Saudi Arabia vs Singapore: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 84.6% in Saudi Arabia and 100% in Singapore, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 15.4 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of people · UN

Saudi ArabiaSingaporeUN 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 Saudi Arabia at 87.5% and Singapore at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Saudi Arabia	Singapore
2025	84.6	100
2024	84.5	100
2023	84.3	100
2022	84.1	100
2021	84	100
2020	83.8	100
2019	83.6	100
2018	83.5	100
2017	83.3	100
2016	83.1	100
2015	83	100
2014	82.8	100
2013	82.6	100
2012	82.4	100
2011	82.3	100
2010	82.1	100
2009	81.9	100
2008	81.6	100
2007	81.4	100
2006	81.2	100
2005	81	100
2004	80.8	100
2003	80.5	100
2002	80.3	100
2001	80.2	100
2000	80	100
1999	79.8	100
1998	79.6	100
1997	79.4	100
1996	79.2	100
1995	78.9	100
1994	78.7	100
1993	78.3	100
1992	78	100
1991	77.6	100
1990	77	100
1989	76.3	100
1988	75.6	100
1987	74.8	100
1986	73.9	100
1985	72.9	100
1984	71.9	100
1983	70.6	100
1982	69.3	100
1981	67.9	100
1980	66.4	100
1979	64.9	100
1978	63.3	100
1977	61.7	100
1976	60.1	100
1975	58.4	100
1974	56.8	100
1973	55.1	100
1972	53.2	100
1971	51.2	100
1970	49.2	100
1969	47.1	100
1968	45	100
1967	42.9	100
1966	40.9	100
1965	39	100
1964	37.2	100
1963	35.6	100
1962	34.1	100
1961	32.8	100
1960	31.4	100
1959	30.2	100
1958	29	100
1957	27.8	100
1956	26.7	100
1955	25.6	100
1954	24.6	100
1953	23.7	100
1952	22.8	100
1951	22	100
1950	21.3	100

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

Year	Saudi Arabia	Singapore
2026	84.8	100
2027	84.9	100
2028	85.1	100
2029	85.2	100
2030	85.4	100
2031	85.5	100
2032	85.6	100
2033	85.8	100
2034	85.9	100
2035	86	100
2036	86.2	100
2037	86.3	100
2038	86.4	100
2039	86.5	100
2040	86.6	100
2041	86.7	100
2042	86.8	100
2043	86.9	100
2044	87	100
2045	87.1	100
2046	87.2	100
2047	87.3	100
2048	87.3	100
2049	87.4	100
2050	87.5	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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