Capital

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name: Amman

geographic coordinates: 31 57 N, 35 56 E

time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in February; ends last Friday in October

etymology: in the 13th century B.C., the Ammonites named their main city "Rabbath Ammon"; "rabbath" designated "capital," so the name meant "The Capital of [the] Ammon[ites]"; over time, the "Rabbath" came to be dropped and the city became known simply as "Ammon" and then "Amman"

Citizenship

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citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: the father must be a citizen of Jordan

dual citizenship recognized: yes

residency requirement for naturalization: 15 years

Legal system

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mixed system developed from codes instituted by the Ottoman Empire (based on French law), British common law, and Islamic law

Suffrage

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18 years of age; universal

Area

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total: 89,342 sq km

land: 88,802 sq km

water: 540 sq km

Land use

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agricultural land: 11.4% (2018 est.)

arable land: 2% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 1% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 8.4% (2018 est.)

forest: 1.1% (2018 est.)

other: 87.5% (2018 est.)

Location

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Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel (to the west) and Iraq

Age structure

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0-14 years: 31.42% (male 1,788,882/female 1,694,417)

15-64 years: 64.53% (male 3,802,074/female 3,352,680)

65 years and over: 4.05% (2023 est.) (male 218,218/female 230,445)

Birth rate

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22.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

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3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Languages

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Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)

major-language sample(s):
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Life expectancy at birth

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total population: 76.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 74.8 years

female: 77.8 years

Major urban areas - population

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2.232 million AMMAN (capital) (2023)

Median age

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total: 24.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 25.1 years

female: 24.1 years

Mother's mean age at first birth

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24.6 years (2017/18 est.)

note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49

Net migration rate

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-11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

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population heavily concentrated in the west, and particularly the northwest, in and around the capital of Amman; a sizeable, but smaller population is located in the southwest along the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba

Population growth rate

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0.79% (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

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2.91 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Urbanization

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urban population: 92% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Education expenditures

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3.2% of GDP (2021 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

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total: 11 years

male: 10 years

female: 11 years (2020)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

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-5.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Industrial production growth rate

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3.02% (2021 est.)

Labor force

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2.865 million (2021 est.)

Population below poverty line

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15.7% (2018 est.)

Unemployment rate

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19.25% (2021 est.)

19.03% (2020 est.)

16.81% (2019 est.)

note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%

Public debt

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75.14% of GDP (2020 est.)

78.48% of GDP (2019 est.)

75.38% of GDP (2017 est.)

note: data cover central government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

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1.35% (2021 est.)

0.33% (2020 est.)

0.76% (2019 est.)

Exports

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$13.864 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$10.444 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$16.17 billion (2019 est.)

Exports - partners

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United States 26%, India 13%, Saudi Arabia 11%, Iraq 5%, China 4% (2021)

Imports

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$23.392 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$18.424 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$21.964 billion (2019 est.)

Imports - partners

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China 17%, Saudi Arabia 14%, United Arab Emirates 11%, United States 5%, Turkey 3% (2021)

Airports

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18 (2021)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

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total: 630,545 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2020 est.)

Internet users

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total: 9.13 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 83% (2021 est.)

Railways

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total: 509 km (2020)

narrow gauge: 509 km (2014) 1.050-m gauge

Roadways

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total: 7,203 km (2011)

paved: 7,203 km (2011)

Telephones - fixed lines

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total subscriptions: 427,517 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

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total subscriptions: 7,275,563 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 65 (2021 est.)

Disputes - international

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Jordan-Iraq: the two countries signed a border agreement in 1984; Jordan has ratified the treaty, but it has not been confirmed that Iraq has ratified it; as of 2010, the agreement had not been registered with the UN

Jordan-Israel: none identified

Jordan-Saudi Arabia: Jordan and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to demarcate their maritime borders in 2007

Jordan-Syria: the two countries signed an agreement in 2005 to settle the border dispute based on a 1931 demarcation accord; the two countries began demarcation in 2006

Jordan-West Bank: none identified