 78.87 years male: 76.34 years female: 81.56 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 2.39 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 600 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Jordanian(s) adjective: Jordanian |
Ethnic groups:
 | Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1% |
Religions:
 | Sunni Muslim 92%, 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:
 | Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes |
Literacy:
 | 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):
 | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 4.9% of GDP (1999) |
People - note:
 | void |
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