JORDAN 
Middle EastJORDAN
Key facts
Capital:Amman
Location:Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel (to the west) and Iraq
Currency:Jordanian dinars (JOD)
Area:89,342 sq km
Population:10,909,567 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)
Religion:Muslim 97.1% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.1% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1%, folk <0.1%, other <0.1%, unaffiliated <0.1% (2020 est.)
TimeZone:UTC+2
Tel Code:+962
