Singapore vs South Korea: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 81.2% in South Korea, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 18.8 percentage points, or 1.23 times that in South Korea.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeSouth KoreaUN 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 Singapore at 100% and South Korea at 83.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	South Korea
2025	100	81.2
2024	100	81.2
2023	100	81.2
2022	100	81.2
2021	100	81.2
2020	100	81.2
2019	100	81.3
2018	100	81.4
2017	100	81.5
2016	100	81.6
2015	100	81.6
2014	100	81.7
2013	100	81.8
2012	100	81.9
2011	100	82
2010	100	82
2009	100	81.9
2008	100	81.8
2007	100	81.7
2006	100	81.6
2005	100	81.4
2004	100	81.1
2003	100	80.7
2002	100	80.3
2001	100	79.9
2000	100	79.6
1999	100	79.4
1998	100	79.2
1997	100	79
1996	100	78.8
1995	100	78.4
1994	100	77.9
1993	100	77.1
1992	100	76.2
1991	100	75.2
1990	100	74
1989	100	72.5
1988	100	70.6
1987	100	68.6
1986	100	66.6
1985	100	64.8
1984	100	63.2
1983	100	61.5
1982	100	60
1981	100	58.3
1980	100	56.7
1979	100	54.9
1978	100	53.1
1977	100	51.3
1976	100	49.6
1975	100	48
1974	100	46.5
1973	100	45.2
1972	100	43.8
1971	100	42.4
1970	100	40.7
1969	100	38.7
1968	100	36.5
1967	100	34.6
1966	100	33.1
1965	100	32
1964	100	31
1963	100	30.1
1962	100	29.2
1961	100	28.5
1960	100	27.7
1959	100	27
1958	100	26.3
1957	100	25.7
1956	100	25.1
1955	100	24.4
1954	100	23.6
1953	100	22.9
1952	100	22.1
1951	100	21.3
1950	100	20.6

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

Year	Singapore	South Korea
2026	100	81.2
2027	100	81.2
2028	100	81.2
2029	100	81.2
2030	100	81.3
2031	100	81.3
2032	100	81.3
2033	100	81.4
2034	100	81.4
2035	100	81.4
2036	100	81.5
2037	100	81.6
2038	100	81.6
2039	100	81.7
2040	100	81.8
2041	100	81.9
2042	100	82
2043	100	82.1
2044	100	82.3
2045	100	82.4
2046	100	82.6
2047	100	82.7
2048	100	82.9
2049	100	83.1
2050	100	83.3

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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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