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Also Known As	Al-Urdun • Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan • Al-Mamlakah al-Urduniyyah al-Hāshimiyyah
Head Of State And Government	King: Abdullah II, assisted by Prime Minister: Jafar Hassan
Capital	Amman
Population	(2026 est.) 12,069,000
Form Of Government	constitutional monarchy with two legislative houses (Senate [69¹]; House of Representatives [138²])
Official Language	Arabic
Official Religion	Islam
Official Name	المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية (Al-Mamlakah al-Urduniyyah al-Hāshimiyyah; Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)
Total Area (Sq Km)	88,794
Total Area (Sq Mi)	34,284
Monetary Unit	Jordanian dinar (JD)
Population Rank	(2026) 83
Population Projection 2030	11,936,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2026) 346.6
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2026) 135.9
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2023) 90.3% • Rural: (2023) 9.7%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2021) 74.6 years • Female: (2021) 77 years
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2024) 51,203
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2024) 4,430
¹All members of the Senate are appointed by the king; the number of seats is limited to half the number of seats in the House of Representatives.²Following electoral reforms in 2022, 97 seats are elected by district and 41 seats are elected by a country-wide party list; 18 district seats are reserved for women; 7 district seats and 2 party-list seats are reserved for Christians; and 2 district seats and 1 party-list seat are reserved for Chechens and Circassians.