Jordan is considered to be a large nation because of its total area. Its total land area is 89,342 km² (approx. 34,495 mi²). Continental shelf of Jordan is approximately 59 km² (around 23 mi²). Jordan is located in Asia. Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. Asian countries include, but are not limited to, Russia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and North and South Korea. Jordan has 5 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Palestinian territories. Jordan is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water. The average elevation range of Jordan is 812 m (2,664 ft).

Neighbors
Total length of land borders of Jordan is 1744 kilometers (~673 miles). Jordan shares its land borders with 5 different countries, and has the same number of unique land boundaries to neigbouring territories. As in the case of Jordan, if a country has the same number of unique neighboring territories as number of land borders, than that country has no non-contiguous sections of a land border. This is in contrast to several countries that have multiple non-contiguous sections of land borders. Jordan has 5 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Palestinian territories. The lengths of the land borders of Jordan with its neighbouring countries are as follows:

Iraq - 181 km (112 mi),
Israel - 238 km (148 mi),
Saudi Arabia - 744 km (462 mi),
Syria - 375 km (233 mi),
Palestinian territories - 97 km (60 mi).

Cities
The capital city of Jordan is Amman. The largest city in Jordan is Amman.

Elevation
The average elevation range of Jordan is 812 m (2,664 ft). The highest point of Jordan is Jabal Umm ad Dami, with its official height being 1854 m (6,083 ft). The lowest point of Jordan is Dead Sea. It lies at -428 m (-1,404 ft), i.e. below the sea level. The elevation difference between the highest (Jabal Umm ad Dami) and lowest (Dead Sea) points of Jordan is 2282 m (2 ft).

Area
The total land area of Jordan is 89,342 km² (approx. 34,495 mi²). and the total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 166 km² (~64 mi²). The continental shelf of Jordan is approximately 59 km² (around 23 mi²). Including land mass and EEZ, the total area of Jordan is approximately 89,508 km² (~34,559 mi²). Jordan is considered to be a large nation because of its total area.

Forest and arable land
893 km² of Jordan's territory is covered in forests, and forest land comprises 1% of all the land in the country. There are 3,053 km² of arable land in Jordan, and it comprises 3% of the country's total territory.