Singapore vs Netherlands: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 95.9% in Netherlands, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 4.1 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Netherlands.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeNetherlandsUN 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 Netherlands at 98.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Netherlands
2025	100	95.9
2024	100	95.6
2023	100	95.3
2022	100	95
2021	100	94.6
2020	100	94.3
2019	100	93.9
2018	100	92.6
2017	100	91.1
2016	100	90.6
2015	100	90.3
2014	100	89.8
2013	100	89.2
2012	100	88.5
2011	100	88
2010	100	87.4
2009	100	86.2
2008	100	85.6
2007	100	85.4
2006	100	84.7
2005	100	83.5
2004	100	82.3
2003	100	81.3
2002	100	80.8
2001	100	80.2
2000	100	78.5
1999	100	77.1
1998	100	76.8
1997	100	75.6
1996	100	72.4
1995	100	70.7
1994	100	70.4
1993	100	69.8
1992	100	69.3
1991	100	69.2
1990	100	69
1989	100	68.8
1988	100	68.4
1987	100	68.2
1986	100	68
1985	100	67.6
1984	100	67.4
1983	100	66.9
1982	100	66.5
1981	100	65.7
1980	100	65
1979	100	64.8
1978	100	64.6
1977	100	64.6
1976	100	64.5
1975	100	64.4
1974	100	64.2
1973	100	63.5
1972	100	63.1
1971	100	62.8
1970	100	62.1
1969	100	61.8
1968	100	61.8
1967	100	61.6
1966	100	61.3
1965	100	61.2
1964	100	60.9
1963	100	60.3
1962	100	60.3
1961	100	60.1
1960	100	59.9
1959	100	59.8
1958	100	59.2
1957	100	58.7
1956	100	58.6
1955	100	58.5
1954	100	58.1
1953	100	57.3
1952	100	57
1951	100	57
1950	100	56.6

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

Year	Singapore	Netherlands
2026	100	96.2
2027	100	96.5
2028	100	96.7
2029	100	97
2030	100	97.2
2031	100	97.4
2032	100	97.6
2033	100	97.7
2034	100	97.9
2035	100	98
2036	100	98.2
2037	100	98.3
2038	100	98.4
2039	100	98.5
2040	100	98.6
2041	100	98.6
2042	100	98.7
2043	100	98.7
2044	100	98.8
2045	100	98.8
2046	100	98.9
2047	100	98.9
2048	100	98.9
2049	100	98.9
2050	100	98.9

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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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