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Demographics of Jordan. Jordan has a population of more than 11.1 million inhabitants as of 2023. [ 1] Jordanians ( Arabic: أردنيون) are the citizens of Jordan. Around 94% of Jordanians are Arabs, while the remaining 6% belong to ethnic minorities, including Circassians, Chechens, Armenians and Kurds. [ 2][ 3] In early 2016 about 30% of ...
From the 1970s through the mid-1990s, the Jewish population experienced stagnation, characterized by nearly zero population growth. However, since the 1990s, demographic growth has been observed, largely due to accelerating population growth in Israel. The global Jewish population reached 13 million by 1995 and 14 million by 2010.
Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Jordan. Muslims make up about 97.2% of the country's population. [1] [2] A few of them are Shiites. Many Shia in Jordan are refugees from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. [3] The country also boasts one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, coexisting with the rest of the population. They made up ...
Map of Jordan. The history of Jews in Jordan can be traced back to Biblical times. [citation needed] Presently, there are no legal restrictions on Jews in Jordan, and they are permitted to own property and conduct business in the country, but in 2006 there were reported to be no Jewish citizens of Jordan, [1] nor any synagogues or other Jewish institutions.
Demographic data from 1967 to 2012 showed continues growth of Arab population, both in relative and absolute numbers, and the declining of Jewish population share in the overall population of the city. In 1967, Jews were 73.4% of city population, while in 2010 the Jewish population shrank to 64%.
100.0%. According to Ottoman statistics studied by Justin McCarthy, [ 94] the population of Palestine in the early 19th century was 350,000, in 1860 it was 411,000 and in 1900 about 600,000 of which 94% were Arabs . The estimated 24,000 Jews in Palestine in 1882 represented just 0.3% of the world's Jewish population.
635: As Byzantine rule ended and Muslim rule began: Parkes: [ 19] Est. 150,000–400,000 Jews in all Palestine. Crown et al.: Palaestina Prima only, which did not include Galilee, had a population of 700,000, incl. 100,000 Jews and 30–80,000 Samaritans, [ 20] with the remaining 520-570,000 Chalcedonian and Miaphysite Christians.
According to the UN, the population in the State of Palestine was c. 4.9 million in 2017, resulting in an estimated population density of 817 capita per km 2. [32] However, a Census held on 1 December 2017 resulted in a total of 4,781.245. The estimate of the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics for mid 2023 showed a population total of ...