MigrantoMigration trends in Jordan
Middle East
Jordan takes in more people than it loses: 5.1M immigrants against 659.2K emigrants. Net balance +4.4M — 38% of the country's population
11.6M
Population
5.1M
Immigrants
659.2K
Emigrants
+4.4M
Inflow
1 in 2 residents of Jordan was born abroad — and 1 in 19 people born in Jordan lives abroad
#13 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Jordan
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
1.1M immigrants · 265.9K emigrants
2000
- Entered the world's 20 biggest immigrant destinations
- Rose into the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in the Middle East
2005
- Migration accounted for 58% of the country's population growth
2010
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 68%
- Surge of immigrants from Syria — 549K new arrivals
- Surge of immigrants from Iraq — 476.3K new arrivals
- Surge of immigrants from Egypt — 234.3K new arrivals
2015
- The diaspora passed 500K people
2020
- Slipped out of the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in the Middle East
Today
- The foreign-born population passed 5M residents
- Since 1990: 4M more foreign-born residents and 393.3K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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