Belgium vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 87.7% in Belgium 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 Belgium.

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% of people · UN

BelgiumSingaporeUN 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 Belgium at 88.5% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Belgium	Singapore
2025	87.7	100
2024	87.6	100
2023	87.6	100
2022	87.5	100
2021	87.4	100
2020	87.3	100
2019	87.1	100
2018	86.9	100
2017	86.7	100
2016	86.5	100
2015	86.2	100
2014	86	100
2013	85.7	100
2012	85.5	100
2011	85.2	100
2010	85	100
2009	84.7	100
2008	84.4	100
2007	84.2	100
2006	83.9	100
2005	83.6	100
2004	83.3	100
2003	83	100
2002	82.7	100
2001	82.3	100
2000	82	100
1999	81.7	100
1998	81.4	100
1997	81	100
1996	80.7	100
1995	80.3	100
1994	80	100
1993	79.6	100
1992	79.3	100
1991	78.9	100
1990	78.6	100
1989	78.2	100
1988	77.8	100
1987	77.4	100
1986	77.1	100
1985	76.7	100
1984	76.3	100
1983	75.9	100
1982	75.5	100
1981	75.1	100
1980	74.7	100
1979	74.3	100
1978	73.9	100
1977	73.5	100
1976	73.1	100
1975	72.7	100
1974	72.3	100
1973	71.9	100
1972	71.5	100
1971	71.1	100
1970	70.6	100
1969	70.2	100
1968	69.7	100
1967	69.1	100
1966	68.6	100
1965	68	100
1964	67.5	100
1963	67	100
1962	66.6	100
1961	66.2	100
1960	65.9	100
1959	65.5	100
1958	65.1	100
1957	64.8	100
1956	64.4	100
1955	64.1	100
1954	63.8	100
1953	63.5	100
1952	63.3	100
1951	63.1	100
1950	62.9	100

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

Year	Belgium	Singapore
2026	87.7	100
2027	87.8	100
2028	87.8	100
2029	87.9	100
2030	88	100
2031	88	100
2032	88.1	100
2033	88.1	100
2034	88.1	100
2035	88.2	100
2036	88.2	100
2037	88.3	100
2038	88.3	100
2039	88.3	100
2040	88.4	100
2041	88.4	100
2042	88.4	100
2043	88.5	100
2044	88.5	100
2045	88.5	100
2046	88.5	100
2047	88.5	100
2048	88.5	100
2049	88.5	100
2050	88.5	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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