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Jordan is a country. The capital city is Amman, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 88,794 km², a population of 11,439,213 people and uses the currency Jordanian dinar. The King is Abdullah II.

Key facts

  • currency: Jordanian dinar
  • capital city: Amman
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 88,794 km²
  • population: 11,439,213 people
  • political leader: Abdullah II (King)
Classified as: place
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Location on a map: 31°0′N, 36°0′E

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Environment

Jordan is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 10,230.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 1.92 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 23.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 48.44 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.28 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 50.59 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.69 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 96.81 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.79 births per woman
  • Forest area: 975 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 97.61 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 33.41 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 20.30
  • Methane emissions: 5.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.09 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 5,535,962 people
  • Male population: 5,903,251 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 11.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 86,673.40 km²
  • Rural population: 912,849 people
  • Urban land area: 2,170.09 km²
  • Urban population: 10,526,364 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.04 % of total population

Proportion of transboundary sites in Jordan

Geographical distribution of cities in Jordan by population

dataset Cities in Jordan:

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Jordan

Evolution of historical forest area in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Jordan

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Jordan

Evolution of historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Jordan

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban land area in Jordan

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population in Jordan

Evolution of historical land area in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical median age in Jordan

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Jordan

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Jordan

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Jordan

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Jordan

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Jordan

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Evolution of historical population in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between urban land area and population in Jordan

Evolution of historical female population in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical male population in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical rural land area in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical rural population in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Jordan

Evolution of historical urban land area in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Jordan

Evolution of historical urban population in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between population and date in Jordan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Jordan

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Jordan

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Jordan

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Jordan

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Jordan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Jordan

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Jordan

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Jordan

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Jordan

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Jordan

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Jordan

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Jordan

Distribution of sites in Jordan by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Jordan by area

dataset Sites in Jordan:

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Jordan by mean width

dataset Wildfires in Jordan:

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Jordan

Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 116,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.93
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Individuals using the internet: 90.50 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 4.91 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -17,445 people
  • Press freedom: 1.81
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 12.31 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between armed forces personnel and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Jordan

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Jordan

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Jordan

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Jordan

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Jordan

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Jordan

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical net migration in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

dataset Political parties in Jordan:

Distribution of politicians from Jordan by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Jordan

dataset Politicians from Jordan:

Business

  • Central government debt: 100.91 % of GDP
  • Expense: 28.80 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 50,967,475,352.11 current US$
  • Inflation: 2.08 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 11.70 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 17.47 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 17.97 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 8.36 % of total employment

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Jordan

dataset Companies in Jordan:

Proportion of employee types in companies from Jordan

Distribution of companies in Jordan by foundation year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Jordan

Relationship between revenues and employees in Jordan

Evolution of historical central government debt in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical expense in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical GDP in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Jordan

Evolution of historical inflation in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Jordan

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical unemployment in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

dataset Exchanges in Jordan:

dataset Shops in Jordan :

Health

  • Birth rate: 21.62 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 3.96 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 299.07 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 7.29 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 1.38 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 74
  • Suicide mortality rate: 1.60 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Jordan

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Jordan

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Jordan

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Jordan

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Jordan

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Jordan

Evolution of historical death rate in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Jordan

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Jordan

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Jordan

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Jordan plus_pro Forecast

dataset Diseases in Jordan :

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Jordan

Proportion of diseases in Jordan by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Jordan by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Jordan

Evolution of historical deaths in Jordan

Relationship between cases and deaths in Jordan

Sports

dataset Athletes from Jordan:

Distribution of athletes from Jordan by birth date

Proportion of athletes per gender in Jordan

dataset Competitions in Jordan :

Distribution of competitions in Jordan by start date

Proportion of medals won by Jordan in the Olympics

Culture

dataset Artists from Jordan:

Distribution of artists from Jordan by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Jordan

Geographical distribution of museums in Jordan by visitors

dataset Museums in Jordan:

Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Jordan by total students

Distribution of universities in Jordan per foundation year

dataset Universities in Jordan:

In literature

There are 260 books written about Jordan in the database

Related

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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