Australia vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 87.7% in Australia and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 12.3 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Australia.

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% of people · UN

AustraliaSingaporeUN 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 Australia at 89.6% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Australia	Singapore
2025	87.7	100
2024	87.6	100
2023	87.5	100
2022	87.3	100
2021	87.2	100
2020	87.3	100
2019	87.3	100
2018	87.2	100
2017	87.1	100
2016	87	100
2015	86.9	100
2014	86.7	100
2013	86.6	100
2012	86.5	100
2011	86.3	100
2010	86.2	100
2009	86.1	100
2008	86	100
2007	85.9	100
2006	85.8	100
2005	85.6	100
2004	85.5	100
2003	85.4	100
2002	85.3	100
2001	85.2	100
2000	85.1	100
1999	85.1	100
1998	85.2	100
1997	85.2	100
1996	85.2	100
1995	85.3	100
1994	85.3	100
1993	85.4	100
1992	85.4	100
1991	85.4	100
1990	85.4	100
1989	85.4	100
1988	85.4	100
1987	85.4	100
1986	85.4	100
1985	85.4	100
1984	85.5	100
1983	85.5	100
1982	85.6	100
1981	85.7	100
1980	85.8	100
1979	85.9	100
1978	85.9	100
1977	86	100
1976	86	100
1975	86	100
1974	85.9	100
1973	85.8	100
1972	85.7	100
1971	85.6	100
1970	85.3	100
1969	84.8	100
1968	84.2	100
1967	83.6	100
1966	83.2	100
1965	82.9	100
1964	82.7	100
1963	82.5	100
1962	82.2	100
1961	81.9	100
1960	81.6	100
1959	81.2	100
1958	80.8	100
1957	80.3	100
1956	79.8	100
1955	79.3	100
1954	78.7	100
1953	78.1	100
1952	77.4	100
1951	76.6	100
1950	75.8	100

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

Year	Australia	Singapore
2026	87.8	100
2027	88	100
2028	88.1	100
2029	88.2	100
2030	88.3	100
2031	88.4	100
2032	88.5	100
2033	88.6	100
2034	88.7	100
2035	88.8	100
2036	88.9	100
2037	89	100
2038	89.1	100
2039	89.1	100
2040	89.2	100
2041	89.3	100
2042	89.3	100
2043	89.4	100
2044	89.4	100
2045	89.5	100
2046	89.5	100
2047	89.6	100
2048	89.6	100
2049	89.6	100
2050	89.6	100

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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