Jordan vs Lesotho Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Jordan vs Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age
	Jordan	Lesotho
1960	17	17.5
1961	16.8	17.4
1962	16.5	17.4
1963	16.2	17.4
1964	16	17.5
1965	15.7	17.5
1966	15.5	17.5
1967	15.3	17.6
1968	15.1	17.8
1969	15	18
1970	14.9	18.2
1971	14.8	18.3
1972	14.8	18.5
1973	14.8	18.6
1974	14.8	18.8
1975	14.8	18.9
1976	14.8	19
1977	14.9	19
1978	14.9	18.9
1979	15	18.8
1980	15.1	18.8
1981	15.2	18.7
1982	15.4	18.6
1983	15.5	18.6
1984	15.6	18.5
1985	15.8	18.4
1986	15.9	18.6
1987	16.1	18.7
1988	16.2	18.6
1989	16.4	18.5
1990	17.2	18.4
1991	18.1	18.4
1992	18.5	18.4
1993	18.9	18.4
1994	19.3	18.5
1995	19.5	18.6
1996	19.7	18.6
1997	19.8	18.8
1998	19.8	18.9
1999	19.9	19.1
2000	20	19.2
2001	20.1	19.4
2002	20.2	19.5
2003	20.3	19.7
2004	20.5	19.8
2005	20.8	19.9
2006	21	20
2007	21.2	20.2
2008	21.4	20.4
2009	21.5	20.6
2010	21.7	20.7
2011	21.9	20.9
2012	22.1	21
2013	22.3	21.1
2014	22.4	21.2
2015	22.6	21.3
2016	22.9	21.4
2017	23.2	21.6
2018	23.5	21.7
2019	23.9	21.8
2020	24.2	22
2021	24.6	22.1
2022	24.9	22.3
2023	25.3	22.5
2024	25.5	22.7
2025	25.7	22.8
2026	25.9	23.1
2027	26.1	23.3
2028	26.4	23.5
2029	26.6	23.8
2030	26.9	24
2031	27.2	24.2
2032	27.5	24.5
2033	27.8	24.8
2034	28	25
2035	28.4	25.3
2036	28.7	25.6
2037	29.1	25.9
2038	29.4	26.2
2039	29.7	26.5
2040	30.1	26.8
2041	30.4	27.1
2042	30.8	27.4
2043	31.1	27.7
2044	31.4	28
2045	31.7	28.4
2046	32.1	28.7
2047	32.4	29
2048	32.7	29.3
2049	33	29.5
2050	33.3	29.8

In 1960, the median age in Jordan was 17 years compared to 17.5 years in Lesotho. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 25.5 years in Jordan and to 22.7 years in Lesotho.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Jordan is expected to increased to around 33.3 years by 2050 compared to 29.8 years in Lesotho. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Jordan		Lesotho
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	5.11%	4.88%	5.68%	5.59%
5-9	5.18%	4.95%	5.94%	5.87%
10-14	5.35%	5.2%	5.74%	5.7%
15-19	4.92%	4.91%	5.16%	5.15%
20-24	4.35%	4.27%	4.71%	4.74%
25-29	4.38%	4.09%	4.29%	4.39%
30-34	4.31%	3.76%	4.21%	4.37%
35-39	3.76%	3.29%	3.86%	4.09%
40-44	3.22%	2.9%	2.81%	3.06%
45-49	2.79%	2.5%	1.86%	2.01%
50-54	2.5%	2.2%	1.27%	1.39%
55-59	2.05%	1.8%	1.01%	1.26%
60-64	1.45%	1.34%	0.81%	1.15%
65-69	0.95%	0.93%	0.6%	0.94%
70-74	0.62%	0.62%	0.35%	0.66%
75-79	0.36%	0.39%	0.21%	0.43%
80+	0.27%	0.38%	0.2%	0.46%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Jordan has average demographic potential with 65.7% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 71.6% and similar potential in Lesotho.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Jordan			Lesotho
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	101%	92.6%	8.42%	98.5%	89.6%	8.89%
