Demographics
The estimated population of Jerash governorate in 2010 was about 183,400. The Jordan National Census of 2004 indicates that the population of Jerash governorate was 153,602 distributed as follows:
| Demographic data of Jerash Governorate compared to Jordan (2004) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerash Governorate (2004) | Jordan (2004) | |||||||||
| 1 | Total population | 153, 602 | 5,350,000 | |||||||
| 2 | Growth rate | 2.06% | 2.3% | |||||||
| 3 | Male to Female ratio | 51.48 to 48.52 | 51.5 to 48.5 | |||||||
| 4 | Ratio of Jordanians to Foreign Nationals | 87.1 to 12.9 | 93 to 7 | |||||||
| 5 | Persons per household | 5.9 | 5.3 | |||||||
| 6 | Urban population | 51% | 78.30% | |||||||
| 7 | Population 15 years of age or older | 52% | 55.8% | |||||||
The next census is scheduled in 2014.
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