Jordan vs North Korea statistics compared

Jordan has a population of 11.6M (ranked 84/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Jordan's land area is 34,284 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 110th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Jordan ranks 91/197 ($53.4B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Jordan ranks 124/197 ($4,618), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Jordan and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Jordan and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Jordan

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Jordan	North Korea
1965	$599,759,760	-
1966	$657,999,737	-
1967	$631,679,747	-
1968	$561,119,776	-
1969	$698,879,720	-
1970	$639,519,744	-
1971	$678,159,729	-
1972	$788,479,685	-
1973	$943,783,840	-
1974	$1,197,483,949	-
1975	$1,363,073,498	-
1976	$1,708,521,219	-
1977	$2,096,778,602	-
1978	$2,602,208,589	-
1979	$3,271,368,781	-
1980	$3,910,044,474	-
1981	$4,383,944,703	-
1982	$4,681,240,993	-
1983	$4,920,692,191	-
1984	$4,967,162,160	-
1985	$4,993,601,520	-
1986	$6,402,050,485	-
1987	$6,756,209,762	-
1988	$6,277,451,829	-
1989	$4,221,373,674	-
1990	$4,160,087,508	-
1991	$4,344,467,193	-
1992	$5,310,833,194	-
1993	$5,606,400,222	-
1994	$6,236,295,978	-
1995	$6,727,597,032	-
1996	$6,927,503,526	-
1997	$7,245,839,210	-
1998	$7,912,270,804	-
1999	$8,149,929,478	-
2000	$8,460,789,845	-
2001	$8,975,814,653	-
2002	$9,582,510,578	-
2003	$10,195,627,645	-
2004	$11,411,706,629	-
2005	$12,588,998,590	-
2006	$15,056,981,664	-
2007	$17,110,437,236	-
2008	$22,658,715,989	-
2009	$24,537,876,056	$23,356,470,000
2010	$27,133,804,225	$25,995,513,000
2011	$29,524,149,155	$29,005,020,000
2012	$31,634,561,690	$29,890,710,000
2013	$34,454,440,141	$30,588,922,000
2014	$36,847,643,521	$30,554,460,000
2015	$38,587,017,887	$30,723,030,000
2016	$39,892,551,127	$28,882,640,000
2017	$41,608,435,915	$29,105,440,000
2018	$43,370,860,704	$28,536,400,000
2019	$44,503,006,338	$28,222,880,000
2020	$43,700,383,099	$27,728,240,000
2021	$46,296,100,141	$32,301,720,000
2022	$48,764,963,380	$28,971,360,000
2023	$51,088,476,338	$32,155,360,000
2024	$53,352,289,577	$34,943,120,000

Jordan and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Jordan

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jordan	North Korea
1965	$546	-
1966	$558	-
1967	$497	-
1968	$409	-
1969	$474	-
1970	$409	-
1971	$412	-
1972	$460	-
1973	$531	-
1974	$651	-
1975	$718	-
1976	$873	-
1977	$1,039	-
1978	$1,249	-
1979	$1,519	-
1980	$1,750	-
1981	$1,885	-
1982	$1,929	-
1983	$1,939	-
1984	$1,871	-
1985	$1,797	-
1986	$2,200	-
1987	$2,217	-
1988	$1,966	-
1989	$1,260	-
1990	$1,149	-
1991	$1,110	-
1992	$1,287	-
1993	$1,289	-
1994	$1,367	-
1995	$1,416	-
1996	$1,410	-
1997	$1,436	-
1998	$1,532	-
1999	$1,545	-
2000	$1,571	-
2001	$1,632	-
2002	$1,706	-
2003	$1,776	-
2004	$1,940	-
2005	$2,088	-
2006	$2,343	-
2007	$2,506	-
2008	$3,242	-
2009	$3,436	$939
2010	$3,718	$1,040
2011	$3,947	$1,156
2012	$4,170	$1,186
2013	$4,311	$1,208
2014	$4,191	$1,201
2015	$4,043	$1,201
2016	$3,987	$1,124
2017	$4,066	$1,127
2018	$4,145	$1,100
2019	$4,170	$1,084
2020	$4,022	$1,061
2021	$4,183	$1,231
2022	$4,332	$1,100
2023	$4,466	$1,217
2024	$4,618	$1,319

