Jordan - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Jordan was 9,327,507 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,327,507 in 2020 and a minimum value of 474,753 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 474,753
1961 510,484
1962 537,816
1963 562,546
1964 594,350
1965 636,820
1966 691,943
1967 757,854
1968 829,533
1969 899,823
1970 963,437
1971 1,018,720
1972 1,067,148
1973 1,110,223
1974 1,150,733
1975 1,191,001
1976 1,231,105
1977 1,270,916
1978 1,312,527
1979 1,358,378
1980 1,427,488
1981 1,515,008
1982 1,611,996
1983 1,717,131
1984 1,828,052
1985 1,942,921
1986 2,059,898
1987 2,179,921
1988 2,307,853
1989 2,450,749
1990 2,613,475
1991 2,799,875
1992 3,006,559
1993 3,221,755
1994 3,428,612
1995 3,588,796
1996 3,702,034
1997 3,793,107
1998 3,868,413
1999 3,937,750
2000 4,009,377
2001 4,084,281
2002 4,163,401
2003 4,255,285
2004 4,370,501
2005 4,582,818
2006 4,851,356
2007 5,152,545
2008 5,487,243
2009 5,854,306
2010 6,251,315
2011 6,679,867
2012 7,134,134
2013 7,592,552
2014 8,026,940
2015 8,363,638
2016 8,647,202
2017 8,880,356
2018 9,066,350
2019 9,213,051
2020 9,327,507

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Jordan was 91.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 91.42 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.88 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 50.88
1961 52.41
1962 53.22
1963 53.57
1964 53.91
1965 54.26
1966 54.61
1967 54.96
1968 55.30
1969 55.63
1970 55.97
1971 56.31
1972 56.65
1973 56.98
1974 57.32
1975 57.65
1976 57.98
1977 58.32
1978 58.65
1979 58.98
1980 60.03
1981 61.46
1982 62.88
1983 64.28
1984 65.65
1985 67.00
1986 68.32
1987 69.61
1988 70.87
1989 72.10
1990 73.29
1991 74.46
1992 75.59
1993 76.68
1994 77.74
1995 78.21
1996 78.22
1997 78.23
1998 78.25
1999 78.26
2000 78.27
2001 78.28
2002 78.30
2003 78.31
2004 78.32
2005 79.49
2006 80.97
2007 82.37
2008 83.69
2009 84.93
2010 86.09
2011 87.17
2012 88.19
2013 89.13
2014 90.00
2015 90.26
2016 90.51
2017 90.75
2018 90.98
2019 91.20
2020 91.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization