Nigeria vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 63.8% in Nigeria and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 36.2 percentage points, or 1.57 times that in Nigeria.

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% of people · UN

NigeriaSingaporeUN 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 Nigeria at 83.4% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Nigeria	Singapore
2025	63.8	100
2024	63	100
2023	62.2	100
2022	61.4	100
2021	60.6	100
2020	59.8	100
2019	59	100
2018	58.2	100
2017	57.4	100
2016	56.5	100
2015	55.7	100
2014	54.9	100
2013	54.1	100
2012	53.3	100
2011	52.5	100
2010	51.7	100
2009	50.9	100
2008	50.1	100
2007	49.2	100
2006	48.4	100
2005	47.6	100
2004	46.7	100
2003	45.8	100
2002	45	100
2001	44.1	100
2000	43.3	100
1999	42.4	100
1998	41.6	100
1997	40.8	100
1996	40	100
1995	39.1	100
1994	38.3	100
1993	37.5	100
1992	36.8	100
1991	36	100
1990	35.2	100
1989	34.4	100
1988	33.6	100
1987	32.8	100
1986	32.1	100
1985	31.3	100
1984	30.5	100
1983	29.7	100
1982	29	100
1981	28.2	100
1980	27.4	100
1979	26.7	100
1978	25.9	100
1977	25.2	100
1976	24.4	100
1975	23.7	100
1974	23	100
1973	22.3	100
1972	21.6	100
1971	20.9	100
1970	20.2	100
1969	19.6	100
1968	18.9	100
1967	18.3	100
1966	17.7	100
1965	17.1	100
1964	16.5	100
1963	15.9	100
1962	15.4	100
1961	14.8	100
1960	14.2	100
1959	13.7	100
1958	13.2	100
1957	12.7	100
1956	12.2	100
1955	11.7	100
1954	11.3	100
1953	11	100
1952	10.7	100
1951	10.4	100
1950	10.1	100

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

Year	Nigeria	Singapore
2026	64.6	100
2027	65.4	100
2028	66.2	100
2029	67	100
2030	67.8	100
2031	68.6	100
2032	69.3	100
2033	70.1	100
2034	70.9	100
2035	71.7	100
2036	72.5	100
2037	73.3	100
2038	74.1	100
2039	74.9	100
2040	75.6	100
2041	76.4	100
2042	77.2	100
2043	78	100
2044	78.8	100
2045	79.5	100
2046	80.3	100
2047	81.1	100
2048	81.8	100
2049	82.6	100
2050	83.4	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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