World Bank · Urban
Jordan: Population in the largest city
21.17percent · 2025+1.9% since 2015
Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Jordan from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.17 | |
| 2024 | 20.978 | |
| 2023 | 21.055 | |
| 2022 | 21.243 | |
| 2021 | 21.406 | |
| 2020 | 21.533 | |
| 2019 | 21.589 | |
| 2018 | 21.637 | |
| 2017 | 21.14 | |
| 2016 | 20.661 | |
| 2015 | 20.782 | |
| 2014 | 21.938 | |
| 2013 | 23.403 | |
| 2012 | 23.894 | |
| 2011 | 23.468 | |
| 2010 | 23.271 | |
| 2009 | 22.964 | |
| 2008 | 22.621 | |
| 2007 | 22.276 | |
| 2006 | 22.7 | |
| 2005 | 23.146 | |
| 2004 | 22.857 | |
| 2003 | 23.217 | |
| 2002 | 23.536 | |
| 2001 | 23.833 | |
| 2000 | 24.121 | |
| 1999 | 24.416 | |
| 1998 | 24.733 | |
| 1997 | 25.096 | |
| 1996 | 25.561 | |
| 1995 | 26.201 | |
| 1994 | 26.837 | |
| 1993 | 27.458 | |
| 1992 | 28.328 | |
| 1991 | 29.352 | |
| 1990 | 31.284 | |
| 1989 | 33.445 | |
| 1988 | 34.775 | |
| 1987 | 36.179 | |
| 1986 | 37.686 | |
| 1985 | 39.291 | |
| 1984 | 40.97 | |
| 1983 | 42.693 | |
| 1982 | 44.424 | |
| 1981 | 46.076 | |
| 1980 | 47.559 | |
| 1979 | 48.404 | |
| 1978 | 48.372 | |
| 1977 | 48.25 | |
| 1976 | 48.076 | |
| 1975 | 47.889 | |
| 1974 | 47.764 | |
| 1973 | 47.716 | |
| 1972 | 47.791 | |
| 1971 | 48.095 | |
| 1970 | 48.819 | |
| 1969 | 50.094 | |
| 1968 | 51.936 | |
| 1967 | 54.166 | |
| 1966 | 56.327 | |
| 1965 | 58.185 | |
| 1964 | 59.562 | |
| 1963 | 60.421 | |
| 1962 | 61.055 | |
| 1961 | 60.966 | |
| 1960 | 59.835 |
Source
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- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
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- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
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- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
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- Niger
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