On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. 22 Sep September 22, 2020. Its only port city is Aqaba, situated on the narrow Gulf of Aqaba, which empties into the Red Sea.

Get the latest and most up-to-date tourism statistics for all the countries and regions around the world. JD Million, JUL 2020. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage. Jordan has a multi-party system, although the majority of politicians run as independents. Tourism at sites such as the famous city of Petra accounts for about 12% of Jordan's gross domestic product.

Transjordan officially opposed the partition of Palestine and creation of Israel two years later, and joined in the 1948 Arab/Israeli War. The following year, a Palestinian assassin killed King Abdullah I during a visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. For further help try our FAQ, Definitions or Contact Us pages. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers. Jordan 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.) King Abdullah acquired a country with only about 200,000 citizens, approximately half of them nomadic.

Jordan's official language is Arabic. Just two years later, Jordan sent an army brigade to Syria to help fend off the Israeli counteroffensive in the Yom Kippur War (Ramadan War) of 1973. There are three types of age dependency ratio: Youth, Elderly, and Total. The western highland area is more suitable for agriculture and boasts a Mediterranean climate and evergreen forests. Jordan itself was not a target during that conflict. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage. The population growth rate is a very modest 0.14% as of 2013. Click any point for a popup with further people group details. In 1922, Britain assigned a Hashemite lord, Abdullah I, to govern Transjordan; his brother Faisal was appointed king of Syria, and later was moved to Iraq. A brief stint by Abdullah's mentally unstable son, Talal, was followed by the ascension of Abdullah's 18-year-old grandson to the throne in 1953. Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. Approximately 92% of Jordanians are Sunni Muslim, and Islam is the official religion of Jordan. Today, just 6% of Jordanians are Christians - mostly Greek Orthodox, with smaller communities from other Orthodox churches.

About 77% of Jordan's workers are employed in the service sector, including trade and finance, transportation, public utilities, etc. A value below 2.1 will cause the native population to decline, See also: Countries in the world ranked by Life Expectancy. Jordan's currency is the dinar, which has an exchange rate of 1 dinar = 1.41 USD. In July 1971, the Jordanians defeated the Syrians and fedayeen, driving them across the border. The kingdom has a small, struggling agricultural and industrial base, due in large part to its shortages of fresh water and oil.

On the northern border sits Syria, while to the east is Iraq. In May of 1967, Jordan signed a mutual defense treaty with Egypt. As a relatively stable part of a chaotic region, Jordan plays host to enormous numbers of refugees, as well.

4th Quarter, 2019. In 1950, Jordan annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a move that most other nations refused to recognize. Israel prevailed, and the first of several floods of Palestinian refugees moved into Jordan. - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.

To get back in international good graces, in 1994 Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel, ending almost 50 years of declared war. Jordan's court system is independent of the king, and includes a supreme court called the "Court of Cassation," as well as several Courts of Appeal.

Almost 2 million Palestinian refugees live in Jordan, many since 1948, and more than 300,000 of them still live in refugee camps.

Approximately 14% of Jordanians live below the poverty line. Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site.

Jordan came into being in the 20th century as part of the French and British division of the Arabian Peninsula; Jordan became a British Mandate under the UN's approval until 1946, when it became independent. When the Abbasid Empire (750 - 1258) moved its capital away from Damascus to Baghdad, to be closer to the center of their expanding empire, Jordan fell into obscurity. Its official unemployment rate is 12.5%, although the youth unemployment rate is closer to 30%. English is the most commonly used second language and is widely spoken by middle and upper-class Jordanians. To the west is Israel and the Palestinian West Bank. Currently, 90.9 % of the population of Jordan is urban (9,183,930 people in 2019) Population Density The 2019 population density in Jordan is 114 people per Km 2 (295 people per mi 2 ), calculated on a total land area of 88,780 Km2 (34,278 sq. People in the area likely domesticated grains, peas, lentils, goats, and later cats to protect their stored food from rodents. 8.3% the Average Decrease in Agricultural Producers’ Prices during July 2020 . Points are best estimates, but should not be taken as exact. The constitution stipulates there shall be no discrimination based on religion. Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. Black September: The Jordanian-PLO Civil War of 1970, Six-Day War in 1967 Reshaped the Middle East, An Overview of the Palestine Liberation Organization, The 1970 Palestinian Hijackings of Three Jets to Jordan, A Brief History of U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian Relations, U.S. Policy in the Middle East: 1945 to 2008, Islamic Civilization: Timeline and Definition, Christians of the Middle East: Country-By-Country Facts, J.D., University of Washington School of Law, B.A., History, Western Washington University. miles). She has taught at the high school and university levels in the U.S. and South Korea. Click the image in the popup window for a people group profile. While the country has followers of every major religion, nearly half (46.5%) of the residents identify as Protestant Christians. The climate shades from Mediterranean to desert moving west to east across Jordan. About 98% of Jordanians are Arabs, with small populations of Circassians, Armenians, and Kurds making up the remaining 2%. Jordan hopes to improve its economic situation in coming years by bring four nuclear power plants on-line, which will reduce expensive diesel imports from Saudi Arabia, and by beginning to exploit its oil-shale reserves. Little, if any, history of Christianity. Welcome.

In rare instances a representative photo may be used. Formula: (([Population ages 0-15] + [Population ages 65-plus]) ÷ [Population ages 16-64]) × 100. To the south and east, Jordan borders on Saudi Arabia. One month later, Israel obliterated the Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi, and Jordanian militaries in the Six-Day War, and took the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan. This continued for four centuries until the Ottoman Empire fell in 1922 after its defeat in World War I. Jordan's per capita income is $6,100 US.