From small sheikhdom to over-population

By: Winckler O.
Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
SDGs : SDG 16  |  Units: Humanities  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Geography and politics have strongly influenced Jordan’s demographic history and the Jordanian population is comprised o f two components: the original population, who lived in the East Bank before the 1948 War and their descendants, and the Palestinians, who were the residents of the West Bank. Since the mid-1970s, two non-national groups were added to the Jordanian population: foreign workers and their accompanying family members, and since 1991, non-Palestinian refugees. Despite a large number of non-nationals in the Kingdom, the most prominent factor for Jordan’s rapid population growth since its establishment has been the high fertility rate of the national population. © The Author(s) 2019.