Population: 6.3 million (2009 estimate)

Languages: Arabic (official)

Religions: Sunni Muslim, Christian

Ethnic Groups: Arab; small minorities of Circassians, Armenians, Chechens

Capital: Amman

Date of Independence: May 25, 1946 from League of Nations mandate under British administration

Government: Constitutional monarchy

Last Elections: November 20, 2007 (parliamentary)

Suffrage: Universal at 18

GDP: $30.76 billion (2008 estimate)

GDP Per Capita: $5,000 (2008 estimate)

External Debt: $8.67733 billion (2007)

Unemployment: 12.6% (CIA, 2008 estimate); unofficial rate is approximately 30%

Poverty Rate: 3.5% (2007)

Ratio of Richest 10% to Poorest 10%: 6.9

Gini Index: 38.8

Literacy: male 95.5%, female 82% (2005)

Human Development Index: 0.773 (2005)

Major Exports: clothing, phosphates, fertilizers, potash, vegetables, manufactures, pharmaceuticals

Major Industries and Natural Resources: clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism, phosphates, potash, shale oil

HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Adults: less than 0.2% (2007)

Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births): 21 (2006)

Maternal Mortality Adjusted Ratio (per 100,000 live births): 62 (2005)

Free Trade Agreements: US Free Trade Agreement in force since December 17, 2000. Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement in force since November 1997. EU Association Agreement in force since May 1, 2002.

Tourism: $1.4 billion in receipts, 2.9 million visitors (2005)

Arms Imports/Exports: Major conventional weapons imported from Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, UAE, UK, Ukraine, US. Major conventional weapons exported to Brazil, Iraq, Kenya, Philippines.

Small arms exported to France, UK, US.

Military Expenditures: 6.2% of GDP (2007)

US Military Personnel: 28 active duty US military personnel (2009)

US Military Bases: N/A

Miscellaneous: There are 1.7 million registered Palestinian refugees in Jordan. (UNRWA, 2003)

US Aid:

* - At the time these data were published, final FY 2009 totals were not yet known.

ESF: Economic Support Fund (assists countries making the transition to democracy, supports Middle East peace negotiations, finances economic stabilization programs)

FMF: Foreign Military Financing

IMET: International Military Education and Training

NAD: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining

NADR-ATA: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs - Anti-terrorism Assistance

NADR-CTF: Counterterrorism Financing

NADR-EXBS: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs - Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (focused on preventing the spread of WMD and advanced conventional weapons)

NADR-HD: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs - Humanitarian Demining Program

NADR-TIP: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs - Terrorist Interdiction Program

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All figures in US dollars.

Sources: Unless stated otherwise, data are current CIA estimates from the World Factbook.

Ethnic Groups -- US Department of State

External Debt -- World Bank

Unemployment (age 15+) -- International Labor Organization

Poverty Rate (below $2 a day, unless otherwise stated) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009

Ratio of Richest 10% to Poorest 10% (ratio of income or expenditure share) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009

Gini Index (a scale of 0-100 where 0 equals perfect equality) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009

Literacy (adult) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009

Human Development Index (measurement based on life expectancy, education, and GDP index in 2007) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009

HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Adults -- "Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic," UNAIDS 2008

Infant Mortality Rates -- World Health Organization

Maternal Mortality Rates -- World Health Organization

Free Trade Agreements -- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; European Commission

Tourism -- World Tourism Organization

Military Expenditures -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Arms Imports/Exports (1995 to present): Major conventional arms -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Small arms -- The Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers

US Military Personnel -- Defense Manpower Data Centre (DoD), Statistical Information Analysis Section (2009)

US Military Bases -- Global Security

US Aid -- US Department of State Bureau of Resource Management