How many people live in Jordan right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
11,661,836
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 85 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.14%
- Median age
- 24.9 years
- Children per woman
- 2.54
- Life expectancy
- 78.3 years
- People per km²
- 131
According to UN estimates, about 11.7 million people live in Jordan right now. It ranks 85th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between the Dominican Republic and the United Arab Emirates, and it is home to one in every 714 people on the planet.
Every day, about 610 people are born there and about 100 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 60,700 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 670 people a day (2.12% a year).
In 1950, about 438,802 people lived there. Today there are 27 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 16.4 million people (40% more than today), and by 2100 about 21.3 million.
Half of its people are younger than 25 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.54 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 78 years (worldwide, 74). There are 131 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Jordan in 2026?
- Jordan has about 11.7 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 11,589,532.
- How many people are born each day in Jordan?
- About 610 a day (223,000 a year). About 100 people die each day (37,700 a year).
- Is the population of Jordan growing?
- Yes: it grows by 2.12% a year, or about 246,000 people.
- What will the population of Jordan be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 16.4 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Haiti 12,078,605
- Belgium 11,779,072
- Dominican Republic 11,636,796
- United Arab Emirates 11,631,652
- Honduras 11,240,643
- Tajikistan 11,038,331
More countries in Asia
- India 1,480,583,724
- China 1,411,889,255
- Indonesia 288,549,865
- Pakistan 260,627,150
- Bangladesh 178,484,004
- Japan 122,207,157
- Philippines 118,018,710
- Vietnam 102,351,219
- Iran 93,380,133
- Turkey 88,012,216
- Thailand 71,536,984
- Myanmar 55,285,187
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.