1961	102.9%	94.6%	8.3%	98.6%	89.8%	8.76%
1962	104.7%	96.6%	8.14%	98.5%	89.9%	8.65%
1963	106.4%	98.4%	7.96%	98%	89.4%	8.54%
1964	108.1%	100.3%	7.77%	96.7%	88.3%	8.41%
1965	109.6%	102%	7.58%	96.1%	87.8%	8.31%
1966	110.9%	103.5%	7.4%	96.4%	88.1%	8.25%
1967	112.1%	104.9%	7.21%	95.8%	87.7%	8.14%
1968	113.1%	106%	7.03%	94.4%	86.4%	7.98%
1969	113.9%	107%	6.85%	92.6%	84.8%	7.79%
1970	114.5%	107.8%	6.68%	90.8%	83.2%	7.6%
1971	114.9%	108.4%	6.52%	88.9%	81.5%	7.41%
1972	115.1%	108.8%	6.37%	87.1%	79.9%	7.22%
1973	115.2%	108.9%	6.23%	85.4%	78.4%	7.05%
1974	115%	108.9%	6.09%	84%	77.1%	6.91%
1975	114.5%	108.6%	5.94%	82.9%	76.1%	6.8%
1976	113.9%	108.1%	5.79%	82.3%	75.5%	6.74%
1977	112.9%	107.3%	5.64%	82.4%	75.7%	6.75%
1978	111.8%	106.3%	5.49%	83%	76.2%	6.8%
1979	110.6%	105.3%	5.34%	83.9%	77%	6.87%
1980	109.3%	104.1%	5.21%	84.8%	77.8%	6.96%
1981	108.1%	103%	5.1%	85.7%	78.6%	7.07%
1982	106.7%	101.7%	4.99%	86.5%	79.3%	7.18%
1983	105.3%	100.4%	4.9%	87.2%	79.9%	7.29%
1984	103.8%	99%	4.82%	87.9%	80.5%	7.4%
1985	102.4%	97.6%	4.76%	88.4%	80.9%	7.5%
1986	101%	96.3%	4.71%	87.5%	80%	7.54%
1987	99.6%	94.9%	4.67%	86.9%	79.4%	7.58%
1988	98.1%	93.5%	4.65%	87.9%	80.2%	7.68%
1989	96.7%	92%	4.64%	88.5%	80.8%	7.76%
1990	89.8%	85.4%	4.47%	88.9%	81%	7.83%
1991	83.2%	78.9%	4.3%	88.9%	81%	7.88%
1992	80.4%	76.2%	4.25%	88.6%	80.7%	7.91%
1993	78%	73.8%	4.21%	88%	80.1%	7.94%
1994	76.2%	72%	4.2%	87.2%	79.2%	7.95%
1995	75.2%	71%	4.22%	86.1%	78.2%	7.96%
1996	74.9%	70.6%	4.28%	85%	77.1%	7.97%
1997	75%	70.6%	4.36%	83.8%	75.8%	7.99%
1998	75.1%	70.6%	4.47%	82.2%	74.2%	8.03%
1999	75%	70.4%	4.58%	80.6%	72.5%	8.07%
2000	74.7%	70%	4.71%	79%	70.9%	8.11%
2001	74.2%	69.3%	4.84%	77.5%	69.4%	8.14%
2002	73.6%	68.6%	4.98%	76.1%	68%	8.15%
2003	72.9%	67.8%	5.12%	74.8%	66.7%	8.14%
2004	72.1%	66.8%	5.24%	73.6%	65.5%	8.13%
2005	71.1%	65.8%	5.36%	72.7%	64.5%	8.11%
2006	70%	64.5%	5.45%	71.7%	63.6%	8.02%
2007	68.7%	63.2%	5.52%	70.7%	62.8%	7.82%
2008	67.5%	61.9%	5.59%	69.9%	62.3%	7.6%
2009	66.3%	60.7%	5.65%	69.3%	62%	7.37%
2010	65.2%	59.4%	5.7%	68.9%	61.7%	7.15%
2011	64%	58.3%	5.77%	68.5%	61.5%	6.95%
2012	63%	57.2%	5.84%	68.2%	61.4%	6.79%
2013	62.3%	56.6%	5.72%	68.1%	61.4%	6.67%
2014	62.1%	56.6%	5.43%	68.1%	61.5%	6.62%
2015	61.6%	56.3%	5.36%	68.1%	61.6%	6.56%
2016	61%	55.5%	5.49%	67.9%	61.5%	6.45%
2017	60.3%	54.7%	5.65%	67.5%	61.1%	6.37%
2018	59.6%	53.8%	5.82%	66.9%	60.6%	6.31%
2019	58.9%	52.9%	6%	66.3%	60%	6.28%
2020	58.1%	51.9%	6.16%	65.6%	59.4%	6.28%
2021	57.2%	50.9%	6.3%	65%	58.7%	6.24%
2022	56.2%	49.8%	6.47%	64.2%	57.9%	6.23%
2023	55.2%	48.4%	6.71%	63.3%	57%	6.25%
2024	54.3%	47.3%	6.98%	62.3%	56%	6.26%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Jordan decreased from 72.1% to 54.3% between 2004 and 2024.

