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Jordan: Population in Figures
The latest estimates indicate that Jordan’s population growth rate stood at 2.3% and that the population reached 11.9 million in 2025, although the overall population growth rate in Jordan was approximately 2.1% in 2012, when the population stood at 6.4 million.
Looking back, the total fertility rate in the Kingdom in 1976 was 7.4, while in 2012 it stood at 3.5. By 2023, the fertility rate had further declined to 2.6 children per woman.
In 1979, the average family size was 6.2, while in 2012 it was 5.4, and in 2025 it was 4.8 .
The objective of the Supreme Council for Population’s National Reproductive Health Strategy is to achieve an average of two children per woman of reproductive age, so that society can eventually reach the peak of its demographic dividend and begin reaping its benefits, provided that reforms are implemented in the education, training, health, economic, and governance sectors.
(Supreme Council for Population / Demographic Status of the Population 2024 – Reference Paper).
Birth rates are considered the most important factor to predict population growth. Thus, strategies aiming at lowering birth rates contribute to lowering the annual population growth rate and consequently achieving sustainable development benefiting a large majority of the citizens. This fact highlights the importance of role of civil society institutions, including JAFPP, in implementing awareness, counseling and clinical programs to lower the annual birth rate.
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