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.

Jordan population

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

Total
Crude

Jordan death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Jordan

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	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 pyramid
Gender ratio

Jordan population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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