Jordan vs Viet Nam: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Jordan
19.7%
in 2025
Viet Nam
19.9%
in 2025
Jordan rank
70th
Viet Nam rank
68th
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time
- Jordan
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 19.9% against 19.7% in Jordan, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 70th and Viet Nam ranks 68th of 121 countries.
Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.5% | 7.0% | 19.5% | Jordan |
| 1970s | 26.3% | 8.1% | 18.2% | Jordan |
| 1980s | 26.7% | 8.2% | 18.5% | Jordan |
| 1990s | 20.9% | 8.7% | 12.1% | Jordan |
| 2000s | 18.3% | 11.4% | 6.9% | Jordan |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 15.2% | 4.3% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 18.8% | 0.9% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Jordan or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 19.9% against 19.7% in Jordan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Jordan and Viet Nam?
- 0.2%, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Viet Nam?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Jordan and Viet Nam rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Jordan ranks 70th and Viet Nam ranks 68th of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.