Singapore vs Thailand: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 62.8% in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 37.2 percentage points, or 1.59 times that in Thailand.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeThailandUN 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 Thailand at 79.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Thailand
2025	100	62.8
2024	100	61.9
2023	100	60.9
2022	100	59.7
2021	100	58.5
2020	100	57.2
2019	100	55.9
2018	100	54.6
2017	100	49.2
2016	100	47.9
2015	100	47
2014	100	46.3
2013	100	45.8
2012	100	45.4
2011	100	44.8
2010	100	44
2009	100	43
2008	100	41.9
2007	100	40.7
2006	100	39.4
2005	100	38.1
2004	100	36.8
2003	100	35.4
2002	100	34.1
2001	100	32.7
2000	100	31.5
1999	100	30.2
1998	100	28.7
1997	100	27.2
1996	100	25.6
1995	100	24.1
1994	100	22.7
1993	100	21.3
1992	100	20.2
1991	100	19.4
1990	100	18.8
1989	100	18.5
1988	100	18.3
1987	100	18.1
1986	100	18
1985	100	17.8
1984	100	17.7
1983	100	17.6
1982	100	17.4
1981	100	17.3
1980	100	17.1
1979	100	16.8
1978	100	16.5
1977	100	16.1
1976	100	15.7
1975	100	15.2
1974	100	14.8
1973	100	14.3
1972	100	13.9
1971	100	13.6
1970	100	13.3
1969	100	13.1
1968	100	12.9
1967	100	12.8
1966	100	12.6
1965	100	12.5
1964	100	12.3
1963	100	12.2
1962	100	12.1
1961	100	12
1960	100	11.8
1959	100	11.7
1958	100	11.5
1957	100	11.4
1956	100	11.2
1955	100	11.1
1954	100	11
1953	100	10.8
1952	100	10.7
1951	100	10.5
1950	100	10.4

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

Year	Singapore	Thailand
2026	100	63.7
2027	100	64.6
2028	100	65.6
2029	100	66.4
2030	100	67.3
2031	100	68.2
2032	100	69
2033	100	69.9
2034	100	70.7
2035	100	71.5
2036	100	72.2
2037	100	72.9
2038	100	73.6
2039	100	74.3
2040	100	75
2041	100	75.6
2042	100	76.1
2043	100	76.7
2044	100	77.2
2045	100	77.6
2046	100	78
2047	100	78.4
2048	100	78.7
2049	100	78.9
2050	100	79.2

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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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