Jordan is an Islamic state, but its small Christian community has ancient roots that long precede the foundations of Islam. In contrast to many of its neighbors, Jordan is a moderate and safe place, where Christians and Muslims integrate easily at work and in public. The great majority of Catholics in Jordan are said to be Greek Melkite or "Roum" Catholics, with smaller numbers of Latin, Chaldean, Maronite, Armenian and Syrian rite Catholics. But Christians of any denomination feel free to worship at different Orthodox or Catholic rite churches, often chosen for their proximity and the community they find there. Read more...
National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
9,903,802 1
Urban
91.00% 1
Rural
9.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
41.0% 2
Level of Public Corruption
57 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
134 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
3.37 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.80% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
74 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
92.55% 5
Internet Users
44% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$5,160 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.1% 5
Catholic Demographics
These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.
Baptized Catholics
115,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
1.06
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
418
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
4
First Communions per Year
347
Confirmations per Year
436
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
15,379
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
9,644
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1,402
Church Marriages per Year
172
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.