Colombia vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 78.8% in Colombia and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 21.2 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Colombia.

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% of people · UN

ColombiaSingaporeUN 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 Colombia at 90% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Colombia	Singapore
2025	78.8	100
2024	78.5	100
2023	78.3	100
2022	78.1	100
2021	77.8	100
2020	77.6	100
2019	77.5	100
2018	77.3	100
2017	77.2	100
2016	77.2	100
2015	77.2	100
2014	77.1	100
2013	77	100
2012	76.9	100
2011	76.8	100
2010	76.7	100
2009	76.6	100
2008	76.5	100
2007	76.3	100
2006	76.2	100
2005	76	100
2004	75.8	100
2003	75.5	100
2002	75.2	100
2001	74.8	100
2000	74.4	100
1999	73.9	100
1998	73.4	100
1997	72.9	100
1996	72.3	100
1995	71.8	100
1994	71.3	100
1993	70.9	100
1992	70.4	100
1991	70	100
1990	69.5	100
1989	69	100
1988	68.5	100
1987	68.1	100
1986	67.6	100
1985	67.1	100
1984	66.6	100
1983	66.1	100
1982	65.7	100
1981	65.2	100
1980	64.7	100
1979	64.3	100
1978	63.8	100
1977	63.2	100
1976	62.7	100
1975	62.1	100
1974	61.5	100
1973	60.8	100
1972	60	100
1971	59.1	100
1970	58.2	100
1969	57.2	100
1968	56.1	100
1967	55	100
1966	54	100
1965	53	100
1964	52	100
1963	51	100
1962	50.1	100
1961	49.1	100
1960	48.1	100
1959	47.2	100
1958	46.2	100
1957	45.3	100
1956	44.4	100
1955	43.4	100
1954	42.5	100
1953	41.5	100
1952	40.6	100
1951	39.6	100
1950	38.7	100

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

Year	Colombia	Singapore
2026	79.1	100
2027	79.4	100
2028	79.7	100
2029	80	100
2030	80.3	100
2031	80.7	100
2032	81.1	100
2033	81.4	100
2034	81.8	100
2035	82.3	100
2036	82.7	100
2037	83.1	100
2038	83.6	100
2039	84	100
2040	84.5	100
2041	85	100
2042	85.5	100
2043	86	100
2044	86.6	100
2045	87.1	100
2046	87.7	100
2047	88.2	100
2048	88.8	100
2049	89.4	100
2050	90	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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