Demography of Jordan

Evolution of the population

Structure of the population

Birthrate

Mortality

Migration and cultural composition

Ethnic minorities and religious

The statistics concerning the ethnic minorities and nuns in Jordan enormously vary according to the sources, because in particular of the migratory phenomena and separation between the ex- the West Bank and the ex- Transjordanie, initially because of the Israeli occupation (since 1967) and then during the creation of the Palestinian Autorité: the percentages going back to before 1967 were sometimes " recyclés" for the posterior period, both for the two halves of the kingdom its oriental party. It is thus advisable to take all these figures with precaution.

The historical minority ethnicities are

the " Circassien s" (collective denomination for the Moslem North-Caucasians, except Tchétchènes), estimated in 1971 at 20.000 (0,8%) by the Soviet Encyclopedia, at 1% of the population (27.000) in 1984 by the CIA World Factbook; the historical establishments circassiennes were Amman (founded by them), Wadi Sir and Jerash
the Tchétchène S, often described wrongly like Shiite Moslems, in particular in Ar-Rusayfah, Zerka and Suwailih
the Armenian S survivors of the genocide of 1915, during which some were collected and hidden by tribes Arab Bedouins
the Turkmène S with Ar-Rumman, in the south of Jerash

More recently, the international migrations brought in Jordan of the Pakistani, of the Filipinos, but also of the Syrian migrant refugees and Iraqi who came to be added to the Palestinian refugees (between 40 and 60% of the population, even more according to certain sources) and to the immigrants hedjaziens (of which the royal family of the Hachémites), Syrians and Palestinian which constituted in the years the 1920-1930 State transjordanien mainstay, with the support of the tribes Bedouins and under the supervision of the the United Kingdom, power agent on the spot represented by " Peake Pacha" then by " Glubb Pasha ".

The minority denominational communities are:

Christians, traditionally present in the towns of Salt (a third of the 20.000 inhabitants in 1935), Kerak (1.500 Christians out of 8.000 inhabitants in 1935 according to R. Montagne, whose 2 tribes out of 3 of Wadi Foamed) and Madaba and in the surrounding villages, were estimated in 1928 at 10.000, that is to say 4% of the population (Statesman' S Yearbook), and in 1949 to 30.000 (8,8%) (A.M. Goichon, real Jordan, 1967). With the census of 1961, they were 108.838 (6,4%); Jordan is the only Arab country where still remained at the 20th century of the seminomad Christian Arab tribes, in particular in Djebel Ajloun

the orthodoxe Eastern ones (" Orthodoxes" Greeks;), rite to which would belong half of the Christians
the catholic melkites, estimated at 46.000 (1,5%) in 1978 by Statistical Yearbook off the Church
the Gregorian Armenians

the Druzes, in particular in the Qasr Azraq, among which refugees of the revolt of 1925 against the French in Syria

Other social indicators

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