Japan vs Jordan: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita

Japan

92.3%

in 2025

Jordan

93.2%

in 2025

Japan rank

33rd

Jordan rank

31st

Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita over time

Jordan currently reports 93.2% against 92.3% in Japan, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 33rd and Jordan ranks 31st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita
Unit: %
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.