Jordan
Life expectancy in Jordan
Life expectancy in Jordan: 40.9 years in 1950 and 77.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 77.8 years
- Since 1950
- +36.9 years
- Rank, 2023
- 76 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.6 years in 2100, between 81 years and 95.7 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 77.8 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 77.1 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 74.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 75.6 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 76.9 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 76.5 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 76.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 75.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 75.1 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 74.6 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 74.3 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 74.1 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 73.9 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 73.8 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 73.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 73.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 73.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 73.2 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 73 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 72.8 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 72.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 72.4 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 72.1 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 71.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 71.7 | 66 |
| 1998 | 71.5 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 71.3 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 71.1 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 70.9 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 70.7 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 70.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 70.4 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 70.2 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 70.1 | 64 |
| 1989 | 69.9 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 69.6 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 69.3 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 69 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 68.6 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 68.2 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 67.8 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 67.4 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 66.9 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 66.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 66.1 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 65.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 65.1 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 64.7 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 64.2 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 63.6 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 63.1 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 62.5 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 61.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 59.8 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 60.5 | 56 |
| 1968 | 59.8 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 59 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 57.8 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 57.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | 56.5 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 55.5 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 54.6 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 53.7 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 52.7 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 51.6 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 50.5 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 49.2 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 48 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 46.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 45.6 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 44.5 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 43.2 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 42 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 40.9 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7877–79.1 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 78.176.6–79.6 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 78.376.5–80.1 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 78.576.3–80.5 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 78.676.2–81 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 78.876.2–81.3 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 78.976.1–81.8 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 79.176.1–82.1 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 79.376–82.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 79.475.8–82.7 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 79.675.9–83 | 75 |
| 2035 | 79.776–83.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 79.976–83.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 80.176–83.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 80.375.9–84.1 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 80.476–84.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 80.675.9–84.7 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 80.776–84.9 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 80.976.1–85.1 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 8176–85.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 81.275.9–85.5 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 81.475.8–86 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 81.575.9–86.1 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 81.776.2–86.3 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 81.876.4–86.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 8276.4–86.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 82.276.6–86.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 82.376.8–87 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 82.476.7–87.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 82.676.6–87.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 82.876.8–87.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 82.976.8–88 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 83.176.8–88.3 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 83.276.6–88.2 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 83.376.6–88.3 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 83.576.8–88.4 | 78 |
| 2060 | 83.676.9–88.4 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 83.877.4–88.7 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 83.977.6–88.9 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 84.177.6–89 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 84.277.7–89.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 84.377.9–89.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 84.577.9–89.7 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 84.677.9–90 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 84.778.1–90.2 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 84.978.2–90.3 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8578.3–90.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 85.178.3–90.7 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 85.378.3–90.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 85.478.3–91.2 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 85.578.4–91.3 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 85.778.3–91.5 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 85.878.6–91.8 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 85.978.6–92 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 8678.7–92 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 86.178.6–92.3 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 86.378.8–92.5 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.479.1–92.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 86.579.1–92.9 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.679–93.1 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 86.879.1–93.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 86.979.2–93.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 8779.3–93.7 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 87.179.3–93.9 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 87.279.4–94.2 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 87.479.6–94.4 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.579.6–94.5 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.680–94.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 87.780.1–94.8 | 81 |
| 2093 | 87.880.1–95 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 87.980.1–95.1 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 88.180.1–95.4 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 88.280.3–95.5 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 88.380.6–95.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.480.6–95.6 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.580.9–95.7 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.681–95.7 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- 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.
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- Military spending4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$221 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel116,000 people in 2020
- National power0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports226 million TIV in 2024