Jordan vs Palestinian Territories: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 1.6% a year in Jordan and 1.52% a year in Palestinian Territories, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Jordan, by 0.08 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Palestinian Territories.

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% a year · UN

JordanPalestinian TerritoriesUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Jordan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Palestinian Territories.
In 2023, Jordan ranked 69 and Palestinian Territories ranked 72 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Jordan at 0.16% a year and Palestinian Territories at 0.06% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Jordan	Palestinian Territories	World
2023	1.6	1.52	0.87
2022	1.62	2.36	0.88
2021	1.78	2.21	0.8
2020	1.89	2.31	0.9
2019	1.7	2.16	1.03
2018	2.27	2.21	1.07
2017	2.14	2.29	1.13
2016	2.37	2.41	1.17
2015	7.19	2.45	1.18
2014	9.33	2.28	1.22
2013	9.77	2.33	1.23
2012	0.39	2.36	1.27
2011	2.46	2.42	1.26
2010	2.5	2.45	1.27
2009	1.79	2.37	1.28
2008	2.52	2.39	1.28
2007	2.19	2.49	1.28
2006	10.13	2.47	1.28
2005	2.41	2.4	1.27
2004	2.55	2.28	1.28
2003	2.28	2.21	1.29
2002	2.15	2.3	1.3
2001	2.07	2.59	1.33
2000	2.05	3.08	1.35
1999	2.1	3.07	1.35
1998	2.2	3.13	1.37
1997	2.42	3.98	1.39
1996	2.96	4.07	1.42
1995	3.7	4.13	1.45
1994	4.51	4.19	1.47
1993	5.09	4.22	1.52
1992	5.32	4.24	1.57
1991	5.25	4.17	1.63
1990	10.53	4.06	1.76
1989	4.88	3.9	1.78
1988	4.69	3.87	1.79
1987	4.63	6.64	1.84
1986	4.62	2.81	1.83
1985	4.6	2.17	1.8
1984	4.54	4.47	1.8
1983	4.51	3.97	1.78
1982	4.39	3.29	1.86
1981	4.15	2.99	1.82
1980	3.86	2.87	1.8
1979	3.45	2.79	1.79
1978	3.18	2.7	1.74
1977	3.12	2.67	1.75
1976	3	2.77	1.78
1975	3.14	2.94	1.8
1974	3.27	3.12	1.88
1973	3.49	3.25	1.94
1972	3.8	3.09	1.97
1971	4.48	2.23	1.97
1970	5.51	0.93	2.06
1969	6.65	-0.36	2.06
1968	7.54	-1.19	2.09
1967	7.81	-1.31	2
1966	7.34	-0.55	2.04
1965	6.49	0.39	2.09
1964	5.43	0.77	2.16
1963	4.63	1.56	2.28
1962	4.54	1.68	2.11
1961	4.82	1.66	1.67
1960	5.27	1.64	1.58
1959	5.79	1.59	1.73
1958	6.16	1.53	2
1957	6.45	1.45	2.07
1956	6.64	1.37	1.98
1955	6.82	1.29	2.01
1954	6.99	1.21	1.99
1953	7.11	1.12	1.9
1952	7.23	1.03	1.94
1951	7.21	0.93	1.75
1950	7.01	0.82	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Jordan	Palestinian Territories	World
2024	0.38-3.37–3.67	1.640.11–3.1	0.86
2025	-0.94-5.14–2.62	1.76-0.35–3.65	0.84
2026	2.12-1.94–5.62	1.9-0.57–4.02	0.83
2027	1.81-2.24–5.45	1.84-0.79–4.09	0.81
2028	1.8-2.37–5.37	1.8-0.96–4.27	0.8
2029	1.69-2.11–5.5	1.79-1.22–4.41	0.78
2030	1.6-2.82–5.2	1.79-1.52–4.64	0.76
2031	1.64-2.71–5.23	1.78-1.37–4.64	0.75
2032	1.53-2.71–5.35	1.77-1.62–4.71	0.73
2033	1.49-2.8–5.18	1.8-1.67–4.96	0.72
2034	1.47-2.71–5.47	1.77-1.71–5.07	0.7
2035	1.47-2.41–5.5	1.78-1.88–4.95	0.69
2036	1.45-2.61–5.27	1.73-1.98–5.06	0.67
