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Jordan GIS data sources

Region
Western Asia
ISO 3166
JO · JOR
Sources
8
Themes
10
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Jordan: 8 sources across 10 themes, led by Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre and Department of Lands and Survey. 3 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 3 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Jordan

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre

    National mapping agency; topographic maps and aerial imagery are sold rather than open.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Imagery
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    rjgc.gov.jo

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Jordan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

  • WorldPop population data – Jordan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Department of Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Department of Statistics

    National statistical office (from the UN Statistics Division directory).

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    dos.gov.jo

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • Department of Lands and Survey (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Department of Lands and Survey

    Cadastre and land registration services, including online parcel maps.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    dls.gov.jo

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

Global datasets that cover Jordan

Worldwide and continental layers that include Jordan, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Addresses & cadastre
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather

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