Population
11.5M
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,205
in 2031
Passport power
#165
20 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
12
Top: Amman
Country overview
- Official name
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Capital
- Amman
- Continent
- Asia / Western Asia
- Area
- 89,342 km²
- Population
- 11.5M
- Density
- 116.7/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .jo
- Calling code
- +962
- Timezone
- UTC+03:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #165 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 20
- Total accessible
- 49
- Immigration programs
- 1 Residency 1 Citizenship
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic (العربية)
- Religions
- Islam 95.0%, Christianity 3.0%, Druze 1.0%
- Currencies
- د.ا JOD — Jordanian dinar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.754
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $14,205
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 78.0 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 95.6%
- Gini index (2010)
- 33.7
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.2%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 21.3%
- Urban population (2024)
- 93.0%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 4.5/10
- PM2.5 (2019)
- 25.9 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2023)
- 1.0/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.55
Latest news
| Update | Category | Source | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Opens Foreign Worker Immigration Status Regularization Period Through September 2026 | Visa & immigration | Erickson Immigration Group | 3 months ago |