Demographics of Jordan
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Jordanians are mostly Arabs, except for a few small communities of Circassians, Chechens, Armenians, and Kurds which have adapted to Arab culture. Jordan's ruling class is made up of people of Bedouin Arab descent, but another big portion of the population are Palestinians. 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 semi-nomadic. Most people live where the rainfall supports agriculture. most immigrant population is Palestinian in origin, having fled the Mandate of Palestine in the wake of the 1948 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars.
[edit] Education
The era of King Hussein saw increased school enrollment rates, which resulted in a rapid rise in the literacy rate in Jordan. At the beginning of his reign in 1952 the literacy rate was 33% and grew to 85% in 1996; according to the 2005 estimate, it is now 91.3% of the total population.
[edit] Statistics
Population: 5,906,760 (July 2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.49% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 21.25 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate: 2.65 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate: 6.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.8% (male 1,018,070/female 976,442)
15-64 years: 62.4% (male 1,966,794/female 1,716,255)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 111,636/female 117,563) (2006 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: 0.95 male(s)/female
total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 17.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.4 years
male: 75.9 years
female: 81.05 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.63 children born/woman (2006 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: Muslim (Sunni) 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.)
[edit] See also
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