Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Jordan vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Jordan vs the United Arab Emirates population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jordan	UAE
1960	7.6	6.5
1961	7.7	6.49
1962	7.79	6.49
1963	7.85	6.5
1964	7.91	6.49
1965	7.93	6.5
1966	7.99	6.5
1967	8.06	6.51
1968	8.14	6.53
1969	8.19	6.52
1970	8.18	6.52
1971	8.15	6.52
1972	8.12	6.5
1973	8.06	6.46
1974	8	6.41
1975	7.93	6.35
1976	7.83	6.29
1977	7.72	6.22
1978	7.59	6.15
1979	7.45	6.06
1980	7.29	5.95
1981	7.12	5.81
1982	6.96	5.66
1983	6.81	5.48
1984	6.67	5.3
1985	6.53	5.13
1986	6.39	5
1987	6.2	4.88
1988	6.01	4.77
1989	5.8	4.65
1990	5.54	4.51
1991	5.33	4.25
1992	5.14	4.09
1993	4.97	3.82
1994	4.82	3.76
1995	4.68	3.28
1996	4.51	3.06
1997	4.32	2.83
1998	4.11	2.77
1999	3.97	2.79
2000	3.86	2.73
2001	3.8	2.62
2002	3.81	2.54
2003	3.82	2.49
2004	3.73	2.38
2005	3.65	2.23
2006	3.71	1.96
2007	3.8	1.79
2008	3.88	1.52
2009	3.84	1.58
2010	3.78	1.57
2011	3.69	1.54
2012	3.57	1.53
2013	3.45	1.53
2014	3.3	1.48
2015	3.14	1.42
2016	3.07	1.37
2017	2.99	1.35
2018	2.92	1.29
2019	2.86	1.25
2020	2.79	1.29
2021	2.74	1.16
2022	2.68	1.15
2023	2.64	1.2
2024	2.6	1.21
2025	2.57	1.21
2026	2.54	1.21
2027	2.51	1.21
2028	2.48	1.22
2029	2.44	1.22
2030	2.42	1.23
2031	2.39	1.23
2032	2.36	1.24
2033	2.33	1.25
2034	2.3	1.25
2035	2.27	1.26
2036	2.25	1.26
2037	2.23	1.27
2038	2.21	1.28
2039	2.19	1.28
2040	2.16	1.28
2041	2.14	1.29
2042	2.12	1.29
2043	2.1	1.3
2044	2.08	1.3
2045	2.07	1.31
2046	2.05	1.31
2047	2.04	1.31
2048	2.02	1.32
2049	2.01	1.32
2050	1.99	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	UAE
1960	46.1%	37.8%
1961	46.6%	36.7%
1962	47.2%	35.8%
1963	47.7%	35.1%
1964	48.2%	34.5%
1965	48.7%	33.9%
1966	49.1%	33.2%
1967	49.4%	32.1%
1968	49.8%	31.2%
1969	50%	30.6%
1970	50.3%	29.8%
1971	50.4%	29%
1972	50.6%	28.3%
1973	50.6%	27.8%
1974	50.6%	27.4%
1975	50.6%	27.2%
1976	50.5%	26.9%
1977	50.4%	26.8%
1978	50.2%	26.9%
1979	50%	27.1%
1980	49.7%	27.4%
1981	49.5%	28%
1982	49.2%	28.8%
1983	48.9%	29.5%
1984	48.6%	30.2%
1985	48.2%	30.7%
1986	47.9%	31.2%
1987	47.6%	31.2%
1988	47.2%	30.9%
1989	46.8%	30.3%
1990	45%	29.6%
1991	43.1%	28.8%
1992	42.2%	28.1%
1993	41.5%	27.4%
1994	40.9%	26.7%
1995	40.5%	25.9%
1996	40.4%	25.2%
1997	40.4%	24.3%
1998	40.3%	23.1%
1999	40.2%	22%
2000	40.1%	20.8%
2001	39.8%	19.8%
2002	39.5%	18.9%
2003	39.2%	18.3%
2004	38.8%	17.8%
2005	38.4%	17.5%
2006	38%	17.2%
2007	37.5%	17%
2008	37%	16.9%
2009	36.5%	16.9%
2010	36%	16.9%
2011	35.5%	16.8%
2012	35.1%	16.8%
2013	34.9%	16.8%
2014	34.9%	16.8%
2015	34.8%	16.8%
2016	34.5%	16.8%
2017	34.1%	16.8%
2018	33.7%	16.7%
2019	33.3%	16.6%
2020	32.8%	16.6%
2021	32.4%	16.5%
2022	31.9%	16.5%
2023	31.2%	16.3%
2024	30.7%	16.1%
2025	30.2%	16%
2026	29.6%	15.9%
2027	29%	15.9%
2028	28.4%	15.9%
2029	27.8%	15.9%
2030	27.3%	16%
2031	26.9%	16.1%
2032	26.6%	16.3%
2033	26.2%	16.5%
2034	25.9%	16.7%
2035	25.7%	16.9%
2036	25.4%	17.1%
2037	25.2%	17.3%
2038	25%	17.5%
2039	24.9%	17.7%
2040	24.7%	17.9%
2041	24.6%	18%
2042	24.4%	18.1%
2043	24.3%	18.2%
2044	24.1%	18.3%
