Philippines vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 55.8% in Philippines and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 44.2 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Philippines.

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% of people · UN

PhilippinesSingaporeUN 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 Philippines at 60.4% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Philippines	Singapore
2025	55.8	100
2024	55.5	100
2023	55.1	100
2022	54.8	100
2021	54.5	100
2020	54.1	100
2019	53.7	100
2018	53.2	100
2017	52.6	100
2016	51.9	100
2015	51.2	100
2014	50.2	100
2013	49.1	100
2012	47.9	100
2011	46.7	100
2010	45.5	100
2009	44.3	100
2008	43.2	100
2007	42.4	100
2006	41.8	100
2005	41.3	100
2004	40.9	100
2003	40.4	100
2002	40	100
2001	39.5	100
2000	39.1	100
1999	38.8	100
1998	38.4	100
1997	38.1	100
1996	37.7	100
1995	37.4	100
1994	37.1	100
1993	36.8	100
1992	36.5	100
1991	36.3	100
1990	36	100
1989	35.8	100
1988	35.5	100
1987	35.3	100
1986	35.1	100
1985	34.9	100
1984	34.6	100
1983	34.4	100
1982	34.2	100
1981	34	100
1980	33.9	100
1979	33.7	100
1978	33.5	100
1977	33.3	100
1976	33.1	100
1975	32.9	100
1974	32.7	100
1973	32.5	100
1972	32.3	100
1971	32.1	100
1970	31.9	100
1969	31.7	100
1968	31.5	100
1967	31.3	100
1966	31.1	100
1965	31	100
1964	30.8	100
1963	30.7	100
1962	30.5	100
1961	30.3	100
1960	30	100
1959	29.7	100
1958	29.4	100
1957	29	100
1956	28.6	100
1955	28.1	100
1954	27.6	100
1953	27.1	100
1952	26.5	100
1951	25.9	100
1950	25.2	100

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

Year	Philippines	Singapore
2026	56.1	100
2027	56.4	100
2028	56.7	100
2029	57	100
2030	57.3	100
2031	57.5	100
2032	57.8	100
2033	58.1	100
2034	58.3	100
2035	58.5	100
2036	58.8	100
2037	59	100
2038	59.2	100
2039	59.3	100
2040	59.5	100
2041	59.7	100
2042	59.8	100
2043	59.9	100
2044	60.1	100
2045	60.2	100
2046	60.2	100
2047	60.3	100
2048	60.4	100
2049	60.4	100
2050	60.4	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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