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The United Nations estimates that close to 2 million Palestinian refugees are currently displaced in Jordan dating from the initial exodus following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. From 2003 until the present time, approximately two million Iraqis have fled the conflict in Iraq, and a majority of those have taken refuge in Syria and Jordan. Many Palestinian refugees still live in shanty town-like refugee camps along the border and receive inadequate health care, lack educational opportunities and have little economic stability.

Jordan

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Vital Stats

Population: 6,000,000
Infant Mortality Rate: 16 deaths / 1000 births
Life Expectancy: 79 years
Major Diseases: No significant risks
Religions: Muslim - 92%
Christian - 6%
other - 2%
Literacy Rate: 90 %
Unemployment Rate: 30 %
Poverty Rate: 15 %
Natural Hazards: droughts, periodic earthquakes