Jordan Facts
Jordan's Information

Land Area | 88,802 km2 |
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Water Area | 540 km2 |
Total Area | 89,342km2 (#110) |
Population | 8,185,384 (#96) |
Population Density | 92.18/km2 |
Government Type | Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
GDP (PPP) | $86.19 Billion |
GDP Per Capita | $11,100 |
Currency | Dinar (JOD) |
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- Name: Jordan
(long form) Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Capital City: Amman (1,919,000 pop.)
(2,125,000 metro) - Jordan Population: 6,482,081 (2013 est.)
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- Currency: Jordanian dinar
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50 dinars - Ethnicity: Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
- GDP total: $38.67 billion (2012 est.)
- GDP per capita: $6,000 (2012 est.)
- Land Sizes
- Language: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes
- Largest Cities: (by population) Amman, Irbid
- Name: Aramaic Yarden in origin, meaning "down-flowing," or "one who descends," and is named after the River Jordan
- National Day: May 25
- Religion: Sunni Muslim 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 Shia Muslim and Druze populations)
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This page was last updated on April 7, 2017.
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