Singapore vs Spain: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 80.5% in Spain, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 19.5 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Spain.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeSpainUN 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 Spain at 89.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Spain
2025	100	80.5
2024	100	80.3
2023	100	80.1
2022	100	80
2021	100	79.8
2020	100	79.7
2019	100	79.6
2018	100	79.6
2017	100	79.5
2016	100	79.4
2015	100	79.3
2014	100	79.1
2013	100	79
2012	100	78.9
2011	100	78.7
2010	100	78.5
2009	100	78.3
2008	100	78
2007	100	77.8
2006	100	77.5
2005	100	77.2
2004	100	77
2003	100	76.7
2002	100	76.5
2001	100	76.3
2000	100	76.2
1999	100	76
1998	100	75.9
1997	100	75.8
1996	100	75.7
1995	100	75.6
1994	100	75.5
1993	100	75.3
1992	100	75.2
1991	100	75
1990	100	74.8
1989	100	74.6
1988	100	74.4
1987	100	74.1
1986	100	73.8
1985	100	73.5
1984	100	73.1
1983	100	72.8
1982	100	72.4
1981	100	72
1980	100	71.5
1979	100	71.1
1978	100	70.6
1977	100	70.1
1976	100	69.6
1975	100	69.1
1974	100	68.5
1973	100	68
1972	100	67.4
1971	100	66.8
1970	100	66.2
1969	100	65.4
1968	100	64.4
1967	100	63.4
1966	100	62.3
1965	100	61.1
1964	100	60
1963	100	58.9
1962	100	58
1961	100	57.1
1960	100	56.5
1959	100	55.8
1958	100	55.3
1957	100	54.7
1956	100	54.2
1955	100	53.8
1954	100	53.3
1953	100	52.9
1952	100	52.4
1951	100	52
1950	100	51.6

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

Year	Singapore	Spain
2026	100	80.7
2027	100	81
2028	100	81.2
2029	100	81.4
2030	100	81.7
2031	100	82
2032	100	82.3
2033	100	82.6
2034	100	82.9
2035	100	83.2
2036	100	83.6
2037	100	83.9
2038	100	84.3
2039	100	84.6
2040	100	85
2041	100	85.4
2042	100	85.8
2043	100	86.2
2044	100	86.7
2045	100	87.1
2046	100	87.6
2047	100	88
2048	100	88.5
2049	100	89
2050	100	89.5

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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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