Singapore vs Switzerland: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 85.7% in Switzerland, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 14.3 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Switzerland.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeSwitzerlandUN 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 Switzerland at 89% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Switzerland
2025	100	85.7
2024	100	85.5
2023	100	85.2
2022	100	84.9
2021	100	84.2
2020	100	82.3
2019	100	80.8
2018	100	79.3
2017	100	77.9
2016	100	76.7
2015	100	75.6
2014	100	74.7
2013	100	74.1
2012	100	73.8
2011	100	73.7
2010	100	73.6
2009	100	73.6
2008	100	73.6
2007	100	73.5
2006	100	73.5
2005	100	73.5
2004	100	73.5
2003	100	73.5
2002	100	73.4
2001	100	73.4
2000	100	73.3
1999	100	73.1
1998	100	72.9
1997	100	72.5
1996	100	72
1995	100	71.5
1994	100	71
1993	100	70.4
1992	100	69.8
1991	100	69.2
1990	100	68.7
1989	100	68
1988	100	67.3
1987	100	66.5
1986	100	65.6
1985	100	64.8
1984	100	64
1983	100	63.2
1982	100	62.4
1981	100	61.8
1980	100	61.3
1979	100	60.8
1978	100	60.4
1977	100	60.1
1976	100	59.7
1975	100	59.4
1974	100	59.1
1973	100	58.7
1972	100	58.3
1971	100	57.9
1970	100	57.4
1969	100	56.9
1968	100	56.3
1967	100	55.7
1966	100	55.1
1965	100	54.4
1964	100	53.7
1963	100	53
1962	100	52.4
1961	100	51.7
1960	100	51
1959	100	50.4
1958	100	49.7
1957	100	49
1956	100	48.3
1955	100	47.6
1954	100	46.9
1953	100	46.2
1952	100	45.6
1951	100	44.9
1950	100	44.3

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

Year	Singapore	Switzerland
2026	100	86
2027	100	86.2
2028	100	86.5
2029	100	86.7
2030	100	86.9
2031	100	87.1
2032	100	87.3
2033	100	87.5
2034	100	87.7
2035	100	87.8
2036	100	88
2037	100	88.1
2038	100	88.2
2039	100	88.4
2040	100	88.5
2041	100	88.6
2042	100	88.7
2043	100	88.7
2044	100	88.8
2045	100	88.9
2046	100	88.9
2047	100	89
2048	100	89
2049	100	89
2050	100	89

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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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