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Population in Jordan compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Jordan was 11,552,876 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jordan's population is 11,575,983 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 29.7 times bigger than Jordan's.
  • Jordan is ranked the 85th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.29% of the world: 0.14% for Jordan vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Jordan has had an average growth rate of +3.45% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Jordan has increased from 6.03M people to 11.6M (92% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Jordan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21.3M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Jordan vs United States: live population counter

Jordan United States
Current population
11575983
343323530
Population rank 85/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 4.15%
One net population change
4.62 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
2.23 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
15.1 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
3.36 minutes
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -156,369 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +311 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +113,663 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +0.99% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 103/197 72/197

Jordan and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Jordan
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Jordan United States Jordan United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 853,471 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 897,591 183,691,481 5.17% 1.67%
1962 940,554 186,537,737 4.79% 1.55%
1963 984,714 189,241,798 4.7% 1.45%
1964 1,035,640 191,888,791 5.17% 1.4%
1965 1,099,440 194,302,963 6.16% 1.26%
1966 1,178,360 196,560,338 7.18% 1.16%
1967 1,271,183 198,712,056 7.88% 1.09%
1968 1,372,460 200,706,052 7.97% 1%
1969 1,473,100 202,676,946 7.33% 0.98%
1970 1,565,163 205,052,174 6.25% 1.17%
1971 1,645,145 207,660,677 5.11% 1.27%
1972 1,714,555 209,896,021 4.22% 1.08%
1973 1,778,094 211,908,788 3.71% 0.96%
1974 1,839,182 213,853,928 3.44% 0.92%
1975 1,899,055 215,973,199 3.26% 0.99%
1976 1,958,177 218,035,164 3.11% 0.95%
1977 2,019,002 220,239,425 3.11% 1.01%
1978 2,083,595 222,584,545 3.2% 1.06%
1979 2,153,882 225,055,487 3.37% 1.11%
1980 2,234,186 226,542,250 3.73% 0.66%
1981 2,325,517 229,465,744 4.09% 1.29%
1982 2,426,927 231,664,432 4.36% 0.96%
1983 2,537,307 233,792,014 4.55% 0.92%
1984 2,654,688 235,824,908 4.63% 0.87%
1985 2,778,810 237,923,734 4.68% 0.89%
1986 2,909,887 240,132,831 4.72% 0.93%
1987 3,047,634 242,288,936 4.73% 0.9%
1988 3,193,039 244,499,004 4.77% 0.91%
1989 3,349,627 246,819,222 4.9% 0.95%
1990 3,621,908 250,131,894 8.13% 1.34%
1991 3,915,149 253,492,503 8.1% 1.34%
1992 4,127,693 256,894,189 5.43% 1.34%
1993 4,348,020 260,255,352 5.34% 1.31%
1994 4,561,406 263,435,673 4.91% 1.22%
1995 4,752,096 266,557,091 4.18% 1.18%
1996 4,912,516 269,667,391 3.38% 1.17%
1997 5,046,285 272,911,760 2.72% 1.2%
1998 5,164,284 276,115,288 2.34% 1.17%
1999 5,276,444 279,294,713 2.17% 1.15%
2000 5,386,945 282,162,411 2.09% 1.03%
2001 5,498,894 284,968,955 2.08% 0.99%
2002 5,616,066 287,625,193 2.13% 0.93%
2003 5,741,828 290,107,933 2.24% 0.86%
2004 5,882,061 292,805,298 2.44% 0.93%
2005 6,029,587 295,516,599 2.51% 0.93%
2006 6,427,371 298,379,912 6.6% 0.97%
2007 6,827,227 301,231,207 6.22% 0.96%
2008 6,989,866 304,093,966 2.38% 0.95%
2009 7,141,753 306,771,529 2.17% 0.88%
2010 7,297,043 309,327,143 2.17% 0.83%
2011 7,480,424 311,583,481 2.51% 0.73%
2012 7,587,127 313,877,662 1.43% 0.74%
2013 7,991,809 316,059,947 5.33% 0.7%
2014 8,791,710 318,386,329 10% 0.74%
2015 9,544,729 320,738,994 8.57% 0.74%
2016 10,006,367 323,071,755 4.84% 0.73%
2017 10,234,226 325,122,128 2.28% 0.63%
2018 10,462,306 326,838,199 2.23% 0.53%
2019 10,671,891 328,329,953 2% 0.46%
2020 10,865,228 331,526,933 1.81% 0.97%
2021 11,066,356 331,893,745 1.85% 0.11%
2022 11,256,263 333,271,411 1.72% 0.42%
2023 11,439,213 334,914,895 1.63% 0.49%
2024 11,552,876 340,110,988 0.99% 1.55%
2025 11,520,678 341,931,772 -0.28% 0.54%
2026 11,589,528 343,664,369 0.6% 0.51%
2027 11,819,454 345,331,185 1.98% 0.49%
2028 12,034,459 346,981,137 1.82% 0.48%
2029 12,245,726 348,601,982 1.76% 0.47%
2030 12,448,772 350,176,974 1.66% 0.45%
2031 12,652,545 351,725,612 1.64% 0.44%
2032 12,854,926 353,249,060 1.6% 0.43%
2033 13,050,713 354,749,644 1.52% 0.42%
2034 13,245,158 356,234,239 1.49% 0.42%
2035 13,440,821 357,694,316 1.48% 0.41%
2036 13,638,248 359,119,002 1.47% 0.4%
2037 13,840,237 360,517,853 1.48% 0.39%
2038 14,048,303 361,895,407 1.5% 0.38%
2039 14,256,684 363,229,908 1.48% 0.37%
2040 14,471,288 364,512,364 1.51% 0.35%
2041 14,684,501 365,753,139 1.47% 0.34%
2042 14,883,641 366,969,419 1.36% 0.33%
2043 15,077,789 368,146,925 1.3% 0.32%
2044 15,273,526 369,258,123 1.3% 0.3%
2045 15,471,971 370,318,770 1.3% 0.29%
2046 15,662,312 371,328,255 1.23% 0.27%
2047 15,841,619 372,299,116 1.14% 0.26%
2048 16,021,374 373,230,539 1.13% 0.25%
2049 16,197,518 374,119,803 1.1% 0.24%
2050 16,367,341 374,986,259 1.05% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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