Japan vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 92.3% in Japan and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Japan.

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% of people · UN

JapanSingaporeUN 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 Japan at 96% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Japan	Singapore
2025	92.3	100
2024	92.2	100
2023	92.1	100
2022	92	100
2021	91.9	100
2020	91.8	100
2019	91.7	100
2018	91.6	100
2017	91.6	100
2016	91.5	100
2015	91.4	100
2014	91.3	100
2013	91.2	100
2012	91	100
2011	90.9	100
2010	90.6	100
2009	90.1	100
2008	89.3	100
2007	88.3	100
2006	87.2	100
2005	86	100
2004	84.4	100
2003	82.4	100
2002	80.6	100
2001	79.2	100
2000	78.6	100
1999	78.5	100
1998	78.3	100
1997	78.2	100
1996	78.1	100
1995	78	100
1994	77.9	100
1993	77.8	100
1992	77.6	100
1991	77.5	100
1990	77.3	100
1989	77.2	100
1988	77.1	100
1987	76.9	100
1986	76.8	100
1985	76.7	100
1984	76.6	100
1983	76.5	100
1982	76.4	100
1981	76.3	100
1980	76.2	100
1979	76.1	100
1978	76.1	100
1977	76	100
1976	76	100
1975	75.9	100
1974	75.4	100
1973	74.6	100
1972	73.7	100
1971	72.7	100
1970	71.9	100
1969	71.1	100
1968	70.3	100
1967	69.5	100
1966	68.7	100
1965	67.9	100
1964	67	100
1963	66.1	100
1962	65.2	100
1961	64.3	100
1960	63.3	100
1959	62.3	100
1958	61.3	100
1957	60.1	100
1956	58.7	100
1955	56.8	100
1954	53.4	100
1953	48.7	100
1952	43.8	100
1951	39.6	100
1950	37	100

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

Year	Japan	Singapore
2026	92.4	100
2027	92.5	100
2028	92.7	100
2029	92.8	100
2030	92.9	100
2031	93	100
2032	93.1	100
2033	93.3	100
2034	93.4	100
2035	93.6	100
2036	93.7	100
2037	93.8	100
2038	94	100
2039	94.1	100
2040	94.3	100
2041	94.4	100
2042	94.6	100
2043	94.8	100
2044	94.9	100
2045	95.1	100
2046	95.3	100
2047	95.5	100
2048	95.6	100
2049	95.8	100
2050	96	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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