The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan People:

Population:  5,153,378 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  37.23% (male 980,345; female 938,081)

15-64 years:  59.44% (male 1,633,579; female 1,429,631)

65 years and over:  3.33% (male 84,815; female 86,927) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:  3% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:  25.44 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:  2.62 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:  7.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years:  1.14 male(s)/female

65 years and over:  0.98 male(s)/female

total population:  1.1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  20.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  77.53 years

male:  75.1 years

female:  80.12 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:  3.29 children born/woman (2001 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 Catholics, Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2000 est.)

Languages:  Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes.

Literacy: 

age 15 and over can read and write

total population:  86.6%

male:  93.4%

female:  79.4% (1995 est.)

Source:  The World Factbook 2001