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
See also
