Jordan
Asia · Western Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Amman
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Population (2025)
- 11.5 million (11,520,684) · rank 83 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 89,318 km² · rank 112 of 193
- People per km²
- 129 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Jordan, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Jordan in the map data: 4.
- Iraq capitals 800 km apart
- Israel
- Saudi Arabia capitals 1,330 km apart
- Syria capitals 180 km apart
Jordan also touches land that the map shows in grey: areas that are disputed or not independent, which the quizzes leave out.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Malawi, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Guyana.
