Jordan - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Jordan was 2,182,151 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,182,151 in 2021 and a minimum value of 218,113 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 218,113
1961 238,254
1962 254,767
1963 268,815
1964 283,660
1965 299,279
1966 315,782
1967 333,035
1968 350,409
1969 368,638
1970 387,843
1971 408,048
1972 429,336
1973 451,672
1974 475,202
1975 499,958
1976 526,041
1977 553,407
1978 582,238
1979 612,571
1980 635,702
1981 654,531
1982 673,945
1983 693,936
1984 714,547
1985 735,712
1986 757,534
1987 780,004
1988 803,172
1989 826,962
1990 851,491
1991 876,747
1992 902,789
1993 929,529
1994 957,100
1995 974,262
1996 982,717
1997 991,222
1998 999,812
1999 1,008,476
2000 1,017,228
2001 1,026,031
2002 1,034,923
2003 1,043,892
2004 1,052,951
2005 1,094,320
2006 1,149,064
2007 1,206,547
2008 1,266,991
2009 1,330,284
2010 1,396,832
2011 1,466,710
2012 1,540,187
2013 1,617,128
2014 1,698,026
2015 1,782,971
2016 1,872,292
2017 1,966,088
2018 2,064,582
2019 2,108,509
2020 2,148,293
2021 2,182,151

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Jordan was 23.19 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 47.79 in 1963, while its lowest value was 21.15 in 2014.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 45.94
1961 46.67
1962 47.37
1963 47.79
1964 47.73
1965 47.00
1966 45.64
1967 43.94
1968 42.24
1969 40.97
1970 40.26
1971 40.05
1972 40.23
1973 40.68
1974 41.30
1975 41.98
1976 42.73
1977 43.54
1978 44.36
1979 45.10
1980 44.53
1981 43.20
1982 41.81
1983 40.41
1984 39.09
1985 37.87
1986 36.78
1987 35.78
1988 34.80
1989 33.74
1990 32.58
1991 31.31
1992 30.03
1993 28.85
1994 27.92
1995 27.15
1996 26.55
1997 26.13
1998 25.85
1999 25.61
2000 25.37
2001 25.12
2002 24.86
2003 24.53
2004 24.09
2005 23.88
2006 23.69
2007 23.42
2008 23.09
2009 22.72
2010 22.34
2011 21.96
2012 21.59
2013 21.30
2014 21.15
2015 21.32
2016 21.65
2017 22.14
2018 22.77
2019 22.89
2020 23.03
2021 23.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization