Population growth in Jordan

The population of Jordan changed by -0.28% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2025 -0.28% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −1.27percentage points 2024: 0.99%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 191st of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Jordan over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period JordanWorld
2025 -0.28% 0.91%
2024 0.99% 0.96%
2023 1.61% 0.93%
2022 1.70% 0.87%
2021 1.83% 0.83%
2020 1.80% 0.98%
2019 1.98% 1.05%
2018 2.20% 1.08%
2017 2.25% 1.13%
2016 4.72% 1.16%
2015 8.22% 1.18%
2014 9.54% 1.21%
2013 5.20% 1.23%
2012 1.42% 1.26%
2011 2.48% 1.22%
2010 2.15% 1.22%
2009 2.15% 1.25%
2008 2.35% 1.27%
2007 6.04% 1.26%
2006 6.39% 1.27%
2005 2.48% 1.27%
2004 2.41% 1.29%
2003 2.21% 1.29%
2002 2.11% 1.31%
2001 2.06% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.27 percentage points from 0.99% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 8.22%, the figure has changed by −8.50 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Jordan has the 191st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Jordan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects