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Population & Society

How many people live in Jordan, how fast the population is growing, where people live and how connected they are.

Women in parliament
19.6% of seats 2026 · Source: UN Statistics Division
Population
11.5 million people Estimate 2025 · Source: World Bank
Population growth
-0.28% per year Estimate 2025 · Source: World Bank
Urban population
93.2% of population Estimate 2025 · Source: World Bank
Fertility rate
2.60 births per woman 2024 · Source: World Bank
Internet users
95.6% of population 2024 · Source: World Bank

Women in parliament % of seats · 2000–2026 · Source: UN Statistics Division

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Year	Value
2000	0.0%
2001	0.0%
2002	1.3%
2003	1.3%
2004	5.5%
2005	5.5%
2006	5.5%
2007	5.5%
2008	6.4%
2009	6.4%
2010	6.4%
2011	10.8%
2012	10.8%
2013	12.0%
2014	12.0%
2015	12.0%
2016	12.0%
2017	15.4%
2018	15.4%
2019	15.4%
2020	15.4%
2021	11.5%
2022	12.3%
2023	12.3%
2024	13.1%
2025	19.6%
2026	19.6%

Population people · 1960–2025 · Source: World Bank Estimate

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Year	Value
1960	853,471
1961	897,591
1962	940,554
1963	984,714
1964	1.0 million
1965	1.1 million
1966	1.2 million
1967	1.3 million
1968	1.4 million
1969	1.5 million
1970	1.6 million
1971	1.6 million
1972	1.7 million
1973	1.8 million
1974	1.8 million
1975	1.9 million
1976	2.0 million
1977	2.0 million
1978	2.1 million
1979	2.2 million
1980	2.2 million
1981	2.3 million
1982	2.4 million
1983	2.5 million
1984	2.7 million
1985	2.8 million
1986	2.9 million
1987	3.0 million
1988	3.2 million
1989	3.3 million
1990	3.6 million
1991	3.9 million
1992	4.1 million
1993	4.3 million
1994	4.6 million
1995	4.8 million
1996	4.9 million
1997	5.0 million
1998	5.2 million
1999	5.3 million
2000	5.4 million
2001	5.5 million
2002	5.6 million
2003	5.7 million
2004	5.9 million
2005	6.0 million
2006	6.4 million
2007	6.8 million
2008	7.0 million
2009	7.1 million
2010	7.3 million
2011	7.5 million
2012	7.6 million
2013	8.0 million
2014	8.8 million
2015	9.5 million
2016	10.0 million
2017	10.2 million
2018	10.5 million
2019	10.7 million
2020	10.9 million
2021	11.1 million
2022	11.3 million
2023	11.4 million
2024	11.6 million
2025	11.5 million

Population growth % per year · 1961–2025 · Source: World Bank Estimate

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Year	Value
1961	5.04%
1962	4.68%
1963	4.59%
1964	5.04%
1965	5.98%
1966	6.93%
1967	7.58%
1968	7.67%
1969	7.08%
1970	6.06%
1971	4.98%
1972	4.13%
1973	3.64%
1974	3.38%
1975	3.20%
1976	3.07%
1977	3.06%
1978	3.15%
1979	3.32%
1980	3.66%
1981	4.01%
1982	4.27%
1983	4.45%
1984	4.52%
1985	4.57%
1986	4.61%
1987	4.63%
1988	4.66%
1989	4.79%
1990	7.82%
1991	7.79%
1992	5.29%
1993	5.20%
1994	4.79%
1995	4.10%
1996	3.32%
1997	2.69%
1998	2.31%
1999	2.15%
2000	2.07%
2001	2.06%
2002	2.11%
2003	2.21%
2004	2.41%
2005	2.48%
2006	6.39%
2007	6.04%
2008	2.35%
2009	2.15%
2010	2.15%
2011	2.48%
2012	1.42%
2013	5.20%
2014	9.54%
2015	8.22%
2016	4.72%
2017	2.25%
2018	2.20%
2019	1.98%
2020	1.80%
2021	1.83%
2022	1.70%
2023	1.61%
2024	0.99%
2025	-0.28%

Urban population % of population · 1960–2025 · Source: World Bank Estimate

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Year	Value
1960	42.7%
1961	43.5%
1962	44.4%
1963	45.2%
1964	46.0%
1965	46.8%
1966	47.6%
1967	48.4%
1968	49.2%
1969	50.0%
1970	50.8%
1971	51.6%
1972	52.4%
1973	53.2%
1974	54.1%
1975	55.0%
1976	55.9%
1977	56.8%
1978	57.8%
1979	58.8%
1980	59.8%
1981	61.1%
1982	62.5%
1983	64.1%
1984	65.7%
1985	67.4%
1986	69.1%
1987	70.7%
1988	72.3%
1989	73.8%
1990	75.1%
1991	76.3%
1992	77.2%
1993	77.9%
1994	78.2%
1995	78.2%
1996	78.3%
1997	78.3%
1998	78.3%
1999	78.3%
2000	78.3%
2001	78.3%
2002	78.3%
2003	78.3%
2004	78.3%
2005	78.4%
2006	78.8%
2007	79.3%
2008	80.1%
2009	81.1%
2010	82.3%
2011	83.6%
2012	85.0%
2013	86.5%
2014	88.0%
2015	89.9%
2016	90.6%
2017	90.9%
2018	91.2%
2019	91.5%
2020	91.8%
2021	92.1%
2022	92.4%
2023	92.7%
2024	93.0%
2025	93.2%

By governorate

About these figures

United Nations, Global SDG Indicators Database · UN Terms of Use (attribution)

World Bank, World Development Indicators · CC BY 4.0