Bangladesh vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 33.2% in Bangladesh and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 66.8 percentage points, or 3.01 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of people · UN

BangladeshSingaporeUN 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 Bangladesh at 59.3% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Bangladesh	Singapore
2025	33.2	100
2024	32.7	100
2023	32.2	100
2022	31.7	100
2021	31.4	100
2020	31.1	100
2019	30.8	100
2018	30.5	100
2017	30.2	100
2016	29.9	100
2015	29.5	100
2014	29.2	100
2013	28.8	100
2012	28.5	100
2011	28.1	100
2010	27.7	100
2009	27.3	100
2008	26.9	100
2007	26.4	100
2006	26	100
2005	25.5	100
2004	25	100
2003	24.6	100
2002	24.1	100
2001	23.7	100
2000	23.3	100
1999	23	100
1998	22.6	100
1997	22.3	100
1996	22	100
1995	21.7	100
1994	21.3	100
1993	21	100
1992	20.7	100
1991	20.3	100
1990	19.9	100
1989	19.5	100
1988	19	100
1987	18.6	100
1986	18.1	100
1985	17.6	100
1984	17.1	100
1983	16.6	100
1982	16	100
1981	15.4	100
1980	14.7	100
1979	13.8	100
1978	12.7	100
1977	11.6	100
1976	10.6	100
1975	9.6	100
1974	9	100
1973	8.5	100
1972	8.1	100
1971	7.7	100
1970	7.4	100
1969	7.1	100
1968	6.8	100
1967	6.5	100
1966	6.3	100
1965	6.1	100
1964	5.9	100
1963	5.7	100
1962	5.5	100
1961	5.3	100
1960	5.1	100
1959	5	100
1958	4.9	100
1957	4.8	100
1956	4.7	100
1955	4.7	100
1954	4.6	100
1953	4.5	100
1952	4.4	100
1951	4.4	100
1950	4.3	100

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

Year	Bangladesh	Singapore
2026	33.8	100
2027	34.5	100
2028	35.2	100
2029	35.9	100
2030	36.6	100
2031	37.4	100
2032	38.3	100
2033	39.2	100
2034	40.1	100
2035	41	100
2036	42	100
2037	43	100
2038	44.1	100
2039	45.1	100
2040	46.3	100
2041	47.4	100
2042	48.6	100
2043	49.8	100
2044	51.1	100
2045	52.4	100
2046	53.7	100
2047	55.1	100
2048	56.4	100
2049	57.9	100
2050	59.3	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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