Canada vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 82.9% in Canada and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 17.1 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Canada.

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% of people · UN

CanadaSingaporeUN 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 Canada at 87.4% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Canada	Singapore
2025	82.9	100
2024	82.7	100
2023	82.5	100
2022	82.4	100
2021	82.2	100
2020	82	100
2019	81.7	100
2018	81.6	100
2017	81.4	100
2016	81.3	100
2015	81.3	100
2014	81.2	100
2013	81.2	100
2012	81.2	100
2011	81.1	100
2010	81	100
2009	80.9	100
2008	80.7	100
2007	80.4	100
2006	80.2	100
2005	80	100
2004	79.7	100
2003	79.4	100
2002	79.1	100
2001	78.8	100
2000	78.6	100
1999	78.4	100
1998	78.3	100
1997	78.1	100
1996	77.9	100
1995	77.6	100
1994	77.3	100
1993	77	100
1992	76.7	100
1991	76.6	100
1990	76.6	100
1989	76.5	100
1988	76.5	100
1987	76.5	100
1986	76.5	100
1985	76.4	100
1984	76.2	100
1983	76	100
1982	75.9	100
1981	75.7	100
1980	75.7	100
1979	75.6	100
1978	75.6	100
1977	75.6	100
1976	75.5	100
1975	75.6	100
1974	75.7	100
1973	75.9	100
1972	76	100
1971	76.1	100
1970	76	100
1969	75.5	100
1968	75	100
1967	74.3	100
1966	73.6	100
1965	73	100
1964	72.1	100
1963	71.3	100
1962	70.5	100
1961	69.7	100
1960	69	100
1959	68.5	100
1958	67.9	100
1957	67.3	100
1956	66.7	100
1955	66	100
1954	65.3	100
1953	64.6	100
1952	63.8	100
1951	63	100
1950	62.2	100

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

Year	Canada	Singapore
2026	83.1	100
2027	83.2	100
2028	83.4	100
2029	83.6	100
2030	83.8	100
2031	83.9	100
2032	84.1	100
2033	84.3	100
2034	84.5	100
2035	84.7	100
2036	84.8	100
2037	85	100
2038	85.2	100
2039	85.4	100
2040	85.5	100
2041	85.7	100
2042	85.9	100
2043	86.1	100
2044	86.3	100
2045	86.5	100
2046	86.6	100
2047	86.8	100
2048	87	100
2049	87.2	100
2050	87.4	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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