Urban population growth in Jordan

The urban population of Jordan changed by 0.00% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2025 0.00% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −1.28percentage points 2024: 1.28%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 185th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Jordan over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period JordanWorld
2025 0.00% 1.36%
2024 1.28% 1.40%
2023 1.91% 1.35%
2022 2.01% 1.33%
2021 2.16% 1.48%
2020 2.13% 1.52%
2019 2.33% 1.74%
2018 2.56% 1.85%
2017 2.60% 1.90%
2016 5.47% 2.02%
2015 10.30% 2.14%
2014 11.34% 2.09%
2013 6.95% 2.20%
2012 3.09% 2.13%
2011 4.04% 2.56%
2010 3.56% 1.97%
2009 3.37% 2.22%
2008 3.35% 2.19%
2007 6.77% 2.34%
2006 6.83% 2.31%
2005 2.60% 2.27%
2004 2.43% 2.32%
2003 2.23% 2.41%
2002 2.12% 2.41%
2001 2.06% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.28 percentage points from 1.28% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.30%, the figure has changed by −10.30 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Jordan has the 185th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Jordan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects