Jordan vs New Zealand: Rural population

Jordan
782,426
in 2025
New Zealand
852,066
in 2025
Jordan rank
139th
New Zealand rank
137th

Rural population over time

  • Jordan
  • New Zealand
400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M1.4M196019922025

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 852,066 against 782,426 in Jordan, a difference of 69,640.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Jordan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was New Zealand ahead.

Globally, Jordan ranks 139th and New Zealand ranks 137th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rural population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.