Jordan vs Tajikistan: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Jordan
3.57 million people
in 2023
Tajikistan
3.79 million people
in 2023
Jordan rank
79th
Tajikistan rank
76th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

  • Jordan
  • Tajikistan
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How they compare

Tajikistan currently reports 3.79 million people against 3.57 million people in Jordan, a difference of 220,890 people.

That makes Tajikistan's figure about 1.1 times Jordan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tajikistan ahead.

Jordan ranks 79th and Tajikistan ranks 76th of 236 countries.

Tajikistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jordan Tajikistan Difference Ahead
1950s 270,562 people 634,485 people 363,923 people Tajikistan
1960s 538,638 people 1.07 million people 534,528 people Tajikistan
1970s 940,559 people 1.49 million people 549,805 people Tajikistan
1980s 1.32 million people 1.98 million people 658,437 people Tajikistan
1990s 1.89 million people 2.59 million people 707,008 people Tajikistan
2000s 2.36 million people 2.69 million people 326,125 people Tajikistan
2010s 3.11 million people 3.12 million people 3,105 people Tajikistan
2020s 3.58 million people 3.68 million people 101,215 people Tajikistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of children, working-age adults, and older people, Jordan or Tajikistan?
Tajikistan, at 3.79 million people against 3.57 million people in Jordan as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of children, working-age adults, and older people between Jordan and Tajikistan?
220,890 people, with Tajikistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Tajikistan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Jordan and Tajikistan rank globally for share of children, working-age adults, and older people?
Jordan ranks 79th and Tajikistan ranks 76th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.