Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Jordan

Urban population share in Jordan in 2025 — 93.2%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 50.5 pp.

2025 93.2% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 24of 217
Period maximum 93.2%2025
Period minimum 42.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Jordan, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.7%1962: 44.4%1964: 46%1966: 47.6%1968: 49.2%1970: 50.8%1972: 52.4%1974: 54.1%1976: 55.9%1978: 57.8%1980: 59.8%1982: 62.5%1984: 65.7%1986: 69.1%1988: 72.3%1990: 75.1%1992: 77.2%1994: 78.2%1996: 78.3%1998: 78.3%2000: 78.3%2002: 78.3%2004: 78.3%2006: 78.8%2008: 80.1%2010: 82.3%2012: 85%2014: 88%2016: 90.6%2018: 91.2%2020: 91.8%2022: 92.4%2024: 93%2025: 93.2%
Change over the period: +50.5 pp Annual average: 0.78 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jordan

Jordan 93.2%
World 57.8%
Western Asia computed 76.2%
Urban population share — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 93.2 +0.3 pp
2024 93 +0.3 pp
2023 92.7 +0.3 pp
2022 92.4 +0.3 pp
2021 92.1 +0.3 pp
2020 91.8 +0.3 pp
2019 91.5 +0.3 pp
2018 91.2 +0.3 pp
2017 90.9 +0.3 pp
2016 90.6 +0.7 pp
2015 89.9 +1.9 pp
2014 88 +1.6 pp
2013 86.5 +1.5 pp
2012 85 +1.4 pp
2011 83.6 +1.3 pp
2010 82.3 +1.1 pp
2009 81.1 +1 pp
2008 80.1 +0.8 pp
2007 79.3 +0.6 pp
2006 78.8 +0.3 pp
2005 78.4 +0.1 pp
2004 78.3 +0 pp
2003 78.3 +0 pp
2002 78.3 +0 pp
2001 78.3 +0 pp
2000 78.3 +0 pp
1999 78.3 +0 pp
1998 78.3 +0 pp
1997 78.3 +0 pp
1996 78.3 +0 pp
1995 78.2 +0.1 pp
1994 78.2 +0.3 pp
1993 77.9 +0.6 pp
1992 77.2 +0.9 pp
1991 76.3 +1.1 pp
1990 75.1 +1.3 pp
1989 73.8 +1.5 pp
1988 72.3 +1.6 pp
1987 70.7 +1.7 pp
1986 69.1 +1.7 pp
1985 67.4 +1.7 pp
1984 65.7 +1.6 pp
1983 64.1 +1.6 pp
1982 62.5 +1.4 pp
1981 61.1 +1.3 pp
1980 59.8 +1.1 pp
1979 58.8 +1 pp
1978 57.8 +1 pp
1977 56.8 +0.9 pp
1976 55.9 +0.9 pp
1975 55 +0.9 pp
1974 54.1 +0.9 pp
1973 53.2 +0.8 pp
1972 52.4 +0.8 pp
1971 51.6 +0.8 pp
1970 50.8 +0.8 pp
1969 50 +0.8 pp
1968 49.2 +0.8 pp
1967 48.4 +0.8 pp
1966 47.6 +0.8 pp
1965 46.8 +0.8 pp
1964 46 +0.8 pp
1963 45.2 +0.8 pp
1962 44.4 +0.8 pp
1961 43.5 +0.8 pp
1960 42.7

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.