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Jordan vs Palestinian Territories
How Jordan and Palestinian Territories compare on 29 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Jordan was higher: 77.8 years against 65.2 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Jordan was higher: $4,579 against $2,302
- Population · In 2023, Jordan was higher: 11.4 million people against 5.41 million people
- Electoral democracy · In 1948, Jordan was higher: 0.13 of 1 against 0.08 of 1
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Palestinian Territories: 65.2 years in 2023
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Palestinian Territories: 5.41 million people in 2023
- GDP per personJordan: $4,579 in 2025Palestinian Territories: $2,302 in 2025
- TemperatureJordan: 20.6 °C in 2025Palestinian Territories: 21.2 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Palestinian Territories: 65.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Palestinian Territories: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Palestinian Territories: 14.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJordan: 85.7% in 2022Palestinian Territories: 80.3% in 2022
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017Palestinian Territories: 4.67% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Palestinian Territories: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Palestinian Territories: 5.41 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023Palestinian Territories: 1.52% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023Palestinian Territories: 3.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025Palestinian Territories: 87.4% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023Palestinian Territories: 19.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023Palestinian Territories: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Palestinian Territories: -4.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020Palestinian Territories: 0 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020Palestinian Territories: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024Palestinian Territories: 2 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, IISS, SIPRI, ERA5, CMIP6, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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