Iceland vs Jordan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Iceland
94.2%
in 2025
Jordan
93.2%
in 2025
Iceland rank
30th
Jordan rank
31st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Iceland
- Jordan
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 94.2% against 93.2% in Jordan, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Jordan ahead.
Iceland ranks 30th and Jordan ranks 31st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 32 and Jordan in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | Jordan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 2.7% | 2.7% | Jordan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 2.9% | 2.8% | Jordan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | Jordan |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 3.2% | 3.0% | Jordan |
| 1500s | 0.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% | Jordan |
| 1600s | 1.2% | 3.5% | 2.3% | Jordan |
| 1700s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 0.1% | Jordan |
| 1710s | 6.0% | 4.1% | 2.0% | Iceland |
| 1720s | 8.5% | 4.5% | 4.0% | Iceland |
| 1730s | 11.0% | 4.9% | 6.1% | Iceland |
| 1740s | 13.5% | 5.4% | 8.1% | Iceland |
| 1750s | 15.9% | 5.9% | 10.0% | Iceland |
| 1760s | 18.4% | 6.4% | 11.9% | Iceland |
| 1770s | 20.9% | 7.1% | 13.8% | Iceland |
| 1780s | 23.3% | 7.7% | 15.6% | Iceland |
| 1790s | 25.8% | 8.5% | 17.3% | Iceland |
| 1800s | 28.3% | 9.3% | 19.0% | Iceland |
| 1810s | 30.7% | 10.2% | 20.6% | Iceland |
| 1820s | 33.2% | 11.1% | 22.1% | Iceland |
| 1830s | 35.7% | 12.2% | 23.5% | Iceland |
| 1840s | 38.1% | 13.4% | 24.8% | Iceland |
| 1850s | 40.6% | 14.6% | 26.0% | Iceland |
| 1860s | 43.1% | 16.0% | 27.1% | Iceland |
| 1870s | 45.5% | 17.5% | 28.0% | Iceland |
| 1880s | 48.0% | 19.2% | 28.8% | Iceland |
| 1890s | 50.5% | 21.0% | 29.4% | Iceland |
| 1900s | 52.9% | 23.0% | 29.9% | Iceland |
| 1910s | 55.4% | 25.2% | 30.2% | Iceland |
| 1920s | 57.9% | 27.6% | 30.2% | Iceland |
| 1930s | 59.1% | 30.3% | 28.8% | Iceland |
| 1940s | 60.6% | 33.2% | 27.4% | Iceland |
| 1950s | 76.4% | 38.0% | 38.3% | Iceland |
| 1960s | 82.7% | 46.4% | 36.4% | Iceland |
| 1970s | 86.6% | 54.6% | 32.0% | Iceland |
| 1980s | 89.2% | 66.7% | 22.6% | Iceland |
| 1990s | 91.4% | 77.6% | 13.8% | Iceland |
| 2000s | 92.4% | 78.9% | 13.5% | Iceland |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 87.9% | 5.7% | Iceland |
| 2020s | 94.2% | 92.5% | 1.6% | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Iceland or Jordan?
- Iceland, at 94.2% against 93.2% in Jordan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Iceland and Jordan?
- 1.0%, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Jordan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Jordan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Iceland ranks 30th and Jordan ranks 31st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.