Argentina vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 92.4% in Argentina and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Argentina.

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% of people · UN

ArgentinaSingaporeUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Argentina at 93.4% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Argentina	Singapore
2025	92.4	100
2024	92.3	100
2023	92.2	100
2022	92.1	100
2021	92	100
2020	91.9	100
2019	91.9	100
2018	91.8	100
2017	91.7	100
2016	91.6	100
2015	91.5	100
2014	91.4	100
2013	91.3	100
2012	91.2	100
2011	91.1	100
2010	91	100
2009	90.8	100
2008	90.7	100
2007	90.5	100
2006	90.3	100
2005	90.1	100
2004	89.9	100
2003	89.8	100
2002	89.6	100
2001	89.4	100
2000	89.2	100
1999	89	100
1998	88.8	100
1997	88.6	100
1996	88.4	100
1995	88.2	100
1994	88	100
1993	87.7	100
1992	87.5	100
1991	87.2	100
1990	86.9	100
1989	86.6	100
1988	86.2	100
1987	85.8	100
1986	85.4	100
1985	85	100
1984	84.6	100
1983	84.1	100
1982	83.7	100
1981	83.3	100
1980	82.9	100
1979	82.5	100
1978	82.1	100
1977	81.7	100
1976	81.4	100
1975	81	100
1974	80.6	100
1973	80.2	100
1972	79.7	100
1971	79.3	100
1970	78.8	100
1969	78.2	100
1968	77.6	100
1967	76.9	100
1966	76.2	100
1965	75.4	100
1964	74.7	100
1963	73.9	100
1962	73.2	100
1961	72.4	100
1960	71.7	100
1959	71	100
1958	70.3	100
1957	69.6	100
1956	68.9	100
1955	68.2	100
1954	67.5	100
1953	66.8	100
1952	66.1	100
1951	65.4	100
1950	64.7	100

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Argentina	Singapore
2026	92.4	100
2027	92.5	100
2028	92.6	100
2029	92.6	100
2030	92.7	100
2031	92.8	100
2032	92.8	100
2033	92.9	100
2034	93	100
2035	93	100
2036	93.1	100
2037	93.1	100
2038	93.2	100
2039	93.2	100
2040	93.2	100
2041	93.3	100
2042	93.3	100
2043	93.3	100
2044	93.4	100
2045	93.4	100
2046	93.4	100
2047	93.4	100
2048	93.4	100
2049	93.4	100
2050	93.4	100

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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