Jordan March 13, 2020 Arab League , Arabic , Arabic language , Asia , British colony , colony , conflicts , Dead Sea , Golfe d'Aqaba , guerre des Six Jours , Guerre israélo-arabe de 1948 , Israel , Jordan , Jourdain , Mandat britannique , Middle East , monarchy , Near East , Palestine , Petra , Rania al-Yassin , Red Sea , refugee , Reine Rania , tourism , traité de paix israélo-jordanien , Transjordanie , wars , West Bank , Western Asia , Za'atri Official name The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Name in local language المملكة الأردنّيّة الهاشميّة ; Al-Mamlakah Al-Urdunnīyah Al-Ḥāshimīyah (ar) Continent Asia Subcontinent Western Asia Population (ranking: 90e ) 10,305,560 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 2.16 % / year Area 88,794 km² Density 116.06 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 94e )42.291 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 4,248 $USD (2018) GDP growth 1.90 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 74.40 years (2018) Birth rate 25.23 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 3.50 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 3.80 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 17.00 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 93.55 % (2015) Official languages Arabic Currency Jordanian Dinar (JOD) HDI (ranking: 137e )0.723 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )62.20 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Head of State King Abdullah II National Day May 25 (independence) ISO Codes JO, JOR Demonym Jordanian Tourists (ranking ) 3,844,000 people (2017)
10 million inhabitants Jordan is a country in West Asia. It is surrounded to the west by Palestine and Israel , along the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, to the south by Saudi Arabia , to the east by Iraq and to the north by Syria , and with an access to the Gulf of Aqaba, on the Red Sea.
Al-Khazneh, Petra, Jordan Cave in the Dead Sea, Jordan Amman, capital of Jordan Urban areas (2015) Urban areas Population Amman 6,101,172 inhabitants Irbid 1,770,158 inhabitants Aqaba 188,160 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Governorates (Provinces) Population Area Ajloun 176,080 inhabitants 420 km² Amman 4,007,526 inhabitants 7,579 km² Aqaba 188,160 inhabitants 6,905 km² Balqa 491,709 inhabitants 1,120 km² Irbid 1,770,158 inhabitants 1,572 km² Jerash 237,059 inhabitants 410 km² Karak 316,629 inhabitants 3,495 km² Ma'an 144,082 inhabitants 32,832 km² Madaba 189,192 inhabitants 940 km² Mafraq 549,948 inhabitants 26,551 km² Tafilah 96,291 inhabitants 2,209 km² Zarqa 1,364,878 inhabitants 4,761 km²
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