Kenya vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 32.2% in Kenya and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 67.8 percentage points, or 3.1 times that in Kenya.

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% of people · UN

KenyaSingaporeUN 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 Kenya at 56.3% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Kenya	Singapore
2025	32.2	100
2024	31.9	100
2023	31.6	100
2022	31.4	100
2021	31.3	100
2020	31.2	100
2019	31.2	100
2018	31.4	100
2017	31.5	100
2016	31.7	100
2015	31.7	100
2014	31.8	100
2013	31.8	100
2012	31.9	100
2011	31.9	100
2010	31.9	100
2009	31.9	100
2008	31.4	100
2007	30.4	100
2006	29	100
2005	27.3	100
2004	25.4	100
2003	23.6	100
2002	21.9	100
2001	20.4	100
2000	19.5	100
1999	19	100
1998	18.9	100
1997	18.8	100
1996	18.7	100
1995	18.6	100
1994	18.5	100
1993	18.5	100
1992	18.4	100
1991	18.3	100
1990	18.2	100
1989	18.1	100
1988	17.9	100
1987	17.7	100
1986	17.5	100
1985	17.3	100
1984	17	100
1983	16.8	100
1982	16.5	100
1981	16.2	100
1980	15.8	100
1979	15.5	100
1978	15.1	100
1977	14.5	100
1976	13.9	100
1975	13.2	100
1974	12.5	100
1973	11.8	100
1972	11.2	100
1971	10.6	100
1970	10.1	100
1969	9.8	100
1968	9.6	100
1967	9.4	100
1966	9.3	100
1965	9.1	100
1964	9	100
1963	8.8	100
1962	8.6	100
1961	8.4	100
1960	8.2	100
1959	8	100
1958	7.8	100
1957	7.6	100
1956	7.4	100
1955	7.1	100
1954	6.9	100
1953	6.7	100
1952	6.4	100
1951	6.2	100
1950	5.9	100

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

Year	Kenya	Singapore
2026	32.6	100
2027	33	100
2028	33.5	100
2029	34	100
2030	34.6	100
2031	35.3	100
2032	36	100
2033	36.7	100
2034	37.5	100
2035	38.4	100
2036	39.3	100
2037	40.2	100
2038	41.2	100
2039	42.2	100
2040	43.3	100
2041	44.4	100
2042	45.6	100
2043	46.8	100
2044	48	100
2045	49.3	100
2046	50.6	100
2047	52	100
2048	53.4	100
2049	54.8	100
2050	56.3	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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