In Lesotho, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 73.6% to 62.3% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and a decreased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Jordan	Lesotho
1960	49.8%	50.4%
1961	49.3%	50.4%
1962	48.9%	50.4%
1963	48.5%	50.5%
1964	48.1%	50.8%
1965	47.7%	51%
1966	47.4%	50.9%
1967	47.2%	51.1%
1968	46.9%	51.5%
1969	46.8%	51.9%
1970	46.6%	52.4%
1971	46.5%	52.9%
1972	46.5%	53.4%
1973	46.5%	53.9%
1974	46.5%	54.3%
1975	46.6%	54.7%
1976	46.8%	54.9%
1977	47%	54.8%
1978	47.2%	54.6%
1979	47.5%	54.4%
1980	47.8%	54.1%
1981	48.1%	53.9%
1982	48.4%	53.6%
1983	48.7%	53.4%
1984	49.1%	53.2%
1985	49.4%	53.1%
1986	49.8%	53.3%
1987	50.1%	53.5%
1988	50.5%	53.2%
1989	50.8%	53%
1990	52.7%	52.9%
1991	54.6%	52.9%
1992	55.4%	53%
1993	56.2%	53.2%
1994	56.7%	53.4%
1995	57.1%	53.7%
1996	57.2%	54%
1997	57.1%	54.4%
1998	57.1%	54.9%
1999	57.2%	55.4%
2000	57.3%	55.9%
2001	57.4%	56.3%
2002	57.6%	56.8%
2003	57.8%	57.2%
2004	58.1%	57.6%
2005	58.4%	57.9%
2006	58.8%	58.3%
2007	59.3%	58.6%
2008	59.7%	58.9%
2009	60.1%	59.1%
2010	60.6%	59.2%
2011	61%	59.4%
2012	61.4%	59.4%
2013	61.6%	59.5%
2014	61.7%	59.5%
2015	61.9%	59.5%
2016	62.1%	59.5%
2017	62.4%	59.7%
2018	62.6%	59.9%
2019	62.9%	60.1%
2020	63.3%	60.4%
2021	63.6%	60.6%
2022	64%	60.9%
2023	64.5%	61.2%
2024	64.8%	61.6%
2025	65.1%	62%
2026	65.4%	62.5%
2027	65.8%	63%
2028	66.1%	63.5%
2029	66.4%	64%
2030	66.6%	64.5%
2031	66.7%	65%
2032	66.8%	65.5%
2033	66.8%	66%
2034	66.7%	66.4%
2035	66.7%	66.7%
2036	66.6%	67%
2037	66.5%	67.3%
2038	66.3%	67.5%
2039	66.2%	67.7%
2040	66.1%	67.9%
2041	65.9%	68.1%
2042	65.8%	68.2%
2043	65.6%	68.3%
2044	65.5%	68.4%
2045	65.4%	68.5%
2046	65.3%	68.5%
2047	65.3%	68.5%
2048	65.2%	68.5%
2049	65.1%	68.5%
2050	65.1%	68.4%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 58.1% to 64.8% in Jordan and from 57.6% to 61.6% in Lesotho.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Lesotho
1960	46.1%	45.1%
1961	46.6%	45.2%
1962	47.2%	45.3%
1963	47.7%	45.2%
1964	48.2%	44.9%
1965	48.7%	44.8%
1966	49.1%	44.9%
1967	49.4%	44.8%
1968	49.8%	44.4%
1969	50%	44%
1970	50.3%	43.6%
1971	50.4%	43.1%
1972	50.6%	42.7%
1973	50.6%	42.3%
1974	50.6%	41.9%
1975	50.6%	41.6%
1976	50.5%	41.4%
1977	50.4%	41.5%
1978	50.2%	41.7%
1979	50%	41.9%
1980	49.7%	42.1%
1981	49.5%	42.3%
1982	49.2%	42.5%
1983	48.9%	42.7%
1984	48.6%	42.8%
1985	48.2%	43%
1986	47.9%	42.7%
1987	47.6%	42.5%
1988	47.2%	42.7%
1989	46.8%	42.8%
1990	45%	42.9%
1991	43.1%	42.9%
1992	42.2%	42.8%
1993	41.5%	42.6%
1994	40.9%	42.3%
1995	40.5%	42%
1996	40.4%	41.7%
1997	40.4%	41.2%
1998	40.3%	40.7%
1999	40.2%	40.2%
2000	40.1%	39.6%
2001	39.8%	39.1%
2002	39.5%	38.6%
2003	39.2%	38.1%
