Israel vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 91.6% in Israel and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 8.4 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Israel.

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% of people · UN

IsraelSingaporeUN 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 Israel at 96.6% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Israel	Singapore
2025	91.6	100
2024	91.5	100
2023	91.5	100
2022	91.5	100
2021	91.5	100
2020	91.6	100
2019	91.6	100
2018	91.7	100
2017	91.7	100
2016	91.7	100
2015	91.7	100
2014	91.7	100
2013	91.7	100
2012	91.7	100
2011	91.7	100
2010	91.7	100
2009	91.7	100
2008	91.7	100
2007	91.7	100
2006	91.7	100
2005	91.6	100
2004	91.6	100
2003	91.5	100
2002	91.4	100
2001	91.4	100
2000	91.3	100
1999	91.2	100
1998	91.1	100
1997	91	100
1996	90.9	100
1995	90.9	100
1994	90.8	100
1993	90.7	100
1992	90.6	100
1991	90.5	100
1990	90.4	100
1989	90.3	100
1988	90.2	100
1987	90.1	100
1986	90	100
1985	89.9	100
1984	89.7	100
1983	89.6	100
1982	89.4	100
1981	89.1	100
1980	88.8	100
1979	88.5	100
1978	88.1	100
1977	87.7	100
1976	87.3	100
1975	86.8	100
1974	86.3	100
1973	85.8	100
1972	85.3	100
1971	84.8	100
1970	84.3	100
1969	83.8	100
1968	83.2	100
1967	82.5	100
1966	81.9	100
1965	81.2	100
1964	80.4	100
1963	79.7	100
1962	78.9	100
1961	78	100
1960	76.9	100
1959	75.5	100
1958	73.9	100
1957	72.5	100
1956	71.4	100
1955	71	100
1954	71	100
1953	71	100
1952	71.4	100
1951	71.8	100
1950	71.9	100

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

Year	Israel	Singapore
2026	91.6	100
2027	91.7	100
2028	91.8	100
2029	91.9	100
2030	92	100
2031	92.1	100
2032	92.3	100
2033	92.4	100
2034	92.6	100
2035	92.8	100
2036	92.9	100
2037	93.1	100
2038	93.4	100
2039	93.6	100
2040	93.8	100
2041	94	100
2042	94.3	100
2043	94.5	100
2044	94.8	100
2045	95.1	100
2046	95.4	100
2047	95.7	100
2048	95.9	100
2049	96.3	100
2050	96.6	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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