Ethiopia vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 75.9 percentage points, or 4.15 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

EthiopiaSingaporeUN 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 Ethiopia at 33.9% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Ethiopia	Singapore
2025	24.1	100
2024	23.6	100
2023	23.1	100
2022	22.7	100
2021	22.1	100
2020	21.6	100
2019	21.3	100
2018	20.8	100
2017	20.3	100
2016	19.9	100
2015	19.5	100
2014	19	100
2013	18.6	100
2012	18.2	100
2011	17.9	100
2010	17.5	100
2009	17.2	100
2008	16.8	100
2007	16.1	100
2006	16.2	100
2005	16	100
2004	15.8	100
2003	15.5	100
2002	15.3	100
2001	15.1	100
2000	14.9	100
1999	14.7	100
1998	14.5	100
1997	14.3	100
1996	14.1	100
1995	13.9	100
1994	13.7	100
1993	13.5	100
1992	13.3	100
1991	13	100
1990	12.8	100
1989	12.5	100
1988	12.2	100
1987	11.9	100
1986	11.7	100
1985	11.4	100
1984	11.2	100
1983	11	100
1982	10.8	100
1981	10.6	100
1980	10.4	100
1979	10.2	100
1978	10	100
1977	9.8	100
1976	9.6	100
1975	9.4	100
1974	9.2	100
1973	9.1	100
1972	8.9	100
1971	8.7	100
1970	8.6	100
1969	8.4	100
1968	8.3	100
1967	8.1	100
1966	8	100
1965	7.8	100
1964	7.7	100
1963	7.5	100
1962	7.4	100
1961	7.2	100
1960	7.1	100
1959	7	100
1958	6.8	100
1957	6.7	100
1956	6.6	100
1955	6.5	100
1954	6.4	100
1953	6.3	100
1952	6.1	100
1951	6	100
1950	5.9	100

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

Year	Ethiopia	Singapore
2026	24.6	100
2027	25.1	100
2028	25.6	100
2029	26	100
2030	26.5	100
2031	27	100
2032	27.4	100
2033	27.9	100
2034	28.3	100
2035	28.7	100
2036	29.2	100
2037	29.6	100
2038	30	100
2039	30.4	100
2040	30.8	100
2041	31.1	100
2042	31.5	100
2043	31.8	100
2044	32.2	100
2045	32.5	100
2046	32.8	100
2047	33.1	100
2048	33.4	100
2049	33.6	100
2050	33.9	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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