Urban population rose 2.24% to 10.2 mil in Jordan in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Jordan reached an all time high of 10.2 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.431 mil in 1960. When compared to Jordan's main peers, urban population in Iraq amounted to 31.0 mil, 8.68 mil in Israel, 30.4 mil in Saudi Arabia and 12.0 mil in Syria in 2021.
Jordan has been ranked 62nd within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 14 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Egypt | mil | 41.8 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 44.3 | 45.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 60.0 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 64.1 | 65.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | mil | 7.72 | 7.88 | 8.05 | 8.21 | 8.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 8.57 | 9.02 | 9.27 | 9.52 | 9.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 3.91 | 4.05 | 4.12 | 4.32 | 4.44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | mil | 5.64 | 5.52 | 5.40 | 5.27 | 5.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 27.2 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 29.4 | 30.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 58.6 | 60.1 | 61.3 | 62.2 | 63.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 7.64 | 7.73 | 7.82 | 7.91 | 7.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 9.92 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
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