Congo - Kinshasa vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 45.1% in Congo - Kinshasa and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 54.9 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of people · UN

Congo - KinshasaSingaporeUN 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 Congo - Kinshasa at 53.5% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Singapore
2025	45.1	100
2024	44.8	100
2023	44.4	100
2022	44	100
2021	43.6	100
2020	43.3	100
2019	42.9	100
2018	42.5	100
2017	42.1	100
2016	41.7	100
2015	41.3	100
2014	41	100
2013	40.6	100
2012	40.2	100
2011	39.8	100
2010	39.4	100
2009	39	100
2008	38.6	100
2007	38.2	100
2006	37.8	100
2005	37.4	100
2004	37	100
2003	36.5	100
2002	35.9	100
2001	35.4	100
2000	34.9	100
1999	34.4	100
1998	33.9	100
1997	33.4	100
1996	32.9	100
1995	32.5	100
1994	32	100
1993	31.6	100
1992	31.1	100
1991	30.7	100
1990	30.3	100
1989	29.9	100
1988	29.5	100
1987	29.1	100
1986	28.8	100
1985	28.4	100
1984	28.1	100
1983	27.8	100
1982	27.5	100
1981	27.2	100
1980	26.9	100
1979	26.5	100
1978	26.2	100
1977	25.9	100
1976	25.6	100
1975	25.4	100
1974	25.1	100
1973	24.8	100
1972	24.5	100
1971	24.3	100
1970	24	100
1969	23.8	100
1968	23.6	100
1967	23.4	100
1966	23.2	100
1965	23	100
1964	22.8	100
1963	22.7	100
1962	22.5	100
1961	22.4	100
1960	22.3	100
1959	22.2	100
1958	22.2	100
1957	22.1	100
1956	22.1	100
1955	22	100
1954	21.7	100
1953	21.3	100
1952	20.6	100
1951	19.8	100
1950	18.8	100

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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Singapore
2026	45.5	100
2027	45.8	100
2028	46.2	100
2029	46.6	100
2030	46.9	100
2031	47.3	100
2032	47.6	100
2033	48	100
2034	48.3	100
2035	48.7	100
2036	49	100
2037	49.4	100
2038	49.7	100
2039	50	100
2040	50.4	100
2041	50.7	100
2042	51	100
2043	51.3	100
2044	51.6	100
2045	52	100
2046	52.3	100
2047	52.6	100
2048	52.9	100
2049	53.2	100
2050	53.5	100

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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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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Singapore: 0 deaths in 2022