2004	38.8%	37.7%
2005	38.4%	37.4%
2006	38%	37.1%
2007	37.5%	36.8%
2008	37%	36.7%
2009	36.5%	36.6%
2010	36%	36.5%
2011	35.5%	36.5%
2012	35.1%	36.5%
2013	34.9%	36.5%
2014	34.9%	36.6%
2015	34.8%	36.6%
2016	34.5%	36.6%
2017	34.1%	36.5%
2018	33.7%	36.3%
2019	33.3%	36.1%
2020	32.8%	35.8%
2021	32.4%	35.6%
2022	31.9%	35.3%
2023	31.2%	34.9%
2024	30.7%	34.5%
2025	30.2%	34.1%
2026	29.6%	33.6%
2027	29%	33.1%
2028	28.4%	32.6%
2029	27.8%	32%
2030	27.3%	31.5%
2031	26.9%	31%
2032	26.6%	30.5%
2033	26.2%	30.1%
2034	25.9%	29.7%
2035	25.7%	29.3%
2036	25.4%	29%
2037	25.2%	28.8%
2038	25%	28.5%
2039	24.9%	28.3%
2040	24.7%	28.1%
2041	24.6%	27.8%
2042	24.4%	27.6%
2043	24.3%	27.4%
2044	24.1%	27.1%
2045	23.9%	26.9%
2046	23.7%	26.7%
2047	23.5%	26.4%
2048	23.3%	26.2%
2049	23.1%	25.9%
2050	22.8%	25.7%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 30.7% in Jordan and 34.5% in Lesotho. Birth rates in Jordan compared to Lesotho .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Jordan	Lesotho
1960	4.19%	4.48%
1961	4.09%	4.41%
1962	3.98%	4.36%
1963	3.86%	4.31%
1964	3.73%	4.27%
1965	3.62%	4.24%
1966	3.51%	4.2%
1967	3.4%	4.16%
1968	3.3%	4.1%
1969	3.2%	4.04%
1970	3.11%	3.98%
1971	3.03%	3.92%
1972	2.96%	3.86%
1973	2.89%	3.8%
1974	2.83%	3.76%
1975	2.77%	3.72%
1976	2.71%	3.7%
1977	2.65%	3.7%
1978	2.59%	3.71%
1979	2.54%	3.74%
1980	2.49%	3.77%
1981	2.45%	3.81%
1982	2.41%	3.85%
1983	2.39%	3.9%
1984	2.36%	3.94%
1985	2.35%	3.98%
1986	2.34%	4.02%
1987	2.34%	4.06%
1988	2.35%	4.09%
1989	2.36%	4.12%
1990	2.35%	4.14%
1991	2.35%	4.17%
1992	2.35%	4.19%
1993	2.37%	4.22%
1994	2.38%	4.25%
1995	2.41%	4.28%
1996	2.45%	4.31%
1997	2.49%	4.35%
1998	2.55%	4.41%
1999	2.62%	4.47%
2000	2.7%	4.53%
2001	2.78%	4.58%
2002	2.87%	4.63%
2003	2.96%	4.66%
2004	3.05%	4.68%
2005	3.13%	4.7%
2006	3.21%	4.67%
2007	3.27%	4.58%
2008	3.34%	4.47%
2009	3.4%	4.35%
2010	3.45%	4.23%
2011	3.52%	4.13%
2012	3.58%	4.04%
2013	3.52%	3.97%
2014	3.35%	3.94%
2015	3.32%	3.9%
2016	3.41%	3.84%
2017	3.53%	3.8%
2018	3.65%	3.78%
2019	3.78%	3.78%
2020	3.9%	3.79%
2021	4.01%	3.79%
2022	4.14%	3.79%
2023	4.32%	3.83%
2024	4.52%	3.86%
2025	4.75%	3.88%
2026	4.99%	3.9%
2027	5.24%	3.92%
2028	5.5%	3.93%
2029	5.78%	3.94%
2030	6.07%	3.94%
2031	6.37%	3.95%
2032	6.68%	3.95%
2033	7%	3.95%
2034	7.33%	3.95%
2035	7.66%	3.94%
2036	7.99%	3.94%
2037	8.31%	3.94%
2038	8.63%	3.95%
2039	8.93%	3.97%
2040	9.22%	4.01%
2041	9.51%	4.08%
2042	9.79%	4.18%
2043	10.1%	4.3%
2044	10.4%	4.45%
2045	10.6%	4.63%
2046	10.9%	4.83%
2047	11.2%	5.07%
2048	11.5%	5.33%
2049	11.8%	5.61%
2050	12.1%	5.91%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 4.52% in Jordan and 3.86% in Lesotho. Life expectancy in Jordan compared to Lesotho .