Geography - note:
strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab
country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied
West Bank
People Jordan
Population:
5,611,202 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 35.2% (male 1,009,604; female 967,645)
15-64 years: 61.1% (male 1,829,984; female 1,598,141)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 100,896; female 104,932) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 22.2 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 21.5 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.67% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
22.73 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
2.62 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
6.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)