Demographics of Jordan

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Jordanians are Arabs, except for a few small communities of Circassians, Chechens, Armenians, and Kurds which have adapted to Arab culture. Jordan was largely made of people of Bedouin Arab descent, but today two-thirds of Jordanians are descendants of Palestinian refugees.[1] Jews were expelled in 1923 and denied citizenship since.Template:Fact The official language is Arabic, but English is used widely in commerce and government. About 70% of Jordan's population is urban; less than 6% of the rural population is nomadic or seminomadic. Most people live where the rainfall supports agriculture.

Population: 5,759,732 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 34.5% (male 1,015,084; female 973,220)
15-64 years: 61.7% (male 1,897,643; female 1,656,570)
65 years and over: 3.8% (male 106,168; female 111,047) (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.56% (2005 est.)

Birth rate: 21.76 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 2.63 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 6.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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 (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 17.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.24 years
male: 75.75 years
female: 80.88 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.71 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Jordanian(s)
adjective: Jordanian
non-Jordanians: 349.933 (7%) at the 2004 Census

Ethnic groups: Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%

Religions: 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.)

Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among the educated and the upper and middle classes

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.3%
male: 95.9%
female: 86.3% (2003 est.)

See also : Jordan