Demographics of Jordan

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Demographics of
84th
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2019 estimate: 10,392,309 (
Jordanians
Major ethnicArabs
Minor ethnicArmenians, Chechens, Circassians, Kurds
Language
OfficialModern Standard Arabic
SpokenJordanian Arabic, English

Arabic: أردنيون) are the citizens of Jordan. Around 94% of Jordanians are Arabs, while the remaining 6% belong to other ethnic minorities, including Circassians, Chechens, Armenians and Kurds.[2] Around 2.9 million inhabitants are non-citizens, a figure including refugees, legal and illegal immigrants.[3] Jordan's annual population growth rate stands at 3.05% as of 2023, with an average birth rate of 2.8. There were 1,977,534 households in Jordan in 2015, with an average of 4.8 persons per household.[3]

The

Arabic, while English is the second most widely spoken language by Jordanians. It is also widely used in commerce and government. In 2016, about 84% of Jordan's population live in urban towns and cities.[2] Many Jordanians and people of Jordanian descent live across the world, mainly in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, United States, Canada and Turkey.[citation needed
]

In 2016, Jordan was named as the largest refugee hosting country per capita in the world, followed by Turkey, Pakistan and Lebanon.[4] Jordan hosts refugees mainly from the Palestinian territories, Syria, and Iraq, as well as smaller communities from other nations. There are also hundreds of thousands of workers from Egypt, Indonesia and South Asia, who work as domestic and construction workers.

Definition

The territory of Jordan can be defined by the history of its creation after the end of

Transjordan memorandum which stated that the Mandate east of the Jordan River would be excluded from all the provisions dealing with Jewish settlement west of the Jordan River.[5]

Ethnic and religious groups

Ethnic groups in Jordan[6]
Ethnic groups
Arabs
95%
Circassian, Chechens
3%
Armenian and others
2%

Arab

Arab Jordanians are mostly either descended from families and clans who were living in the cities and towns in

Al Karak, Ajlun, or have Bedouin origins, and a significant number came in 1948 and 1967 mainly from Jerusalem, Jaffa, Lydda, Bethlehem
, and other Palestinian and Israeli cities.

Druze

The Druze people are believed to constitute about 0.5% of the total population of Jordan, around 32,000 people.

Ismaili Islam, most Druze do not identify as Muslims,[8][9][10][11][12] and they do not accept the five pillars of Islam.[13]

Bedouin Arabs

The other group of Jordanians is descended from Bedouins, of which less than 1% live a nomadic lifestyle. Bedouin settlements are concentrated in the south and east of the country.

Afro-Jordanians

An unknown but considerable number of Jordanians are of African descent.

Armenians

There were an estimated 5,000

Arab Christians in the country.[16]

Assyrians

There is an Assyrian refugee population in Jordan. Many Assyrians have arrived in Jordan as refugees since the invasion of Iraq, making up a large part of the Iraqi refugees.

Circassians

By the end of the 19th century, the Ottoman Authorities directed the Circassian immigrants to settle in Jordan. The Circassians are Sunni Muslims and are estimated to number 100,000 to 170,000 people.

Chechens

There are about 10,000 Chechens estimated to reside in Jordan.

Refugees