Iran vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 77.4% in Iran and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 22.6 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Iran.

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% of people · UN

IranSingaporeUN 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 Iran at 86.9% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Iran	Singapore
2025	77.4	100
2024	77	100
2023	76.7	100
2022	76.3	100
2021	76	100
2020	75.6	100
2019	75.2	100
2018	74.8	100
2017	74.4	100
2016	73.9	100
2015	73.4	100
2014	72.8	100
2013	72.3	100
2012	71.8	100
2011	71.2	100
2010	70.6	100
2009	70	100
2008	69.4	100
2007	68.8	100
2006	68.3	100
2005	67.9	100
2004	67.3	100
2003	66.6	100
2002	65.9	100
2001	65.2	100
2000	64.5	100
1999	63.7	100
1998	62.9	100
1997	62.1	100
1996	61.1	100
1995	60.4	100
1994	59.6	100
1993	58.7	100
1992	57.9	100
1991	56.9	100
1990	56.5	100
1989	55.9	100
1988	55.4	100
1987	54.8	100
1986	54.2	100
1985	53.6	100
1984	52.8	100
1983	52.1	100
1982	51.4	100
1981	50.7	100
1980	49.9	100
1979	49.2	100
1978	48.5	100
1977	47.8	100
1976	46.8	100
1975	46.1	100
1974	45.2	100
1973	44.3	100
1972	43.3	100
1971	42.4	100
1970	41.5	100
1969	40.6	100
1968	39.7	100
1967	38.9	100
1966	37.7	100
1965	37.1	100
1964	36.6	100
1963	36	100
1962	35.3	100
1961	34.6	100
1960	34	100
1959	33.3	100
1958	32.6	100
1957	31.9	100
1956	31.2	100
1955	30.5	100
1954	29.9	100
1953	29.3	100
1952	28.7	100
1951	28.1	100
1950	27.5	100

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

Year	Iran	Singapore
2026	77.7	100
2027	78.1	100
2028	78.5	100
2029	78.8	100
2030	79.2	100
2031	79.5	100
2032	79.9	100
2033	80.3	100
2034	80.6	100
2035	81	100
2036	81.4	100
2037	81.8	100
2038	82.1	100
2039	82.5	100
2040	82.9	100
2041	83.3	100
2042	83.7	100
2043	84.1	100
2044	84.5	100
2045	84.8	100
2046	85.2	100
2047	85.6	100
2048	86.1	100
2049	86.5	100
2050	86.9	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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