The current population of Jordan is 11,575,983 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 11,552,876 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Jordan is ranked 85/197 by population and was ranked 101st in 2005.
- Jordan is projected to reach 21.3M people in 2100.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 6.03M people to 11.6M (92% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Jordan has had an average growth rate of 4.6% per year.
- Jordan accounts for 0.14% of the world's population.
Jordan population clock
Jordan
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
11575983
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 85/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.62 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
2.23 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
15.1 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +311 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +113,663 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.99% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 103/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.36 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -156,369 | N/A |
Jordan population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 853,471 | - |
| 1961 | 897,591 | 5.17% |
| 1962 | 940,554 | 4.79% |
| 1963 | 984,714 | 4.7% |
| 1964 | 1,035,640 | 5.17% |
| 1965 | 1,099,440 | 6.16% |
| 1966 | 1,178,360 | 7.18% |
| 1967 | 1,271,183 | 7.88% |
| 1968 | 1,372,460 | 7.97% |
| 1969 | 1,473,100 | 7.33% |
| 1970 | 1,565,163 | 6.25% |
| 1971 | 1,645,145 | 5.11% |
| 1972 | 1,714,555 | 4.22% |
| 1973 | 1,778,094 | 3.71% |
| 1974 | 1,839,182 | 3.44% |
| 1975 | 1,899,055 | 3.26% |
| 1976 | 1,958,177 | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 2,019,002 | 3.11% |
| 1978 | 2,083,595 | 3.2% |
| 1979 | 2,153,882 | 3.37% |
| 1980 | 2,234,186 | 3.73% |
| 1981 | 2,325,517 | 4.09% |
| 1982 | 2,426,927 | 4.36% |
| 1983 | 2,537,307 | 4.55% |
| 1984 | 2,654,688 | 4.63% |
| 1985 | 2,778,810 | 4.68% |
| 1986 | 2,909,887 | 4.72% |
| 1987 | 3,047,634 | 4.73% |
| 1988 | 3,193,039 | 4.77% |
| 1989 | 3,349,627 | 4.9% |
| 1990 | 3,621,908 | 8.13% |
| 1991 | 3,915,149 | 8.1% |
| 1992 | 4,127,693 | 5.43% |
| 1993 | 4,348,020 | 5.34% |
| 1994 | 4,561,406 | 4.91% |
| 1995 | 4,752,096 | 4.18% |
| 1996 | 4,912,516 | 3.38% |
| 1997 | 5,046,285 | 2.72% |
| 1998 | 5,164,284 | 2.34% |
| 1999 | 5,276,444 | 2.17% |
| 2000 | 5,386,945 | 2.09% |
| 2001 | 5,498,894 | 2.08% |
| 2002 | 5,616,066 | 2.13% |
| 2003 | 5,741,828 | 2.24% |
| 2004 | 5,882,061 | 2.44% |
| 2005 | 6,029,587 | 2.51% |
| 2006 | 6,427,371 | 6.6% |
| 2007 | 6,827,227 | 6.22% |
| 2008 | 6,989,866 | 2.38% |
| 2009 | 7,141,753 | 2.17% |
| 2010 | 7,297,043 | 2.17% |
| 2011 | 7,480,424 | 2.51% |
| 2012 | 7,587,127 | 1.43% |
| 2013 | 7,991,809 | 5.33% |
| 2014 | 8,791,710 | 10% |
| 2015 | 9,544,729 | 8.57% |
| 2016 | 10,006,367 | 4.84% |
| 2017 | 10,234,226 | 2.28% |
| 2018 | 10,462,306 | 2.23% |
| 2019 | 10,671,891 | 2% |
| 2020 | 10,865,228 | 1.81% |
| 2021 | 11,066,356 | 1.85% |
| 2022 | 11,256,263 | 1.72% |
| 2023 | 11,439,213 | 1.63% |
| 2024 | 11,552,876 | 0.99% |
| 2025 | 11,520,678 | -0.28% |
| 2026 | 11,589,528 | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 11,819,454 | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 12,034,459 | 1.82% |
| 2029 | 12,245,726 | 1.76% |
| 2030 | 12,448,772 | 1.66% |
| 2031 | 12,652,545 | 1.64% |
| 2032 | 12,854,926 | 1.6% |
| 2033 | 13,050,713 | 1.52% |
| 2034 | 13,245,158 | 1.49% |
| 2035 | 13,440,821 | 1.48% |
| 2036 | 13,638,248 | 1.47% |
| 2037 | 13,840,237 | 1.48% |
| 2038 | 14,048,303 | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 14,256,684 | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 14,471,288 | 1.51% |
| 2041 | 14,684,501 | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 14,883,641 | 1.36% |
| 2043 | 15,077,789 | 1.3% |
| 2044 | 15,273,526 | 1.3% |
| 2045 | 15,471,971 | 1.3% |
| 2046 | 15,662,312 | 1.23% |
| 2047 | 15,841,619 | 1.14% |
| 2048 | 16,021,374 | 1.13% |
| 2049 | 16,197,518 | 1.1% |
| 2050 | 16,367,341 | 1.05% |
Jordan has a population of 11.6M as of 2025, compared to 9.54M in 2015, 6.03M in 2005, and 4.75M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.13% per year. Jordan is ranked 50th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Jordan will have 15,471,971 people (33.7% growth) with a rank change from 85th to 81st.
By the year 2100, Jordan's population is projected to grow by 84.2% to 21.3M people.
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Jordan population statistics
|
Jordan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 28.4 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 25.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.6:48.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.64 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 337 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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