Jordan
Jordan
Capital Amman
89,342 km² · 11,520,684 people (2025) · Jordanian dinar
The Jordan Rift Valley holds the lowest land on Earth. Wadi Rum in the south is a sandstone and granite desert of towering inselbergs that stands in for Mars in a long list of films. Petra was cut directly into the rock face by the Nabataeans around the 1st century BC.
The facts
- Capital
- Amman
- Area
- 89,342 km² — 34,495 sq mi
- Population
- 11,520,684 (2025)
- Density
- 129.0 people per km²
- Currency
- Jordanian dinar (JOD, د.ا)
- Official language
- Arabic
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +962
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- JO · JOR
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 111 of 200
- By population
- 84 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 93,028 | 9,514,251 |
| Portugal | 92,090 | 10,804,871 |
| Jordan ← | 89,342 | 11,520,684 |
| Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 10,246,996 |
| Austria | 83,871 | 9,208,163 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Jordan?
- Amman
- What currency does Jordan use?
- The Jordanian dinar (JOD).
- How big is Jordan?
- 89,342 km², or 34,495 square miles — 111 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Jordan drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Hungary 93,028 km²
- Portugal 92,090 km²
- Azerbaijan 86,600 km²
- Austria 83,871 km²
- India Asia
- China Asia
- Indonesia Asia
- Pakistan Asia
- Bangladesh Asia
- Japan Asia
- Philippines Asia
- Vietnam Asia
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)