Singapore vs Sudan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 34.9% in Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 65.1 percentage points, or 2.86 times that in Sudan.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeSudanUN 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 Sudan at 35.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Sudan
2025	100	34.9
2024	100	34.9
2023	100	34.8
2022	100	34.7
2021	100	34.6
2020	100	34.6
2019	100	34.5
2018	100	34.4
2017	100	34.3
2016	100	34.2
2015	100	34.1
2014	100	33.8
2013	100	33.4
2012	100	33.1
2011	100	32.9
2010	100	32.7
2009	100	32.6
2008	100	32.5
2007	100	32.5
2006	100	32.5
2005	100	32.5
2004	100	32.5
2003	100	32.4
2002	100	32.4
2001	100	32.4
2000	100	32.3
1999	100	32.3
1998	100	32.3
1997	100	32.2
1996	100	32.2
1995	100	32.1
1994	100	32.1
1993	100	32
1992	100	31.7
1991	100	31
1990	100	30
1989	100	28.6
1988	100	27.1
1987	100	25.5
1986	100	24
1985	100	22.6
1984	100	21.5
1983	100	20.7
1982	100	20.3
1981	100	20
1980	100	19.8
1979	100	19.6
1978	100	19.5
1977	100	19.3
1976	100	19.2
1975	100	19
1974	100	18.8
1973	100	18.6
1972	100	18.3
1971	100	17.9
1970	100	17.5
1969	100	17
1968	100	16.5
1967	100	16
1966	100	15.4
1965	100	14.9
1964	100	14.2
1963	100	13.6
1962	100	13
1961	100	12.4
1960	100	11.7
1959	100	11.1
1958	100	10.5
1957	100	9.9
1956	100	9.3
1955	100	8.8
1954	100	8.2
1953	100	7.7
1952	100	7.1
1951	100	6.6
1950	100	6.3

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

Year	Singapore	Sudan
2026	100	35
2027	100	35.1
2028	100	35.1
2029	100	35.2
2030	100	35.2
2031	100	35.3
2032	100	35.3
2033	100	35.4
2034	100	35.4
2035	100	35.4
2036	100	35.5
2037	100	35.5
2038	100	35.5
2039	100	35.5
2040	100	35.6
2041	100	35.6
2042	100	35.6
2043	100	35.6
2044	100	35.6
2045	100	35.6
2046	100	35.7
2047	100	35.7
2048	100	35.7
2049	100	35.7
2050	100	35.7

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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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