Jordan vs Palestinian Territories
Jordan vs Palestinian Territories: Internet users
Internet users: 95.6% in Jordan in 2024 and 86.6% in Palestinian Territories in 2023, by ITU estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Jordan, by 5.9 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Palestinian Territories.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Palestinian Territories.
- The world as a whole: 69.2% in 2023.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Jordan | Palestinian Territories | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 95.6 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 92.5 | 86.6 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 90.5 | 88.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | 86 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 78.4 | 76.2 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 70.1 | 70.6 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 65.2 | 64.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 64.5 | 63.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 56.2 | 59.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 54.2 | 56.7 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 46.2 | 53.7 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 41.4 | 46.6 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 37 | 43.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 34.9 | 41.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 27.2 | 37.4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 26 | 32.2 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 23 | 24.4 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 20 | 21.2 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 13.9 | 18.4 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 12.9 | 16 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 4.4 | – |
| 2003 | 8.5 | 4.1 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | 3.1 | – |
| 2001 | 4.7 | 1.8 | – |
| 2000 | 2.6 | 1.1 | – |
| 1999 | 2.5 | – | – |
| 1998 | 1.3 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0.6 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Jordan vs Palestinian Territories
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