Singapore vs Tanzania: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 36.9% in Tanzania, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 63.1 percentage points, or 2.71 times that in Tanzania.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeTanzaniaUN 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 Tanzania at 62.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Tanzania
2025	100	36.9
2024	100	36.2
2023	100	35.5
2022	100	34.8
2021	100	34.4
2020	100	33.9
2019	100	33.4
2018	100	32.8
2017	100	32.3
2016	100	31.8
2015	100	31.2
2014	100	30.6
2013	100	30.1
2012	100	29.5
2011	100	28.9
2010	100	28.2
2009	100	27.5
2008	100	26.8
2007	100	26.1
2006	100	25.4
2005	100	24.7
2004	100	24.1
2003	100	23.5
2002	100	23
2001	100	22.6
2000	100	22.2
1999	100	21.8
1998	100	21.5
1997	100	21.1
1996	100	20.8
1995	100	20.5
1994	100	20.2
1993	100	19.9
1992	100	19.6
1991	100	19.3
1990	100	18.9
1989	100	18.6
1988	100	18.2
1987	100	17.8
1986	100	17.4
1985	100	17
1984	100	16.6
1983	100	16.2
1982	100	15.7
1981	100	15.3
1980	100	14.8
1979	100	14.3
1978	100	13.7
1977	100	13
1976	100	12.1
1975	100	11.2
1974	100	10.1
1973	100	9.1
1972	100	8
1971	100	7.1
1970	100	6.3
1969	100	5.6
1968	100	5.2
1967	100	5
1966	100	5
1965	100	5
1964	100	5
1963	100	4.9
1962	100	4.9
1961	100	4.9
1960	100	4.9
1959	100	4.9
1958	100	4.8
1957	100	4.8
1956	100	4.7
1955	100	4.6
1954	100	4.5
1953	100	4.3
1952	100	4.1
1951	100	3.9
1950	100	3.7

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

Year	Singapore	Tanzania
2026	100	37.6
2027	100	38.4
2028	100	39.2
2029	100	40
2030	100	40.8
2031	100	41.7
2032	100	42.5
2033	100	43.4
2034	100	44.4
2035	100	45.3
2036	100	46.3
2037	100	47.3
2038	100	48.3
2039	100	49.3
2040	100	50.4
2041	100	51.5
2042	100	52.6
2043	100	53.7
2044	100	54.9
2045	100	56.1
2046	100	57.3
2047	100	58.5
2048	100	59.8
2049	100	61.1
2050	100	62.4

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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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