Demographics of Jordan
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Jordan is projected at 10.27 million, up by 0.65% compared with 10.20 million in 2020. Jordan is ranked 88th in terms of population and 146th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 0.89 million births in Jordan in 2021. That is 2,451 per day, which is ranked 83rd. The crude birth rate is 7.1 per 1000 people. There are 1.41 million deaths in Jordan in 2021. That is 3,852 per day, which is ranked 116th. The crude death rate is 11.16 per 1000 people.
9.46 million people are living in urban areas, which is 91.63% of Jordan population. Jordan is ranked 31st in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Jordan in 2021 is 102.64 males per 100 females. There are 5.20 million males and 5.07 million females in Jordan. The percentage of female population is 49.35% compare to 50.65% male population. Jordan has 0.13 million more males than females. Jordan is at 171st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 481,319 | - |
1955 | 682,975 | 6.03 |
1960 | 933,102 | 5.37 |
1965 | 1,173,603 | 6.46 |
1970 | 1,721,315 | 6.42 |
1975 | 2,065,916 | 2.9 |
1980 | 2,377,997 | 3.25 |
1985 | 2,900,055 | 4.15 |
1990 | 3,565,888 | 4.9 |
1995 | 4,588,842 | 4.05 |
2000 | 5,122,495 | 1.8 |
2005 | 5,765,639 | 3.32 |
2010 | 7,261,541 | 5.34 |
2015 | 9,266,573 | 3.9 |
2016 | 9,554,286 | 3.1 |
2017 | 9,785,840 | 2.42 |
2018 | 9,965,322 | 1.83 |
2019 | 10,101,697 | 1.37 |
2020 | 10,203,140 | 1 |
2021 | 10,269,022 | 0.65 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 821,137 | 2,264,603 | 9.79 | 26.89 |
1955 | 740,783 | 1,785,330 | 8.35 | 20.16 |
1960 | 700,637 | 1,633,665 | 7.47 | 17.41 |
1965 | 690,580 | 1,735,259 | 7.00 | 17.57 |
1970 | 695,334 | 1,972,973 | 6.61 | 18.73 |
1975 | 699,288 | 1,930,941 | 6.24 | 17.27 |
1980 | 714,264 | 1,630,246 | 6.07 | 13.84 |
1985 | 753,060 | 1,444,948 | 6.19 | 11.87 |
1990 | 823,371 | 1,288,452 | 6.62 | 10.35 |
1995 | 909,453 | 1,209,365 | 7.20 | 9.57 |
2000 | 974,047 | 1,165,679 | 7.64 | 9.14 |
2005 | 1,063,349 | 1,124,667 | 8.29 | 8.77 |
2010 | 1,197,027 | 1,103,282 | 9.32 | 8.59 |
2015 | 1,295,037 | 1,018,325 | 10.12 | 7.96 |
2020 | 1,382,991 | 908,919 | 10.94 | 7.19 |
2021 | 1,406,016 | 894,582 | 11.16 | 7.10 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 178,089 | 303,232 | - | 37.000 |
1955 | 295,260 | 387,692 | 9.83 | 43.233 |
1960 | 474,322 | 457,935 | 8.64 | 50.879 |
1965 | 636,252 | 536,298 | 7.14 | 54.262 |
1970 | 962,089 | 756,824 | 7.06 | 55.971 |
1975 | 1,189,265 | 873,653 | 3.50 | 57.650 |
1980 | 1,425,339 | 949,083 | 5.09 | 60.029 |
1985 | 1,940,204 | 955,781 | 6.29 | 66.996 |
1990 | 2,609,598 | 950,984 | 6.62 | 73.291 |
1995 | 3,576,333 | 996,571 | 4.65 | 78.207 |
2000 | 3,994,240 | 1,108,890 | 1.78 | 78.270 |
2005 | 4,541,834 | 1,172,277 | 4.76 | 79.485 |
2010 | 6,183,184 | 999,206 | 6.73 | 86.088 |
2015 | 8,266,802 | 892,500 | 4.27 | 90.256 |
2020 | 9,332,603 | 876,059 | 1.62 | 91.418 |
2021 | 9,456,165 | 864,189 | 1.32 | 91.626 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 526,193 | 499,243 | 1,025,436 | 9.99 | 105.398 |
05-09 | 577,656 | 553,758 | 1,131,414 | 11.02 | 104.316 |
10-14 | 577,460 | 561,700 | 1,139,160 | 11.09 | 102.806 |
15-19 | 530,768 | 520,013 | 1,050,781 | 10.23 | 102.068 |
20-24 | 477,820 | 469,092 | 946,912 | 9.22 | 101.861 |
25-29 | 437,637 | 430,221 | 867,858 | 8.45 | 101.724 |
30-34 | 396,374 | 387,968 | 784,342 | 7.64 | 102.167 |
35-39 | 367,408 | 355,054 | 722,462 | 7.04 | 103.479 |
40-44 | 317,848 | 302,501 | 620,349 | 6.04 | 105.073 |
45-49 | 281,799 | 263,021 | 544,820 | 5.31 | 107.139 |
50-54 | 233,013 | 216,750 | 449,763 | 4.38 | 107.503 |
55-59 | 171,480 | 168,185 | 339,665 | 3.31 | 101.959 |
60-64 | 112,791 | 118,127 | 230,918 | 2.25 | 95.483 |
65-69 | 74,747 | 79,902 | 154,649 | 1.51 | 93.548 |
70-74 | 52,410 | 59,962 | 112,372 | 1.09 | 87.405 |
75-79 | 36,067 | 43,888 | 79,955 | 0.78 | 82.180 |
80-84 | 20,383 | 24,736 | 45,119 | 0.44 | 82.402 |
85-89 | 7,684 | 10,280 | 17,964 | 0.17 | 74.747 |
90-94 | 1,667 | 2,822 | 4,489 | 0.04 | 59.072 |
95-99 | 172 | 392 | 564 | 0.01 | 43.878 |
100+ | 8 | 22 | 30 | 0.00 | 36.364 |
Total | 5,201,385 | 5,067,637 | 10,269,022 | 102.639 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio