Fertility rate, total in Jordan
Jordan: Fertility rate, total was 2.6 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Jordan, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 2.6 births per woman for fertility rate, total in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Jordan peaked at 8.19 births per woman in 1969 and was at its lowest, 2.6 births per woman, in 2024.
Jordan ranks 73rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.92 births per woman | 7.6 births per woman | 8.19 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.9 births per woman | 7.45 births per woman | 8.18 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.58 births per woman | 5.8 births per woman | 7.29 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.74 births per woman | 3.97 births per woman | 5.54 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.79 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman | 3.88 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.28 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman | 3.78 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.69 births per woman | 2.6 births per woman | 2.79 births per woman | 5 |
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- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 122,254 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 121,328 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 122,805 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 121,116 (2025)
- Population, female 48.5% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 46.4% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 53.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 117,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 123,076 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 117,271 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Jordan?
- Fertility rate, total in Jordan was 2.6 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 8.19 births per woman in 1969.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Jordan rank for fertility rate, total?
- Jordan ranks 73rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.