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🇯🇴 Jordan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3JOR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2JO
UN M49 numeric400
IOC codeJOR
Official nameHashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Native name(s)ara: official: المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية; common: الأردن
Alt spellingsJO, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, al-Mamlakah al-Urdunīyah al-Hāshimīyah
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalAmman
Area (km²)89,342
Lat / Lng31.0000, 36.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)IRQ, ISR, PSE, SAU, SYR
Top-level domain.jo, الاردن.
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 62

Demographics

Population (World Bank)11,520,684 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)77.981 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Jordanian; m: Jordanian; fra: f: Jordanienne; m: Jordanien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)61,610,052,535.211 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)5,347.777 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)16.535 (2025)
CurrenciesJOD: name: Jordanian dinar; symbol: د.ا

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950438,802
1951471,151
1952506,445
1953544,098
1954583,846
1955625,567
1956669,101
1957714,355
1958760,822
1959807,609
1960853,471
1961897,591
1962940,554
1963984,714
19641,035,640
19651,099,440
19661,178,360
19671,271,183
19681,372,460
19691,473,100
19701,565,163
19711,645,145
19721,714,555
19731,778,094
19741,839,182
19751,899,055
19761,958,177
19772,019,002
19782,083,595
19792,153,882
19802,234,186
19812,325,517
19822,426,927
19832,537,307
19842,654,688
19852,778,810
19862,909,887
19873,047,634
19883,193,039
19893,349,627
19903,621,908
19913,915,149
19924,127,693
19934,348,020
19944,561,406
19954,752,096
19964,912,516
19975,046,285
19985,164,284
19995,276,444
20005,386,945
20015,498,894
20025,616,066
20035,741,828
20045,882,061
20056,029,587
20066,427,371
20076,827,227
20086,989,866
20097,141,753
20107,297,043
20117,480,424
20127,587,127
20137,991,809
20148,791,710
20159,544,729
201610,006,367
201710,234,226
201810,462,306
201910,671,891
202010,865,228
202111,066,356
202211,256,263
202311,439,213

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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