Population: 5,307,470 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
36.6% (male 991,370; female 949,247)
15-64 years:
60% (male 1,698,568; female 1,485,261)
65 years and over:
3.4% (male 90,186; female 92,838) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.89% (2002 est.)
Birth rate: 24.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Death rate: 2.62 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate: 6.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.14 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.97 male(s)/female
total population:
1.1 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 19.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
77.71 years
male:
75.26 years
female:
80.3 years (2002 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.15 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Jordanian(s)
adjective:
Jordanian
Ethnic groups: Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
Religions: Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)
Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
86.6%
male:
93.4%
female:
79.4% (1995 est.)