FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   813   814   815   816   817   818   819   820   821   822   823   824   825   826   827   828   829   830   831   832   833   834   835   836   837  
838   839   840   841   842   843   844   845   846   847   848   849   850   851   852   853   854   855   856   857   858   859   860   861   862   >>   >|  
he head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank People Jordan Population: 5,759,732 (July 2005 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 34.5% (male 1,015,084/female 973,220) 15-64 years: 61.7% (male 1,897,643/female 1,656,570) 65 years and over: 3.8% (male 106,168/female 111,047) (2005 est.) Median age: total: 22.62 years male: 23.25 years female: 21.94 years (2005 est.) Population growth rate: 2.56% (2005 est.) Birth rate: 21.76 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) Death rate: 2.63 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) Net migration rate: 6.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2005 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 17.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.24 years male: 75.75 years female: 80.88 years (2005 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.71 children born/woman (2005 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 600 (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.) Nationality: noun: Jordanian(s) adjective: Jordanian Ethnic groups: Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1% Religions: 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 Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.) Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.3% male: 95.9% female: 86.3% (2003 est.) Government Jordan Country name: conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan conventional short form: Jordan local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah local short form: Al Urdun former: Transjordan Government type: constitutional monarchy Capital: 'Amman Administrative divisions: 12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ajlun, Al 'Aqabah,
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   813   814   815   816   817   818   819   820   821   822   823   824   825   826   827   828   829   830   831   832   833   834   835   836   837  
838   839   840   841   842   843   844   845   846   847   848   849   850   851   852   853   854   855   856   857   858   859   860   861   862   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

female

 

population

 
deaths
 

births

 

Jordan

 

Orthodox

 

Government

 

conventional

 

Muslim

 
Population

Armenian

 

Jordanian

 
Religions
 

adjective

 

populations

 
Circassian
 

Protestant

 

Christian

 

majority

 

groups


Catholics

 
denominations
 

Ethnic

 

Syrian

 

Coptic

 
Transjordan
 

constitutional

 
monarchy
 

Mamlakah

 
Urduniyah

Hashimiyah
 

Capital

 

singular

 
muhafazah
 

Aqabah

 

muhafazat

 
governorates
 

Administrative

 

divisions

 
Kingdom

Hashemite

 

middle

 
classes
 

understood

 

widely

 

Arabic

 
official
 
English
 

Literacy

 
definition