This statistic shows the degree of urbanization in the Mashriq countries in 2023. The Mashriq, also Mashreq, is the region encompassing the eastern part of the Arab World, comprising the countries Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Urbanization is defined as the share of urban population in the total population. In 2023, 92.02 percent of the total population of Jordan lived in urban areas.
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World Bank. (June 28, 2024). Mashriq countries: Urbanization in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/981776/urbanization-in-the-mashriq-countries/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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