Indonesia vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 59.4% in Indonesia and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 40.6 percentage points, or 1.68 times that in Indonesia.

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% of people · UN

IndonesiaSingaporeUN 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 Indonesia at 79.4% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Indonesia	Singapore
2025	59.4	100
2024	58.8	100
2023	58.1	100
2022	57.5	100
2021	56.9	100
2020	56.3	100
2019	55.7	100
2018	55.1	100
2017	54.5	100
2016	53.8	100
2015	53.2	100
2014	52.5	100
2013	51.8	100
2012	51.2	100
2011	50.5	100
2010	49.9	100
2009	49.2	100
2008	48.5	100
2007	47.7	100
2006	47	100
2005	46.2	100
2004	45.5	100
2003	44.6	100
2002	43.8	100
2001	42.9	100
2000	42	100
1999	41	100
1998	39.9	100
1997	38.8	100
1996	37.5	100
1995	36.3	100
1994	35.1	100
1993	33.9	100
1992	32.7	100
1991	31.6	100
1990	30.6	100
1989	29.6	100
1988	28.7	100
1987	27.8	100
1986	26.9	100
1985	26	100
1984	25.2	100
1983	24.3	100
1982	23.6	100
1981	22.8	100
1980	22.2	100
1979	21.5	100
1978	20.8	100
1977	20.1	100
1976	19.5	100
1975	18.9	100
1974	18.4	100
1973	17.9	100
1972	17.5	100
1971	17.1	100
1970	16.8	100
1969	16.5	100
1968	16.3	100
1967	16.1	100
1966	15.9	100
1965	15.7	100
1964	15.5	100
1963	15.3	100
1962	15.1	100
1961	14.8	100
1960	14.6	100
1959	14.4	100
1958	14.2	100
1957	14	100
1956	13.8	100
1955	13.5	100
1954	13.3	100
1953	13.1	100
1952	12.8	100
1951	12.6	100
1950	12.3	100

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

Year	Indonesia	Singapore
2026	60	100
2027	60.7	100
2028	61.4	100
2029	62.1	100
2030	62.8	100
2031	63.5	100
2032	64.2	100
2033	64.9	100
2034	65.6	100
2035	66.4	100
2036	67.1	100
2037	67.9	100
2038	68.7	100
2039	69.5	100
2040	70.3	100
2041	71.2	100
2042	72	100
2043	72.9	100
2044	73.8	100
2045	74.6	100
2046	75.6	100
2047	76.5	100
2048	77.4	100
2049	78.4	100
2050	79.4	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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