Jordan vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jordan

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jordan	North Korea
1950	40.9	14.2
1951	42	17.7
1952	43.2	32.8
1953	44.4	40.3
1954	45.6	50.6
1955	46.8	51.8
1956	48	52.8
1957	49.2	53.7
1958	50.4	54.5
1959	51.6	55.2
1960	52.7	55.8
1961	53.7	56.4
1962	54.6	57
1963	55.5	57.6
1964	56.5	58.2
1965	57.3	58.8
1966	57.8	59.4
1967	59	60.1
1968	59.8	60.8
1969	60.5	61.4
1970	59.8	62
1971	61.8	62.7
1972	62.5	63.3
1973	63.1	63.8
1974	63.6	64.3
1975	64.1	64.8
1976	64.7	65.3
1977	65.1	65.8
1978	65.6	66.3
1979	66	66.7
1980	66.5	67.2
1981	66.9	67.7
1982	67.4	68.1
1983	67.8	68.5
1984	68.2	68.9
1985	68.6	69.2
1986	69	69.5
1987	69.3	69.8
1988	69.6	70.1
1989	69.9	70.3
1990	70.1	70.5
1991	70.2	70.7
1992	70.4	71
1993	70.6	70.8
1994	70.7	70.5
1995	70.9	60.8
1996	71.1	60.8
1997	71.3	60.9
1998	71.5	60.9
1999	71.7	60.9
2000	71.9	60.9
2001	72.1	60.9
2002	72.4	60.9
2003	72.6	69.4
2004	72.8	69.3
2005	73	69.2
2006	73.2	69.1
2007	73.4	69
2008	73.6	69.3
2009	73.7	69.7
2010	73.8	70.2
2011	73.9	70.8
2012	74.1	71.3
2013	74.3	71.9
2014	74.6	72.5
2015	75.1	72.8
2016	75.6	73
2017	76.1	73
2018	76.5	73
2019	76.9	72.9
2020	75.6	72.8
2021	74.2	73.4
2022	77.1	73.6
2023	77.8	73.6
2024	78	73.7
2025	78.1	73.9

Jordan and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Jordan

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Jordan	North Korea
1960	853,471	11,722,953
1961	897,591	11,990,713
1962	940,554	12,262,882
1963	984,714	12,567,057
1964	1,035,640	12,889,770
1965	1,099,440	13,219,369
1966	1,178,360	13,569,094
1967	1,271,183	13,958,350
1968	1,372,460	14,365,596
1969	1,473,100	14,767,615
1970	1,565,163	15,172,775
1971	1,645,145	15,572,457
1972	1,714,555	15,975,069
1973	1,778,094	16,350,367
1974	1,839,182	16,673,121
1975	1,899,055	16,971,055
1976	1,958,177	17,243,450
1977	2,019,002	17,492,798
1978	2,083,595	17,735,995
1979	2,153,882	17,983,470
1980	2,234,186	18,236,786
1981	2,325,517	18,501,295
1982	2,426,927	18,776,357
1983	2,537,307	19,054,034
1984	2,654,688	19,335,043
1985	2,778,810	19,620,388
1986	2,909,887	19,910,855
1987	3,047,634	20,205,483
1988	3,193,039	20,503,161
1989	3,349,627	20,804,367
1990	3,621,908	21,112,137
1991	3,915,149	21,428,638
1992	4,127,693	21,750,911
1993	4,348,020	22,073,352
1994	4,561,406	22,393,975
1995	4,752,096	22,669,304
1996	4,912,516	22,895,746
1997	5,046,285	23,110,830
1998	5,164,284	23,311,564
1999	5,276,444	23,497,599
2000	5,386,945	23,665,910
2001	5,498,894	23,815,358
2002	5,616,066	23,943,973
2003	5,741,828	24,090,380
2004	5,882,061	24,254,943
2005	6,029,587	24,396,433
2006	6,427,371	24,524,507
2007	6,827,227	24,646,383
2008	6,989,866	24,764,618
2009	7,141,753	24,878,332
2010	7,297,043	24,987,258
2011	7,480,424	25,097,874
2012	7,587,127	25,211,728
2013	7,991,809	25,329,451
2014	8,791,710	25,451,262
2015	9,544,729	25,575,350
2016	10,006,367	25,698,326
2017	10,234,226	25,817,709
2018	10,462,306	25,931,147
2019	10,671,891	26,037,632
2020	10,865,228	26,136,312
2021	11,066,356	26,232,534
2022	11,256,263	26,328,845
2023	11,439,213	26,418,204
2024	11,552,876	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Jordan and North Korea