2037	1.49-2.35–5.24	1.72-1.79–5.04	0.65
2038	1.49-2.18–5.03	1.68-1.88–4.93	0.64
2039	1.45-2.67–5.24	1.72-1.97–5.1	0.62
2040	1.54-2.51–5.27	1.68-2.03–4.97	0.61
2041	1.39-2.93–4.94	1.65-1.98–5.24	0.59
2042	1.3-2.61–4.83	1.62-2.02–5.33	0.57
2043	1.29-3.1–4.97	1.57-2.13–5.39	0.56
2044	1.29-2.91–4.95	1.53-2.05–5.34	0.54
2045	1.29-2.98–5.05	1.5-2.08–5.27	0.52
2046	1.16-3.1–5.02	1.42-2.11–5.2	0.5
2047	1.12-3.02–4.74	1.38-2.18–5.26	0.48
2048	1.14-3.18–4.85	1.33-2.43–5.11	0.46
2049	1.05-2.7–4.97	1.3-2.27–5.06	0.44
2050	1.04-3.19–4.96	1.29-2.42–5	0.42
2051	0.89-3.4–4.67	1.24-2.6–5.07	0.4
2052	0.95-3.23–4.52	1.2-2.65–4.77	0.38
2053	0.8-3.31–4.67	1.15-3–4.78	0.36
2054	0.78-3.4–4.41	1.09-2.74–4.83	0.34
2055	0.84-3.44–4.62	1.06-2.9–4.78	0.33
2056	0.77-3.3–4.63	1.07-2.78–4.66	0.31
2057	0.85-3.17–4.65	1.05-2.77–4.7	0.3
2058	0.82-3.55–4.67	0.99-2.74–4.64	0.28
2059	0.81-3.45–4.56	1-2.88–4.79	0.27
2060	0.78-3.2–4.43	1.01-2.9–4.77	0.25
2061	0.79-3.45–4.85	0.99-2.8–4.93	0.24
2062	0.82-3.47–4.55	0.92-3.04–4.58	0.23
2063	0.73-3.57–4.38	0.92-2.98–4.51	0.22
2064	0.67-3.84–4.43	0.89-3.13–4.5	0.21
2065	0.73-3.35–4.51	0.87-3.14–4.71	0.2
2066	0.73-3.84–4.44	0.81-3.02–4.53	0.19
2067	0.62-3.71–4.37	0.84-3.05–4.48	0.18
2068	0.74-3.61–4.47	0.77-3.07–4.37	0.17
2069	0.56-3.52–4.67	0.77-3.13–4.56	0.16
2070	0.64-3.88–4.59	0.75-3.24–4.47	0.15
2071	0.6-3.74–4.44	0.75-3.38–4.55	0.14
2072	0.57-3.95–4.36	0.67-3.47–4.57	0.13
2073	0.55-3.74–4.32	0.64-3.65–4.42	0.12
2074	0.49-3.88–4.41	0.62-3.62–4.59	0.1
2075	0.54-4.04–4.53	0.62-3.84–4.49	0.09
2076	0.47-4.26–4.31	0.58-4.11–4.5	0.08
2077	0.46-4.27–4.26	0.54-3.99–4.48	0.07
2078	0.43-4.04–4.23	0.5-3.91–4.4	0.06
2079	0.46-4.12–4.36	0.45-3.88–4.3	0.05
2080	0.42-4.02–4.38	0.47-3.83–4.47	0.04
2081	0.48-3.8–4.27	0.47-3.93–4.46	0.03
2082	0.42-4.12–4.44	0.41-4.1–4.19	0.02
2083	0.3-4.56–3.9	0.37-3.99–4.12	0.01
2084	0.33-4.38–3.97	0.35-4.03–4.3	-0
2085	0.38-4.53–4.32	0.32-3.86–4.19	-0.01
2086	0.31-4.33–4.39	0.3-3.96–4.15	-0.02
2087	0.34-4.76–4.32	0.27-4.09–3.96	-0.03
2088	0.34-4.26–4.32	0.28-3.97–4.24	-0.04
2089	0.39-4.45–4.47	0.24-4.09–4.1	-0.05
2090	0.31-4.6–4.19	0.24-4.3–4.17	-0.05
2091	0.41-4.61–4.24	0.23-4.11–4.32	-0.06
2092	0.24-4.59–4.43	0.22-4.11–4.4	-0.07
2093	0.23-4.31–4.42	0.21-4.13–4.41	-0.07
2094	0.15-4.96–4.16	0.17-4.09–3.93	-0.08
2095	0.27-4.74–4.13	0.18-4.33–4.13	-0.09
2096	0.16-4.53–4.22	0.15-4.11–4.16	-0.1
2097	0.18-4.47–4.25	0.15-4.13–4.33	-0.11
2098	0.2-4.73–4.17	0.12-4.07–4.4	-0.11
2099	0.13-4.76–4.19	0.09-4.12–4.29	-0.12
2100	0.16-4.84–4.17	0.06-4.01–4.37	-0.13

Each country on its own

Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, 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

People

Economy

GDP per personJordan: $4,579 in 2025Palestinian Territories: $2,302 in 2025

Education

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsJordan: 0 deaths in 2022Palestinian Territories: 163 deaths in 2022