The latest officially reported population of Jordan was 11,552,876 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jordan's population is 11,575,983 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.
Population statistics:
- The United Kingdom's population is 6.04 times bigger than Jordan's.
- Jordan is ranked the 85th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
- The countries together account for 0.99% of the world: 0.14% for Jordan vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
- For the last 10 years, Jordan has had an average growth rate of +3.45% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
- Since 2005, the population of Jordan has increased from 6.03M people to 11.6M (92% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
- Jordan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21.3M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.
Jordan vs United Kingdom: live population counter
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| Current population |
11575983
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69945462
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| Population rank | 85/197 | 22/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 0.85% |
| One net population change |
4.62 minutes
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43 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.23 minutes
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45.9 seconds
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| One death every |
15.1 minutes
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48.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
3.36 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -156,369 | +417,114 |
| Daily growth/decline | +311 | +2,011 |
| Annual growth/decline | +113,663 | +734,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.99% | +1.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 103/197 | 99/197 |
Jordan and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 853,471 | 52,400,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 897,591 | 52,800,000 | 5.17% | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 940,554 | 53,250,000 | 4.79% | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 984,714 | 53,650,000 | 4.7% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 1,035,640 | 54,000,000 | 5.17% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 1,099,440 | 54,348,050 | 6.16% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 1,178,360 | 54,648,500 | 7.18% | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 1,271,183 | 54,943,600 | 7.88% | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 1,372,460 | 55,211,700 | 7.97% | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 1,473,100 | 55,441,750 | 7.33% | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 1,565,163 | 55,663,250 | 6.25% | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 1,645,145 | 55,896,223 | 5.11% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 1,714,555 | 56,086,065 | 4.22% | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 1,778,094 | 56,194,527 | 3.71% | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 1,839,182 | 56,229,974 | 3.44% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 1,899,055 | 56,225,800 | 3.26% | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 1,958,177 | 56,211,968 | 3.11% | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 2,019,002 | 56,193,492 | 3.11% | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 2,083,595 | 56,196,504 | 3.2% | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 2,153,882 | 56,246,951 | 3.37% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 2,234,186 | 56,314,216 | 3.73% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 2,325,517 | 56,333,829 | 4.09% | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 2,426,927 | 56,313,641 | 4.36% | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 2,537,307 | 56,332,848 | 4.55% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 2,654,688 | 56,422,072 | 4.63% | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 2,778,810 | 56,550,268 | 4.68% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 2,909,887 | 56,681,396 | 4.72% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 3,047,634 | 56,802,050 | 4.73% | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 3,193,039 | 56,928,327 | 4.77% | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 3,349,627 | 57,076,711 | 4.9% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 3,621,908 | 57,247,586 | 8.13% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 3,915,149 | 57,424,897 | 8.1% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 4,127,693 | 57,580,402 | 5.43% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 4,348,020 | 57,718,614 | 5.34% | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 4,561,406 | 57,865,745 | 4.91% | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 4,752,096 | 58,019,030 | 4.18% | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 4,912,516 | 58,166,950 | 3.38% | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 5,046,285 | 58,316,954 | 2.72% | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 5,164,284 | 58,487,141 | 2.34% | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 5,276,444 | 58,682,466 | 2.17% | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 5,386,945 | 58,892,514 | 2.09% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 5,498,894 | 59,119,673 | 2.08% | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 5,616,066 | 59,370,479 | 2.13% | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 5,741,828 | 59,647,577 | 2.24% | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 5,882,061 | 59,987,905 | 2.44% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 6,029,587 | 60,401,206 | 2.51% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 6,427,371 | 60,846,820 | 6.6% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 6,827,227 | 61,322,463 | 6.22% | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 6,989,866 | 61,806,995 | 2.38% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 7,141,753 | 62,276,270 | 2.17% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 7,297,043 | 62,766,365 | 2.17% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 7,480,424 | 63,258,810 | 2.51% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 7,587,127 | 63,711,000 | 1.43% | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 7,991,809 | 64,139,000 | 5.33% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 8,791,710 | 64,620,000 | 10% | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 9,544,729 | 65,088,000 | 8.57% | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 10,006,367 | 65,607,000 | 4.84% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 10,234,226 | 65,966,000 | 2.28% | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 10,462,306 | 66,289,000 | 2.23% | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 10,671,891 | 66,631,000 | 2% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 10,865,228 | 66,744,000 | 1.81% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 11,066,356 | 66,984,000 | 1.85% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 11,256,263 | 67,604,000 | 1.72% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 11,439,213 | 68,492,000 | 1.63% | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 11,552,876 | 69,226,000 | 0.99% | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 11,520,678 | 69,639,673 | -0.28% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 11,589,528 | 70,020,350 | 0.6% | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 11,819,454 | 70,382,853 | 1.98% | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 12,034,459 | 70,732,699 | 1.82% | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 12,245,726 | 71,061,482 | 1.76% | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 12,448,772 | 71,377,535 | 1.66% | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 12,652,545 | 71,678,351 | 1.64% | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 12,854,926 | 71,959,934 | 1.6% | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 13,050,713 | 72,234,509 | 1.52% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 13,245,158 | 72,497,650 | 1.49% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 13,440,821 | 72,749,096 | 1.48% | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 13,638,248 | 72,990,847 | 1.47% | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 13,840,237 | 73,218,850 | 1.48% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 14,048,303 | 73,441,349 | 1.5% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 14,256,684 | 73,658,392 | 1.48% | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 14,471,288 | 73,868,334 | 1.51% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 14,684,501 | 74,074,316 | 1.47% | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 14,883,641 | 74,275,779 | 1.36% | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 15,077,789 | 74,475,035 | 1.3% | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 15,273,526 | 74,667,284 | 1.3% | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 15,471,971 | 74,848,605 | 1.3% | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 15,662,312 | 75,020,949 | 1.23% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 15,841,619 | 75,184,478 | 1.14% | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 16,021,374 | 75,337,543 | 1.13% | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 16,197,518 | 75,476,141 | 1.1% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 16,367,341 | 75,600,588 | 1.05% | 0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).
Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.
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Population differences between Jordan and the United Kingdom
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 81.6 years |
| Average age | 28.4 years | 41.4 years |
| Median age | 25.5 years | 41 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.6:48.4 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.64 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 337 ppl/mi² | 741 ppl/mi² |
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