2045	23.9%	18.3%
2046	23.7%	18.3%
2047	23.5%	18.3%
2048	23.3%	18.3%
2049	23.1%	18.2%
2050	22.8%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 45% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Jordan	UAE
1960	29,491	3,418
1961	32,143	3,657
1962	34,598	3,901
1963	36,858	4,157
1964	39,205	4,410
1965	41,635	4,675
1966	44,580	4,955
1967	48,791	5,264
1968	53,336	5,588
1969	57,431	6,138
1970	60,321	6,922
1971	64,763	7,839
1972	67,707	8,818
1973	70,058	9,822
1974	72,212	10,835
1975	74,392	11,859
1976	75,981	12,876
1977	78,101	15,787
1978	79,908	18,879
1979	82,076	21,987
1980	84,508	25,005
1981	86,751	27,560
1982	89,473	29,585
1983	92,863	31,480
1984	96,092	33,250
1985	99,801	34,855
1986	103,551	36,829
1987	106,536	37,741
1988	109,754	38,861
1989	112,608	40,148
1990	114,912	41,339
1991	129,642	41,409
1992	134,241	42,119
1993	139,467	41,324
1994	144,199	42,976
1995	147,652	38,685
1996	147,852	37,886
1997	145,358	38,207
1998	140,696	41,176
1999	138,201	46,198
2000	136,414	49,993
2001	136,450	52,789
2002	139,250	55,922
2003	142,443	59,118
2004	141,752	60,344
2005	141,816	60,046
2006	147,643	54,338
2007	167,574	55,048
2008	175,048	55,426
2009	177,651	66,521
2010	177,748	69,907
2011	177,076	73,496
2012	175,437	78,682
2013	170,473	82,977
2014	184,169	84,277
2015	195,495	85,044
2016	205,891	87,028
2017	205,903	89,382
2018	205,333	86,840
2019	204,933	86,296
2020	198,138	87,871
2021	190,795	76,802
2022	199,900	81,758
2023	200,895	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	UAE
1985	100	19
1986	93	19
1987	87	19
1988	82	19
1989	79	19
1990	72	19
1991	74	19
1992	72	19
1993	71	19
1994	70	19
1995	70	18
1996	69	16
1997	67	14
1998	65	12
1999	63	10
2000	61	8
2001	60	7
2002	58	5
2003	56	5
2004	54	4
2005	53	4
2006	49	3
2007	50	3
2008	50	3
2009	49	3
2010	48	3
2011	47	4
2012	47	4
2013	44	4
2014	43	3
2015	41	3
2016	40	3
2017	38	3
2018	36	3
2019	35	3
2020	41	6
2021	79	6
2022	35	2
2023	31	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Jordan	UAE
1960	15.5%	20.1%
1961	14.6%	19%
1962	13.8%	18%
1963	13%	16.9%
1964	12.3%	15.8%
1965	11.6%	14.8%
1966	11%	13.7%
1967	10.4%	12.6%
1968	9.87%	11.6%
1969	9.38%	10.6%
1970	8.91%	9.62%
1971	8.48%	8.72%
1972	8.06%	7.89%
1973	7.67%	7.12%
1974	7.31%	6.43%
1975	6.96%	5.8%
1976	6.63%	5.23%
1977	6.31%	4.7%
1978	6.02%	4.22%
1979	5.74%	3.78%
1980	5.48%	3.4%
1981	5.22%	3.06%
1982	4.99%	2.77%
1983	4.76%	2.52%
1984	4.55%	2.31%
1985	4.34%	2.12%
1986	4.16%	1.97%
1987	3.98%	1.83%
1988	3.82%	1.71%
1989	3.68%	1.61%
1990	3.54%	1.51%
1991	3.42%	1.43%
1992	3.31%	1.37%
1993	3.2%	1.31%
1994	3.1%	1.26%
1995	3.01%	1.21%
1996	2.91%	1.18%
1997	2.83%	1.15%
1998	2.74%	1.12%
1999	2.66%	1.09%
2000	2.58%	1.07%
2001	2.5%	1.05%
2002	2.42%	1.03%
2003	2.35%	1.01%
2004	2.27%	1%
2005	2.2%	0.98%
2006	2.13%	0.96%
2007	2.07%	0.94%
2008	2%	0.92%
2009	1.94%	0.9%
2010	1.89%	0.88%
2011	1.83%	0.86%
2012	1.78%	0.84%
2013	1.74%	0.82%
2014	1.69%	0.79%
2015	1.65%	0.77%
2016	1.6%	0.73%
2017	1.56%	0.7%
2018	1.52%	0.67%
2019	1.48%	0.63%
2020	1.44%	0.6%
2021	1.4%	0.56%
2022	1.36%	0.53%
2023	1.32%	0.5%