Jordan is a relatively small country with a population of approximately five million.
More than 80 percent of Jordan’s landmass is desert or semi-desert with 80 percent of
Jordan’s inhabitants residing in urban areas. The Jordanian society is a young society;
approximately 42 percent of its population is 15 years old and below. The scarcity of
natural resources and the high rate of population growth currently averaging 2.8 percent,
speak to the compelling need to develop Jordan’s human resource and capacity base