Mexico vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 80% in Mexico and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 20 percentage points, or 1.25 times that in Mexico.

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% of people · UN

MexicoSingaporeUN 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 Mexico at 89.5% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Mexico	Singapore
2025	80	100
2024	79.8	100
2023	79.5	100
2022	79.2	100
2021	78.9	100
2020	78.7	100
2019	78.4	100
2018	78	100
2017	77.7	100
2016	77.4	100
2015	77.2	100
2014	77	100
2013	76.8	100
2012	76.7	100
2011	76.6	100
2010	76.5	100
2009	76.5	100
2008	76.5	100
2007	76.5	100
2006	76.5	100
2005	76.5	100
2004	76.3	100
2003	76.1	100
2002	75.7	100
2001	75.3	100
2000	74.9	100
1999	74.6	100
1998	74.3	100
1997	74	100
1996	73.6	100
1995	73.3	100
1994	73	100
1993	72.6	100
1992	72.2	100
1991	71.9	100
1990	71.5	100
1989	71	100
1988	70.6	100
1987	70.1	100
1986	69.6	100
1985	69.1	100
1984	68.6	100
1983	68.1	100
1982	67.5	100
1981	66.9	100
1980	66.3	100
1979	65.7	100
1978	65	100
1977	64.4	100
1976	63.6	100
1975	62.9	100
1974	62.1	100
1973	61.4	100
1972	60.6	100
1971	59.8	100
1970	59	100
1969	58.3	100
1968	57.5	100
1967	56.6	100
1966	55.8	100
1965	55	100
1964	54.1	100
1963	53.3	100
1962	52.4	100
1961	51.6	100
1960	50.8	100
1959	49.9	100
1958	49.1	100
1957	48.3	100
1956	47.5	100
1955	46.7	100
1954	45.9	100
1953	45.1	100
1952	44.2	100
1951	43.4	100
1950	42.6	100

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

Year	Mexico	Singapore
2026	80.3	100
2027	80.6	100
2028	80.9	100
2029	81.3	100
2030	81.6	100
2031	81.9	100
2032	82.2	100
2033	82.6	100
2034	82.9	100
2035	83.3	100
2036	83.7	100
2037	84	100
2038	84.4	100
2039	84.8	100
2040	85.2	100
2041	85.6	100
2042	86	100
2043	86.4	100
2044	86.8	100
2045	87.3	100
2046	87.7	100
2047	88.1	100
2048	88.6	100
2049	89	100
2050	89.5	100

Each country on its own

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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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