Indicator	Value
Total population	11,600,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 11,550,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 11,550,000 people
Median age	24.5 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	77.8–78 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 77.98 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 77.81 years
Ethnic groups	Jordanian 69.3%, Syrian 13.3%, Palestinian 6.7%, Egyptian 6.7%, Iraqi 1.4%, other 2.6% (2015 est.); note: data represent population by self-identified nationality in national censusCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Muslim 97.1% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.1% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1%, folk <0.1%, other <0.1%, unaffiliated <0.1% (2020 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	92% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.989 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	20.5 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	3.12 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	93 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Domari Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic Jordanian Bengali Pidgin Arabic Levantine Arabic Sign Language Modern Hebrew Najdi Arabic North Mesopotamian Arabic Northern Kurdish Standard Arabic West Circassian Glottolog [2026]