Singapore vs Sweden: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 89.1% in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 10.9 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Sweden.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeSwedenUN 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 Sweden at 92.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Sweden
2025	100	89.1
2024	100	88.9
2023	100	88.6
2022	100	88.4
2021	100	88.2
2020	100	87.9
2019	100	87.7
2018	100	87.5
2017	100	87.2
2016	100	87
2015	100	86.6
2014	100	86.3
2013	100	85.9
2012	100	85.6
2011	100	85.4
2010	100	85.1
2009	100	84.9
2008	100	84.8
2007	100	84.6
2006	100	84.5
2005	100	84.4
2004	100	84.3
2003	100	84.2
2002	100	84.1
2001	100	84.1
2000	100	84
1999	100	84
1998	100	84
1997	100	84
1996	100	83.9
1995	100	83.9
1994	100	83.8
1993	100	83.7
1992	100	83.6
1991	100	83.5
1990	100	83.4
1989	100	83.3
1988	100	83.2
1987	100	83.2
1986	100	83.1
1985	100	83.1
1984	100	83.1
1983	100	83.1
1982	100	83.1
1981	100	83.1
1980	100	83.1
1979	100	83.1
1978	100	83
1977	100	82.9
1976	100	82.8
1975	100	82.7
1974	100	82.5
1973	100	82.3
1972	100	82
1971	100	81.7
1970	100	81.2
1969	100	80.6
1968	100	79.8
1967	100	78.9
1966	100	78
1965	100	77.1
1964	100	76.2
1963	100	75.3
1962	100	74.3
1961	100	73.4
1960	100	72.5
1959	100	71.6
1958	100	70.8
1957	100	70
1956	100	69.2
1955	100	68.5
1954	100	67.7
1953	100	67
1952	100	66.2
1951	100	65.5
1950	100	64.7

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

Year	Singapore	Sweden
2026	100	89.3
2027	100	89.5
2028	100	89.7
2029	100	89.9
2030	100	90.1
2031	100	90.3
2032	100	90.5
2033	100	90.7
2034	100	90.9
2035	100	91.1
2036	100	91.3
2037	100	91.4
2038	100	91.6
2039	100	91.7
2040	100	91.9
2041	100	92
2042	100	92.2
2043	100	92.3
2044	100	92.4
2045	100	92.5
2046	100	92.6
2047	100	92.7
2048	100	92.8
2049	100	92.9
2050	100	92.9

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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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