Fertility rate

Jordan

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jordan	North Korea
1960	7.6	3.57
1961	7.7	3.26
1962	7.79	3.41
1963	7.85	3.63
1964	7.91	3.55
1965	7.93	3.56
1966	7.99	3.71
1967	8.06	4.05
1968	8.14	3.87
1969	8.19	3.86
1970	8.18	3.85
1971	8.15	3.74
1972	8.12	3.89
1973	8.06	3.35
1974	8	3.14
1975	7.93	3.05
1976	7.83	2.84
1977	7.72	2.77
1978	7.59	2.79
1979	7.45	2.85
1980	7.29	2.84
1981	7.12	2.92
1982	6.96	2.85
1983	6.81	2.78
1984	6.67	2.71
1985	6.53	2.65
1986	6.39	2.59
1987	6.2	2.53
1988	6.01	2.47
1989	5.8	2.41
1990	5.54	2.39
1991	5.33	2.35
1992	5.14	2.29
1993	4.97	2.22
1994	4.82	2.18
1995	4.68	2.15
1996	4.51	2.09
1997	4.32	2.03
1998	4.11	1.99
1999	3.97	1.97
2000	3.86	1.94
2001	3.8	1.94
2002	3.81	1.92
2003	3.82	1.91
2004	3.73	1.9
2005	3.65	1.87
2006	3.71	1.94
2007	3.8	1.94
2008	3.88	1.97
2009	3.84	1.91
2010	3.78	1.89
2011	3.69	1.88
2012	3.57	1.88
2013	3.45	1.88
2014	3.3	1.87
2015	3.14	1.86
2016	3.07	1.86
2017	2.99	1.85
2018	2.92	1.83
2019	2.86	1.83
2020	2.79	1.82
2021	2.74	1.81
2022	2.68	1.8
2023	2.64	1.78

Jordan and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Jordan

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jordan	North Korea
1960	17	19.9
1961	16.8	20.2
1962	16.5	20.6
1963	16.2	20.8
1964	16	21
1965	15.7	21.2
1966	15.5	21.3
1967	15.3	21.4
1968	15.1	21.4
1969	15	21.4
1970	14.9	21.4
1971	14.8	21.2
1972	14.8	20.9
1973	14.8	20.7
1974	14.8	20.7
1975	14.8	20.9
1976	14.8	21.1
1977	14.9	21.4
1978	14.9	21.8
1979	15	22.2
1980	15.1	22.5
1981	15.2	22.8
1982	15.4	23.1
1983	15.5	23.5
1984	15.6	23.9
1985	15.8	24.2
1986	15.9	24.5
1987	16.1	24.8
1988	16.2	25.1
1989	16.4	25.6
1990	17.2	26
1991	18.1	26.4
1992	18.5	26.8
1993	18.9	27.2
1994	19.3	27.6
1995	19.5	28
1996	19.7	28.3
1997	19.8	28.8
1998	19.8	29.2
1999	19.9	29.6
2000	20	30.1
2001	20.1	30.5
2002	20.2	31
2003	20.3	31.4
2004	20.5	31.8
2005	20.8	32.1
2006	21	32.5
2007	21.2	32.9
2008	21.4	33.3
2009	21.5	33.7
2010	21.7	34
2011	21.9	34.3
2012	22.1	34.5
2013	22.3	34.7
2014	22.4	35
2015	22.6	35.2
2016	22.9	35.4
2017	23.2	35.7
2018	23.5	35.9
2019	23.9	36.2
2020	24.2	36.4
2021	24.6	36.6
2022	24.9	36.8
2023	25.3	37.1
2024	25.5	37.3

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