China vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 66.3% in China and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 33.7 percentage points, or 1.51 times that in China.

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% of people · UN

ChinaSingaporeUN 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 China at 89.7% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	China	Singapore
2025	66.3	100
2024	65.9	100
2023	65.5	100
2022	65.2	100
2021	64.7	100
2020	63.5	100
2019	62.7	100
2018	61.5	100
2017	60.2	100
2016	58.8	100
2015	57.3	100
2014	55.8	100
2013	54.5	100
2012	53.1	100
2011	51.8	100
2010	49.2	100
2009	48.3	100
2008	47	100
2007	45.9	100
2006	44.3	100
2005	43	100
2004	41.8	100
2003	40.5	100
2002	39.1	100
2001	37.7	100
2000	36.4	100
1999	34.8	100
1998	33.4	100
1997	31.9	100
1996	30.5	100
1995	29	100
1994	28.5	100
1993	28	100
1992	27.5	100
1991	26.9	100
1990	26.2	100
1989	26.2	100
1988	25.8	100
1987	25.3	100
1986	24.5	100
1985	23.7	100
1984	23	100
1983	21.6	100
1982	20.6	100
1981	20.2	100
1980	19.4	100
1979	19	100
1978	17.9	100
1977	17.6	100
1976	17.4	100
1975	17.3	100
1974	17.2	100
1973	17.2	100
1972	17.1	100
1971	17.3	100
1970	17.4	100
1969	17.5	100
1968	17.6	100
1967	17.7	100
1966	17.9	100
1965	18	100
1964	18.3	100
1963	16.8	100
1962	17.3	100
1961	19.3	100
1960	19.8	100
1959	18.4	100
1958	16.3	100
1957	15.4	100
1956	14.6	100
1955	13.5	100
1954	13.7	100
1953	13	100
1952	12.5	100
1951	11.8	100
1950	11.2	100

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

Year	China	Singapore
2026	66.8	100
2027	67.3	100
2028	67.9	100
2029	68.5	100
2030	69.1	100
2031	69.7	100
2032	70.4	100
2033	71.1	100
2034	71.9	100
2035	72.7	100
2036	73.6	100
2037	74.4	100
2038	75.4	100
2039	76.3	100
2040	77.3	100
2041	78.4	100
2042	79.5	100
2043	80.6	100
2044	81.8	100
2045	83	100
2046	84.2	100
2047	85.5	100
2048	86.9	100
2049	88.3	100
2050	89.7	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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