Pakistan vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 39.5% in Pakistan and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 60.5 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Pakistan.

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% of people · UN

PakistanSingaporeUN 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 Pakistan at 47.1% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Pakistan	Singapore
2025	39.5	100
2024	39.2	100
2023	38.8	100
2022	38.4	100
2021	37.9	100
2020	37.5	100
2019	37.1	100
2018	36.8	100
2017	36.4	100
2016	36.2	100
2015	35.9	100
2014	35.7	100
2013	35.4	100
2012	35.2	100
2011	35	100
2010	34.8	100
2009	34.6	100
2008	34.5	100
2007	34.3	100
2006	34.1	100
2005	33.9	100
2004	33.7	100
2003	33.6	100
2002	33.4	100
2001	33.2	100
2000	33	100
1999	32.8	100
1998	32.6	100
1997	32.4	100
1996	32.1	100
1995	31.9	100
1994	31.7	100
1993	31.5	100
1992	31.2	100
1991	31	100
1990	30.8	100
1989	30.5	100
1988	30.3	100
1987	30	100
1986	29.8	100
1985	29.5	100
1984	29.2	100
1983	29	100
1982	28.7	100
1981	28.4	100
1980	28.1	100
1979	27.8	100
1978	27.4	100
1977	27.1	100
1976	26.7	100
1975	26.3	100
1974	26	100
1973	25.7	100
1972	25.4	100
1971	25.1	100
1970	24.8	100
1969	24.6	100
1968	24.4	100
1967	24.1	100
1966	23.9	100
1965	23.7	100
1964	23.5	100
1963	23.2	100
1962	22.9	100
1961	22.6	100
1960	22.3	100
1959	21.9	100
1958	21.5	100
1957	21.1	100
1956	20.6	100
1955	20.2	100
1954	19.6	100
1953	19.1	100
1952	18.6	100
1951	18	100
1950	17.4	100

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

Year	Pakistan	Singapore
2026	39.9	100
2027	40.2	100
2028	40.6	100
2029	40.9	100
2030	41.3	100
2031	41.6	100
2032	41.9	100
2033	42.3	100
2034	42.6	100
2035	42.9	100
2036	43.2	100
2037	43.5	100
2038	43.8	100
2039	44.1	100
2040	44.4	100
2041	44.7	100
2042	45	100
2043	45.3	100
2044	45.6	100
2045	45.8	100
2046	46.1	100
2047	46.4	100
2048	46.6	100
2049	46.9	100
2050	47.1	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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