Egypt vs Jordan: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Egypt
0.3%
in 2025
Jordan
0.3%
in 2025
Egypt rank
122nd
Jordan rank
121st
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Egypt
- Jordan
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Egypt, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Jordan's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Jordan ahead.
Egypt ranks 122nd and Jordan ranks 121st of 236 countries.
Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.9% | 2.6% | 0.8% | Jordan |
| 1960s | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.5% | Jordan |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | Jordan |
| 1980s | -0.0% | 2.3% | 2.3% | Jordan |
| 1990s | -0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | Jordan |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Jordan |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Egypt or Jordan?
- Jordan, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Egypt and Jordan?
- 0.0%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jordan?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Jordan rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Egypt ranks 122nd and Jordan ranks 121st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.