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Key facts

  • currency: Jordanian dinar
  • capital city: Amman
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 88,794 km²
  • population: 11,337,052 people
  • political leader: Abdullah II (King)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [31°0′N, 36°0′E]

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Summary

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 11,337,052 people and uses the currency Jordanian dinar. The King is Abdullah II.

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
  • 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): 34.54 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 20.00
  • Methane emissions: 6.88 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 5,468,070 people
  • Male population: 5,868,983 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 11.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 86,673.40 km²
  • Rural population: 904,697 people
  • Urban land area: 2,170.09 km²
  • Urban population: 10,432,355 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.04 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Jordan by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Jordan

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

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Jordan

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Jordan

Jordan relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Jordan relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Jordan

Jordan relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Jordan

Jordan relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Jordan

Jordan relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Jordan relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Jordan relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

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

Evolution of historical internet access in Jordan

Evolution of historical land area in Jordan

Evolution of historical median age in Jordan

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Jordan

Jordan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Jordan relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Jordan relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Jordan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Jordan relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Jordan relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Jordan

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan

Jordan relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Jordan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Jordan relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Jordan

Jordan relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Jordan

Evolution of historical male population in Jordan

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Jordan

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Jordan

Evolution of historical rural population in Jordan

Jordan relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Jordan

Jordan relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Jordan

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

Jordan relationship between date and population over time

Jordan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Jordan

Jordan relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Jordan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Jordan

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Jordan

Jordan relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Jordan relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Jordan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Jordan relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Jordan relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Jordan

Jordan relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Jordan relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Jordan relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Jordan relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Jordan relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Jordan relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Jordan

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Jordan

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Jordan

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Jordan

Distribution of sites in Jordan by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Jordan by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Jordan

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Jordan by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Jordan

Cities in Jordan

Sites in Jordan

Wildfires in Jordan

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Business

  • Central government debt: 101.14 % of GDP
  • Expense: 28.86 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 50,813,642,348.67 current US$
  • Inflation: 2.08 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 11.67 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 17.51 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 17.94 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 8.54 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Jordan by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Jordan

Evolution of historical expense in Jordan

Evolution of historical GDP in Jordan

Jordan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Jordan

Evolution of historical self employed in Jordan

Jordan relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Jordan

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Jordan

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Jordan

Distribution of shops in Jordan by country

Companies in Jordan

Exchanges in Jordan

Shops from Jordan

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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

Jordan relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Jordan relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Jordan relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Jordan relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Jordan relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Jordan

Jordan relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Jordan

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Jordan

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Jordan

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Jordan

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Jordan

Jordan relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Jordan relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Jordan

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Jordan

Distribution of diseases in Jordan by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Jordan by start date

Evolution of historical covid cases in Jordan

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Jordan

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Jordan

Diseases in Jordan

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 116,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.93
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Military expenditure: 4.84 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 12.31 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Jordan

Jordan relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Jordan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Jordan relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Jordan relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Jordan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Jordan relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Jordan relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Jordan

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

Distribution of politicians from Jordan by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Jordan by gender

Political parties in Jordan

Politicians from Jordan

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Jordan by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Jordan

Distribution of competitions by city in Jordan

Distribution of competitions by country in Jordan

Distribution of competitions in Jordan by start date

Distribution of medals won by Jordan at the Olympics

Athletes from Jordan

Competitions in Jordan

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Jordan by birth date

Distribution of artists from Jordan by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Jordan by visitors

Artists from Jordan

Museums in Jordan

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Jordan by total students

Distribution of universities in Jordan by foundation year

Universities in Jordan

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In literature

There are 260 books written about Jordan in the database

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

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