Jordan vs Syria: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 93.2% in Jordan and 72.1% in Syria, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Jordan, by 21.1 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Syria.

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% of people · UN

JordanSyriaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Jordan has been higher since 1954.
In 2025, Jordan ranked 26 and Syria ranked 88 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Jordan at 96.5% and Syria at 80.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Jordan	Syria
2025	93.2	72.1
2024	93	72.1
2023	92.7	72.2
2022	92.4	72.6
2021	92.1	73
2020	91.8	73.4
2019	91.5	73.8
2018	91.2	74.1
2017	90.9	74.5
2016	90.6	75.2
2015	89.9	75.8
2014	88	76
2013	86.5	73.1
2012	85	65.1
2011	83.6	58.5
2010	82.3	55.7
2009	81.1	55
2008	80.1	54.6
2007	79.3	54.3
2006	78.8	54.1
2005	78.4	53.8
2004	78.3	53.5
2003	78.3	53.1
2002	78.3	52.7
2001	78.3	52.3
2000	78.3	51.9
1999	78.3	51.5
1998	78.3	51.1
1997	78.3	50.7
1996	78.3	50.4
1995	78.3	50.1
1994	78.2	49.8
1993	77.9	49.5
1992	77.2	49.3
1991	76.3	49.1
1990	75.2	48.8
1989	73.8	48.7
1988	72.3	48.5
1987	70.7	48.3
1986	69.1	48.1
1985	67.4	47.9
1984	65.7	47.7
1983	64.1	47.5
1982	62.5	47.3
1981	61.1	47
1980	59.8	46.7
1979	58.8	46.4
1978	57.8	46.1
1977	56.8	45.8
1976	55.9	45.5
1975	55	45.2
1974	54.1	44.8
1973	53.2	44.5
1972	52.4	44.1
1971	51.6	43.8
1970	50.8	43.4
1969	50	43.1
1968	49.2	42.7
1967	48.4	42.4
1966	47.6	42
1965	46.8	41.7
1964	46	41.4
1963	45.2	41.1
1962	44.4	40.7
1961	43.5	40.4
1960	42.7	40
1959	41.9	39.6
1958	41.1	39.2
1957	40.3	38.8
1956	39.4	38.4
1955	38.6	38
1954	37.8	37.5
1953	37	37
1952	36.2	36.5
1951	34.9	35.9
1950	33.4	35.3

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Jordan	Syria
2026	93.5	72.1
2027	93.7	72.1
2028	93.9	72.2
2029	94.2	72.2
2030	94.4	72.3
2031	94.6	72.4
2032	94.8	72.5
2033	94.9	72.7
2034	95.1	72.9
2035	95.3	73.1
2036	95.4	73.3
2037	95.6	73.5
2038	95.7	73.8
2039	95.8	74.2
2040	95.9	74.6
2041	96	75
2042	96.1	75.4
2043	96.2	75.9
2044	96.3	76.5
2045	96.3	77.1
2046	96.4	77.7
2047	96.4	78.4
2048	96.5	79.2
2049	96.5	80
2050	96.5	80.9

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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