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Jordan

31.0N 36.0E · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE OF THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM · 25 MAY 1946
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1952 - present · Modern Jordan: Hussein, the Wars, Peace and Abdullah II
6 EVENTS
2 May 1953 · King Hussein assumes power 2 REFS
June 1967 · The Six-Day War and loss of the West Bank 2 REFS
1916 - 1951 · The Arab Revolt, the Emirate of Transjordan and Independence
5 EVENTS
June 1916 · The Great Arab Revolt begins 2 REFS
11 April 1921 · Abdullah founds the Emirate of Transjordan 2 REFS
636 - 1916 · Islam, the Caliphates and Four Centuries of Ottoman Rule
4 EVENTS
661 - 750 CE · Umayyad rule and the desert castles 2 REFS
1516 - 1517 · The Ottomans conquer the region 2 REFS
63 BCE - 636 CE · Rome, the Decapolis and Byzantine Christianity
4 EVENTS
63 BCE · Pompey creates the Decapolis 2 REFS
636 CE · The Battle of the Yarmuk 2 REFS
c. 4th century BCE - 106 CE · The Nabataeans and the Rose-Red City of Petra
4 EVENTS
312 BCE · The Nabataeans resist the Greeks at Petra 2 REFS
106 CE · Rome annexes the Nabataean kingdom 2 REFS
c. 1200 - 332 BCE · The Kingdoms East of the Jordan: Ammon, Moab and Edom
4 EVENTS
c. 1200 BCE · Ammon, Moab and Edom emerge 2 REFS
c. 9th century BCE · The Mesha Stele of Moab 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Amman
Population
10 m
Area
89,342 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Arabic
Currency
Jordanian dinar (د.ا)
Demonym
Jordanian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$62 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$5,348’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
1.8%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
146.0%’07 WB-WDI

Society

Population
12 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
78.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
93.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.6’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
94.4%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
44.4’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
59.9’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
55.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
59.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
59.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
53.4’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
7.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.85’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
12.9’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
99.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
89.0%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
94.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
98.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
91.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
35.9%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.7%’16 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
576’17 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
95.6%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
70’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
2.1%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
88,794 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
1.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
11.5%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
2.1’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
11.5%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Phosphate rock
12 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
4.8%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$2.6 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
116,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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