Jordan adventures

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Population:
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6,053,193 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 33% (male 1,018,934/female 977,645)
15-64 years: 63% (male 2,037,550/female 1,777,361)
65 years and over: 4% (male 117,279/female 124,424) (2007 est.)
Median age:
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total: 23.5 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 22.8 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:
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2.412% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:
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20.69 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:
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2.68 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:
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6.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.042 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.146 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.943 male(s)/female
total population: 1.102 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 16.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.55 years
male: 76.04 years
female: 81.22 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:
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2.55 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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600 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 500 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
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noun: Jordanian(s)
adjective: Jordanian
Ethnic groups:
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Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
Religions:
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Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)
Languages:
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Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 84.7% (2003 est.)