Myanmar (Burma) vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 30.6% in Myanmar (Burma) and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 69.4 percentage points, or 3.27 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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% of people · UN

Myanmar (Burma)SingaporeUN 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 Myanmar (Burma) at 39.5% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Singapore
2025	30.6	100
2024	30.5	100
2023	30.4	100
2022	30.3	100
2021	30.2	100
2020	30.2	100
2019	30.1	100
2018	30	100
2017	29.9	100
2016	29.8	100
2015	29.7	100
2014	29.6	100
2013	29.5	100
2012	29.4	100
2011	29.3	100
2010	29.1	100
2009	29	100
2008	28.9	100
2007	28.7	100
2006	28.6	100
2005	28.4	100
2004	28.2	100
2003	28.1	100
2002	27.9	100
2001	27.7	100
2000	27.5	100
1999	27.4	100
1998	27.2	100
1997	27	100
1996	26.8	100
1995	26.7	100
1994	26.5	100
1993	26.3	100
1992	26.1	100
1991	26	100
1990	25.8	100
1989	25.7	100
1988	25.5	100
1987	25.4	100
1986	25.2	100
1985	25.1	100
1984	25	100
1983	24.8	100
1982	24.7	100
1981	24.6	100
1980	24.6	100
1979	24.5	100
1978	24.4	100
1977	24.3	100
1976	24.3	100
1975	24.2	100
1974	24.1	100
1973	23.9	100
1972	23.8	100
1971	23.6	100
1970	23.3	100
1969	23	100
1968	22.7	100
1967	22.3	100
1966	21.9	100
1965	21.4	100
1964	20.9	100
1963	20.5	100
1962	20	100
1961	19.5	100
1960	19	100
1959	18.5	100
1958	18	100
1957	17.6	100
1956	17.1	100
1955	16.7	100
1954	16.4	100
1953	16	100
1952	15.6	100
1951	15.3	100
1950	14.9	100

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

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Singapore
2026	30.7	100
2027	30.9	100
2028	31.1	100
2029	31.3	100
2030	31.5	100
2031	31.8	100
2032	32.1	100
2033	32.3	100
2034	32.6	100
2035	32.9	100
2036	33.3	100
2037	33.6	100
2038	34	100
2039	34.4	100
2040	34.8	100
2041	35.2	100
2042	35.6	100
2043	36	100
2044	36.5	100
2045	36.9	100
2046	37.4	100
2047	37.9	100
2048	38.4	100
2049	38.9	100
2050	39.5	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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Deaths in conflictsMyanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022Singapore: 0 deaths in 2022