Jordan vs United Arab Emirates
Jordan has about the same population as United Arab Emirates: 11,520,684 vs 11,513,149, a gap of 7,535. United Arab Emirates is growing faster (+4.68% vs −0.28% a year), adding about 539,180 people a year against −32,147. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, United Arab Emirates would overtake Jordan in about 0 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2025) — a projection, not a forecast. Jordan is the older society: 4.8% aged 65+ against 1.8% in United Arab Emirates. People in United Arab Emirates live 5.1 years longer on average (83.1 vs 78.0). GDP per capita is 9.4× higher in United Arab Emirates ($50,274 vs $5,348).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Jordan) and 2025 (United Arab Emirates); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Jordan vs United Arab Emirates — side by side
 Jordan |  United Arab Emirates | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,520,6842025 | 11,513,1492025 |
| Growth rate / yr | −0.28%2025 | +4.68%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 20.52024 | 9.82024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 3.12024 | 1.02024 |
| Children per woman | 2.602024 | 1.212024 |
| Life expectancy | 78.0 yrs2024 | 83.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 30.2%2025 | 16.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.8%2025 | 1.8%2025 |
| Density | 128.8 /km²2023 | 147.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 89,318 km²2023 | 98,648 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 93.2%2025 | 86.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -303,2672025 | +158,6342025 |
| GDP per capita | $5,3482025 | $50,2742024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #83 | #85 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Jordan: 13.5× from 1960 to 2025; United Arab Emirates: 87.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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