Jordan People:
Population:
5,759,732 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 34.5% (male:1,015,084; female:973,220)
15-64 years: 61.7% (male:1,897,643; female:1,656,570)
65 years and over: 3.8% (male:106,168; female:111,047) (2005)
Median age:
total: 22.62 years
male: 23.25 years
female: 21.94 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
2.56% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
21.76 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
2.63 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
6.42 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 17.35 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 13.75 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 20.75 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 78.24 years (2005 est.)
male: 75.75 years
female: 80.88 years
Total fertility rate:
2.71 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
600 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 500 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Jordanian(s)
adjective: Jordanian
Ethnic groups:
Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations) 6%, other (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) 2% (2001)
Languages:
Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.3%
male: 95.9%
female: 86.3% (2003)
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