India vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 35.7% in India and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 64.3 percentage points, or 2.8 times that in India.

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% of people · UN

IndiaSingaporeUN 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 India at 43.1% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	India	Singapore
2025	35.7	100
2024	35.4	100
2023	35.1	100
2022	34.8	100
2021	34.4	100
2020	34.1	100
2019	33.8	100
2018	33.5	100
2017	33.2	100
2016	32.9	100
2015	32.6	100
2014	32.2	100
2013	31.9	100
2012	31.6	100
2011	31.3	100
2010	30.9	100
2009	30.5	100
2008	30.1	100
2007	29.8	100
2006	29.4	100
2005	29.1	100
2004	28.8	100
2003	28.5	100
2002	28.2	100
2001	27.9	100
2000	27.7	100
1999	27.4	100
1998	27.2	100
1997	27	100
1996	26.8	100
1995	26.6	100
1994	26.4	100
1993	26.2	100
1992	26	100
1991	25.8	100
1990	25.6	100
1989	25.4	100
1988	25.2	100
1987	25	100
1986	24.8	100
1985	24.7	100
1984	24.5	100
1983	24.3	100
1982	24	100
1981	23.8	100
1980	23.5	100
1979	23.2	100
1978	22.8	100
1977	22.4	100
1976	21.9	100
1975	21.5	100
1974	21	100
1973	20.6	100
1972	20.3	100
1971	20	100
1970	19.7	100
1969	19.5	100
1968	19.2	100
1967	19	100
1966	18.8	100
1965	18.6	100
1964	18.4	100
1963	18.3	100
1962	18.1	100
1961	18	100
1960	17.9	100
1959	17.9	100
1958	17.8	100
1957	17.7	100
1956	17.7	100
1955	17.6	100
1954	17.6	100
1953	17.5	100
1952	17.4	100
1951	17.3	100
1950	17.2	100

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

Year	India	Singapore
2026	36	100
2027	36.3	100
2028	36.6	100
2029	36.9	100
2030	37.2	100
2031	37.5	100
2032	37.8	100
2033	38.1	100
2034	38.4	100
2035	38.7	100
2036	39	100
2037	39.3	100
2038	39.6	100
2039	39.9	100
2040	40.2	100
2041	40.5	100
2042	40.8	100
2043	41.1	100
2044	41.4	100
2045	41.7	100
2046	41.9	100
2047	42.2	100
2048	42.5	100
2049	42.8	100
2050	43.1	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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