Brazil vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 88.2% in Brazil and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 11.8 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Brazil.

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% of people · UN

BrazilSingaporeUN 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 Brazil at 91.3% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Brazil	Singapore
2025	88.2	100
2024	87.9	100
2023	87.6	100
2022	87.4	100
2021	87.1	100
2020	86.9	100
2019	86.7	100
2018	86.4	100
2017	86.2	100
2016	86	100
2015	85.7	100
2014	85.4	100
2013	85.2	100
2012	84.9	100
2011	84.6	100
2010	84.3	100
2009	84.1	100
2008	83.8	100
2007	83.5	100
2006	83.3	100
2005	83	100
2004	82.7	100
2003	82.4	100
2002	82	100
2001	81.6	100
2000	81.2	100
1999	80.6	100
1998	79.8	100
1997	79	100
1996	78.3	100
1995	77.7	100
1994	77.2	100
1993	76.6	100
1992	76.1	100
1991	75.5	100
1990	74.9	100
1989	74.3	100
1988	73.6	100
1987	73	100
1986	72.3	100
1985	71.6	100
1984	70.9	100
1983	70.1	100
1982	69.3	100
1981	68.4	100
1980	67.4	100
1979	66.3	100
1978	65	100
1977	63.5	100
1976	61.9	100
1975	60.3	100
1974	58.7	100
1973	57.1	100
1972	55.7	100
1971	54.3	100
1970	53.2	100
1969	52.2	100
1968	51.2	100
1967	50.3	100
1966	49.5	100
1965	48.7	100
1964	47.9	100
1963	47.1	100
1962	46.3	100
1961	45.5	100
1960	44.7	100
1959	43.9	100
1958	43	100
1957	42.2	100
1956	41.4	100
1955	40.6	100
1954	39.8	100
1953	38.9	100
1952	38.1	100
1951	37.3	100
1950	36.6	100

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

Year	Brazil	Singapore
2026	88.5	100
2027	88.8	100
2028	89	100
2029	89.3	100
2030	89.6	100
2031	89.8	100
2032	90	100
2033	90.1	100
2034	90.2	100
2035	90.3	100
2036	90.5	100
2037	90.6	100
2038	90.7	100
2039	90.8	100
2040	90.8	100
2041	90.9	100
2042	91	100
2043	91.1	100
2044	91.1	100
2045	91.2	100
2046	91.2	100
2047	91.2	100
2048	91.3	100
2049	91.3	100
2050	91.3	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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