Poland vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 60.1% in Poland and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 39.9 percentage points, or 1.66 times that in Poland.

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% of people · UN

PolandSingaporeUN 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 Poland at 72.1% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Poland	Singapore
2025	60.1	100
2024	60	100
2023	59.9	100
2022	59.8	100
2021	59.8	100
2020	59.9	100
2019	60	100
2018	60.1	100
2017	60.2	100
2016	60.2	100
2015	60.3	100
2014	60.4	100
2013	60.5	100
2012	60.6	100
2011	60.7	100
2010	60.9	100
2009	61	100
2008	61.1	100
2007	61.3	100
2006	61.4	100
2005	61.6	100
2004	61.7	100
2003	61.7	100
2002	61.8	100
2001	61.8	100
2000	61.8	100
1999	61.7	100
1998	61.7	100
1997	61.7	100
1996	61.6	100
1995	61.6	100
1994	61.6	100
1993	61.5	100
1992	61.4	100
1991	61.4	100
1990	61.3	100
1989	61.2	100
1988	61.1	100
1987	61	100
1986	60.7	100
1985	60.4	100
1984	60.1	100
1983	59.6	100
1982	59.2	100
1981	58.7	100
1980	58.2	100
1979	57.7	100
1978	57.2	100
1977	56.7	100
1976	56	100
1975	55.3	100
1974	54.6	100
1973	53.9	100
1972	53.2	100
1971	52.6	100
1970	52.1	100
1969	51.6	100
1968	51.2	100
1967	50.9	100
1966	50.6	100
1965	50.2	100
1964	49.9	100
1963	49.5	100
1962	49.1	100
1961	48.6	100
1960	48.1	100
1959	47.4	100
1958	46.7	100
1957	45.9	100
1956	45	100
1955	44	100
1954	43	100
1953	42	100
1952	40.8	100
1951	39.7	100
1950	38.4	100

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

Year	Poland	Singapore
2026	60.2	100
2027	60.4	100
2028	60.6	100
2029	60.8	100
2030	61.1	100
2031	61.4	100
2032	61.7	100
2033	62.1	100
2034	62.4	100
2035	62.8	100
2036	63.3	100
2037	63.7	100
2038	64.2	100
2039	64.7	100
2040	65.3	100
2041	65.8	100
2042	66.4	100
2043	67.1	100
2044	67.7	100
2045	68.4	100
2046	69.1	100
2047	69.8	100
2048	70.5	100
2049	71.3	100
2050	72.1	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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