Ireland vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 64.6% in Ireland and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 35.4 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Ireland.

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% of people · UN

IrelandSingaporeUN 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 Ireland at 73.6% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Ireland	Singapore
2025	64.6	100
2024	64.4	100
2023	64.1	100
2022	63.9	100
2021	63.7	100
2020	63.5	100
2019	63.3	100
2018	63.1	100
2017	62.9	100
2016	62.7	100
2015	62.6	100
2014	62.5	100
2013	62.4	100
2012	62.3	100
2011	62.1	100
2010	61.9	100
2009	61.6	100
2008	61.4	100
2007	61.1	100
2006	60.8	100
2005	60.5	100
2004	60.2	100
2003	59.9	100
2002	59.6	100
2001	59.4	100
2000	59.1	100
1999	58.9	100
1998	58.6	100
1997	58.4	100
1996	58.2	100
1995	57.9	100
1994	57.7	100
1993	57.5	100
1992	57.3	100
1991	57.1	100
1990	56.9	100
1989	56.8	100
1988	56.7	100
1987	56.6	100
1986	56.4	100
1985	56.3	100
1984	56.2	100
1983	56	100
1982	55.8	100
1981	55.7	100
1980	55.4	100
1979	55.2	100
1978	54.9	100
1977	54.6	100
1976	54.3	100
1975	53.9	100
1974	53.6	100
1973	53.2	100
1972	52.8	100
1971	52.3	100
1970	51.9	100
1969	51.3	100
1968	50.7	100
1967	50	100
1966	49.4	100
1965	48.6	100
1964	47.8	100
1963	46.9	100
1962	46.1	100
1961	45.4	100
1960	44.9	100
1959	44.4	100
1958	44.1	100
1957	43.7	100
1956	43.4	100
1955	43.1	100
1954	42.8	100
1953	42.4	100
1952	42	100
1951	41.6	100
1950	41	100

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

Year	Ireland	Singapore
2026	64.8	100
2027	65.1	100
2028	65.4	100
2029	65.6	100
2030	65.9	100
2031	66.2	100
2032	66.5	100
2033	66.8	100
2034	67.2	100
2035	67.5	100
2036	67.8	100
2037	68.2	100
2038	68.5	100
2039	68.9	100
2040	69.3	100
2041	69.7	100
2042	70.1	100
2043	70.5	100
2044	70.9	100
2045	71.3	100
2046	71.8	100
2047	72.2	100
2048	72.7	100
2049	73.1	100
2050	73.6	100

Each country on its own

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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